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RIM Blackberry trying to save itself with streaming music service after HP, Palm, and Motorola Demise

RIM Blackberry trying to save itself with streaming music service after HP, Palm, and Motorola Demise

Patrick Nosker August 19, 2011 0

RIM, the maker of the Blackberry family of devices, is the latest company to push out of the smartphone business with its latest step of offering a subscription-based music service. While still manufacturing a

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Mozilla Launches Firefox 6

Mozilla Launches Firefox 6

Michael Convente August 16, 2011 0

Mozilla officially released Firefox 6 this afternoon, coming only a short two months after its last full version upgrade, Firefox 5.  Interestingly, the improvements to Firefox 6 are not major, which leads to questions

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Tablet Manufacturers Cut Prices As Apple Continues To Dominate Market

Tablet Manufacturers Cut Prices As Apple Continues To Dominate Market

Michael Convente August 16, 2011 0

As far as tablets go, it's been iPad or bust.  While Apple has consistently seen growth in tablet sales over the past two years since the original iPad was introduced, non-iPad tablet manufacturers continue

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Hacker Group Anonymous Shuts Down BART Stations

Hacker Group Anonymous Shuts Down BART Stations

Patrick Nosker August 16, 2011 0

You've all heard of Anonymous before– the hacker group responsible for leaking tons of personal information, passwords, and defacing websites online. They organized a rally and hacked the San Francisco based Bay Area Rapid

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Google Buys Motorola Mobility, Aims To Increase Competition With Apple

Google Buys Motorola Mobility, Aims To Increase Competition With Apple

Michael Convente August 16, 2011 0

In a move that poises to shake up the smartphone and home entertainment marketplace, Google announced today that it plans to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash.  The business deal will bolster

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Asia Trip – Genius Visit

Asia Trip – Genius Visit

Patrick Nosker August 15, 2011 1

Earlier this summer I spent a month traveling Asia with some time spent sightseeing and some other time spent meeting with industry contacts.  Unfortunately I was a little bit too late for Computex in

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AT&T’s Purchase of T-Mobile and Qualcomm Spectrum Reviewed by FCC

AT&T’s Purchase of T-Mobile and Qualcomm Spectrum Reviewed by FCC

Patrick Nosker August 9, 2011 0

Everybody has heard by now that AT&T is trying to buy T-Mobile. What they may not know is that they are also trying to license some of Qualcomm's wireless spectrum (specific frequencies in the

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‘Jersey Shore’ Dominates Social Media Scene During Season 4 Premiere

‘Jersey Shore’ Dominates Social Media Scene During Season 4 Premiere

Michael Convente August 5, 2011 0

Our favorite guidos and guidettes have done it once again.  Last night's premiere episode of the fourth season of 'Jersey Shore' shattered ratings records, with a total of 8.8 million viewers.  But perhaps what

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Google+ App For iPhone Now Available; Invites Available As Well

Google+ App For iPhone Now Available; Invites Available As Well

Michael Convente July 19, 2011 0

Though Google+ is still in beta format,  that hasn't stopped Google from releasing a Google+ app for iPhone.  Mashable is reporting that Google officially released its Google+ iPhone app this afternoon, and while this

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Google+ Hits 10 Million Users, Invites Still Available

Google+ Hits 10 Million Users, Invites Still Available

Michael Convente July 15, 2011 0

Google+ has officially hit 10,000,000 users, according to statements made today by Google's CEO Larry Page before announcing Google's second quarter 2011 financial results.  While Google+ is still only in beta format, according to

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