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T-mobile’s “almost 4G” HSPA+ 3G now live in 9 more cities
Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 23:25 in MobileCrunch | viewed times | 0 Comments
T-mobile continues to bring the latest update to their 3G network to more cities today, with the “4G-like” HSPA+ speeds now available in: Boston, Mass. Erie, Penn... (Continue reading)
Dodging Twitter, TweetPhoto becomes photo check-in social network Plixi
Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 8:55 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
TweetPhoto , the company that allows its users to share and interact with photos across Twitter and Facebook, is announcing Tuesday that it has changed its name to Plixi . The company is also moving towards being its own social... (Continue reading)
Lolcat mastermind Ben Huh offers to buy social news site Reddit from Condé Nast (updated)
Update: Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has replied to Huh’s offer on his blog . He says that he would be “very surprised” if Reddit were sold, but considering all of Huh’s accomplishments, they should probably chat at some point.... (Continue reading)
Lolcat mastermind Ben Huh offers to buy social news site Reddit from Condé Nast
Following the hubbub around Condé Nast’s refusal to run ads supporting California’s Proposition 19 — which would legalize certain marijuana-related activities — comes an offer to buy the site from the unlikeliest of sources. Ben Huh (pictured below), the... (Continue reading)
BlackBerry Curve 9330 probably coming to Sprint
I love leaks. I love the idea that some mole inside an organisation smuggled out some classified document, or stole a few secret moments with an upcoming product and a low-quality camera. I envision dramatic escapes, top-level inquiries, blackmail,... (Continue reading)
Virgin Mobile USA officially launches $40 unlimited, prepaid mobile broadband plan
Written on 24 Aug, 2010 at 9:39 in BoyGenius | viewed times | 0 Comments
Today, Virgin Mobile USA announced that it would do away with its currently tiered $20, $40, and $60 prepaid mobile broadband plans and replace them with a prepaid, unlimited, $40 per month offering. Via a press release, Virgin wrote:... (Continue reading)
Apple closes down Quattro advertising network
Written on 19 Aug, 2010 at 16:50 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Updated with comment from other ad networks Quattro Wireless, the ad network acquired by Apple earlier this year, announced today that it’s winding down its existence as an independent network to focus on Apple’s iAd program. Apple chief executive... (Continue reading)
Verizon to bring live TV to iPad, video-on-demand to PCs and mobile devices
Written on 18 Aug, 2010 at 15:17 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Verizon today showed off its attempt at a TV Everywhere offering — which would allow subscribers to its internet/TV/phone bundle service FiOS to access content on screens other than their televisions. It’s working on both an iPad application that... (Continue reading)
Rumor: Verizon iPhone to have large screen, new processor
Written on 13 Aug, 2010 at 18:48 in BoyGenius | viewed times | 0 Comments
It's Friday, and that must mean Verizon-on-the-iPhone rumor time. This one comes from the SyFy Network's DVICE blog of all places and is all about the hardware. They're claiming that an "inside source" has provided some specs on a... (Continue reading)
British TV network angered over iTV rumor
Written on 13 Aug, 2010 at 12:13 in BoyGenius | viewed times | 0 Comments
The UK's oldest commercial television network, ITV , is supposedly livid over the rumor that Apple will rebrand the Apple TV as "iTV" in the near future. According to Mirror.co.uk, the network is already taking legal steps to "...stop... (Continue reading)