Dish gets FCC thumbs up on its wireless aspirations
Dish Network has been pining to launch its own wireless service, which it will likely advertise in its semi-recently-acquired Blockbuster stores. Thus far, its plans have been on hold pending FCC...
View ArticleFreedomPop Hub Burst offers free wireless home internet
Shackle-smashing mobile broadband upstart FreedomPop is hoping to do with home broadband what it’s doing for WiMAX on the go, with the news that it plans to offer free home or small office connections....
View ArticleRedbox Instant priced starting at $6 per month, will be invite only
Buzz about Redbox‘s upcoming movie-streaming service, Redbox Instant, has been floating around wildly the past few months, and it’s finally almost close to launching. While there still isn’t a solid...
View ArticleKindle Fire tablets on sale today for Amazon Moms
Amazon posted up a sweet deal on Monday for a Kindle Fire 8.9-inch tablet for only $249, but if you ended up missing it, the company is holding another sale for all of its Kindle Fire tablets. As long...
View ArticleNorth Korea rocket launch prompts widespread nuclear threat fears
North Korea has successfully launched a rocket into space, deploying a weather satellite but raising international fears that the militant state is one step closer to a nuclear weapons system. Launched...
View ArticleNokia announces Lumia 920, 820, and 620 in China
Nokia has already made it official that a variant of their Lumia 920 handset will launch in China, called the 920T, but it’s been announced today that Nokia will be bringing three of its newest mobile...
View ArticleAn Apple Television? Find it in the storeroom by the netbook prototypes
Apple is trialling yet more televisions, if you believe the chunnering from the supply chain, and – so eager analysts would have us believe – is one step closer to taking over your living room....
View ArticleNew Popemobile keeps Pontiff on show
The new @Pontifex account isn’t the only toy Pope Benedict XVI has to play with this month: there’s also a new Popemobile, courtesy of his friends at Mercedes. The new car – in effect a bullet-proof...
View ArticleHonda recalls 800,000 more vehicles for parking brake failure
This hasn’t been a good past few months for the auto industry. We’ve written about ten different recalls this year alone, and while that certainly doesn’t count all of the recalls that have happened,...
View ArticleEntry-level smartphone sales to be the majority by 2017
While high-end smartphones sales are dominating the market right now (83% last year, according to research firm Informa), it’s said that entry-level and budget-minded smartphones will take over by...
View ArticleApple rolling out iTunes movie sales to more countries today
Early last week, Apple launched the iTunes Store in 56 countries, including Russia, South Africa, India, and Turkey, bringing the total number of countries that the iTunes Store is available in to 119....
View Article120 foot wide asteroid passes closer to Earth than the moon
If you’re worried about asteroids smacking the planet on a daily basis, you’ll be less than excited to hear that a giant rock approximately 120 feet wide just passed between Earth and our moon. This is...
View ArticleiPhone 5 and iPhone 4S now $50 off at RadioShack
If you’re looking for a good deal on the latest iPhones this holiday season, RadioShack has announced that they’re offering both the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S at $50 off for all carriers, which means...
View ArticleBrookstone Big Blue Media Tower Review
If the Brookstone Big Blue Live Wireless Bluetooth Speaker was any indication of how well the Big Blue Media Tower we’ve got today was going to be, we already must have known it was going to be a...
View ArticleTwonky Beam now supports Xbox 360 and Roku
Twonky Beam, the iOS and Android app that beams online videos to your TV from your mobile device, is now compatible with the Xbox 360 and Roku devices. The company behind the app, PacketVideo,...
View ArticleFacebook Privacy Settings changes run-down (December 2012)
It’s time again to take a peek at your Facebook Privacy Settings and see if you’re still on-board with sharing everything and anything with the public – or if you want to hide it all down deep inside...
View ArticleNext Mass Effect game arrives late 2014 to mid-2015, BioWare says
We’ve officially known that BioWare is working on another Mass Effect game since studio co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk announced their departure, but so far details have been few and far...
View ArticleJohnny Depp will play a supercomputer in upcoming movie
There have definitely been some weird and crazy movie roles in the past few years, but none may not exceed an upcoming role by Johnny Depp who will play a scientist who gets his brain uploaded into a...
View ArticleJayBird BlueBuds X Review
If you’re all about the most high-quality Bluetooth earbuds in the business, you’d be remiss to skip over the JayBird BlueBuds X release we’re having a peek at right here and now. What you’ve got is a...
View ArticleFacebook named best place to work at in 2013
Glassdoor, a website that provides job and company reviews, released a list of the best places to work for in 2013, and while a lot of other websites put together similar lists, Glassdoor’s results...
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