Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Apple Testing iPhone on T-Mobile USA (Photos)


Already available on AT&T and Verizon, it seems the Apple iPhone could soon be making its way to T-Mobile.
When the iPhone launched four years ago, in June of 2007, it was exclusive to AT&T. That exclusivity was supposed to last for five years, but it ended earlier this year when Verizon announced that the iPhone 4 was arriving on Big Red’s network. However, it seems Verizon’s run as ‘the other iPhone provider’ may be short-lived as pictures surfaced over the weekend to suggest the Apple smartphone could soon be headed to T-Mobile.


Monday, April 25, 2011

Samsung Returns Fire Against Apple Lawsuit


This could get nasty.

Last week, Apple opened its lawyers up against Samsung, alleging that the Korean company copied the iPhone and iPad for its Galaxy products.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Apple to Beat Google to Cloud Music Service


Forget that leaked version of Android Music, Apple is read to rock and roll.

With the launch of Amazon’s music locker service, Cloud Drive, it seems there’s only a matter of time before competing products by Google and Apple are unveiled. In fact, these two companies were rumored to be working on their own cloud music services before we heard anything about Amazon’s Cloud Drive. So who’s up next?

Friday, April 22, 2011

Yahoo! Ups Data Retention Period to 1.5 Years


Yahoo! has announced that it is extending the period for retention of user data from 90 days to 18 months.

On Wednesday, Anne Toth, Chief Trust Officer at Yahoo!, announced that the company would be extending the period of data retention in order to provide customers with a more “robust, individualized experience.”

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Battery Concept Features USB Interface


Designers create a rechargeable AA or AAA battery concept that also allows USB charging via the interface on the side.
This extremely simple design by Hairno Bao, Hailong Piao, Yuancheng Liu and Xiameng Hu is just a regular set of AA or AAA batteries with a USB interface embedded into the side. Dubbed Continuance, these batteries are fully rechargeable and are capable of giving some power to your usb gadgets as well.
As the world becomes more and more engulfed in its technology and gadgetry, there is always a need for alternative battery and energy sources. The Continuance concept is perfect for those of us who require USB charging for our products as well as the classic AA or AAA batteries for other tools and devices. Killing two stones with one battery!