Archive for: April, 2011

Windows 7 Sells 350 Million Licenses in 18 Months

Microsoft celebrated another milestone for Windows 7 on Friday by reaching 350 million copies sold, either with PCs or as upgrades. The tally was reached one and a half years after Windows 7 went on sale in October 2009 and just six months after the 240 million mark from its anniversary. Web traffic also just […]

EA Holds Easter Sale on iOS Games

Electronic Arts has launched a special Easter weekend sale of iOS games, discounting over 30 of them to 99 cents each. Both iPad and iPhone titles are included in the promotion. Some notable iPad games include Scrabble, Tetris, Risk, Monopoly and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. Of special interest is Dead Space, a high-profile title […]

Apple Updates iBooks to 1.2.2, Improves Stability and Performance

Late yesterday Apple updated their iBooks app for iOS to version 1.2.2, bringing with it important stability and performance improvements, including addressing issues that occur when playing video from enhanced books from the iBookstore, and issues with books that have very long tables of contents. The update also resolves a problem were some books would […]

New Update to AT&T’s MiFi 2372 Adds DLNA Media Sharing

AT&T has pushed out Novatel’s recent update to give DLNA media sharing to its version of the MiFi 2372. The update allows sharing movies, music, and videos stored on a microSDHC card slotted into the pocket router. Sharing is independent of the platform and works for any format the card and the network connection are […]

Flock Will Be Discontinued on April 26th

When it first came out in 2005, the Flock browser was a Mozilla/Firefox derivative with a novel difference: a RSS, and later social-network, sidebar that allowed users to keep one eye on feeds while continuing their usual web browsing, and also featured drag-and-drop photo uploading. Today, such mashups take many other forms — from menu […]

Kindle for Android Now Has Full Support for Tablets

Today, Amazon announced an update to Kindle for Android that brings new features and adds support for tablet computers running Android’s Honeycomb, including the Motorola Xoom. The latest version of Kindle for Android includes an integrated immersive shopping experience tailored for tablets, a new layout for newspapers and magazines designed for the unique interface of […]

Nintendo and JetBlue Join Forces to Let Flyers Play Test the 3DS at JFK

Nintendo and JetBlue are teaming up to give air travelers some hands-on time with the new Nintendo 3DS system. Passengers who visit JetBlue’s award-winning Terminal 5 in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport between April 22 and May 30 will have access to an interactive Nintendo 3DS grandstand where they can play games, enjoy […]

Sen. Franken Sends Letter to Steve Jobs on Unprotected Location History File in iOS 4

The unprotected location history file in iOS 4 demo’d at Where 2.0 has drawn attention from Minnesota senator Al Franken. Franken has sent a two-page letter (PDF) to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, arguing that the file represents a potential security threat. “Anyone who gains access to this single file could likely determine the location of […]

ComiXology Joins With Veteran Authors for Japanese Relief

Comic book veterans like Stan Lee and other industry superstars have joined forces to help raise money for Japan in a book appropriately titled – JAPAN NEEDS HEROES. Now, even the comic book distribution system has joined in this crusade. comiXology, the leading distributor digital comics, has agreed to handle the digital distribution of the […]

Lady Gaga Now Says Yes to Yankovic’s ‘Born This Way’ Parody

After first turning down Weird Al Yankovic’s request to parody her song, ‘Born This Way,’ Lady Gaga has reportedly changed her mind! The New York Times writer who was covering the story now reports he spoke with Yankovic’s manager who reveals Gaga has now given permission for his song ‘Perform This Way’ to be on […]

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