Sony on Thursday said that it had sold out of the PlayStation Vita in Japanese pre-orders. Not due to go on sale until Saturday, the handheld game system triggered lines that saw its initial batch spoken for. It did have a significant amount of time to sell stock, having started pre-orders on October 15. The […]
Flipboard’s use is set to triple in the wake of the iPhone version, the company mentioned Wednesday. The app writer told paidContent that the title reached over a million downloads in the first week and could more than triple the number of page “flips” from 650 million a month to two billion. While the smaller […]
Nokia’s US lead Chris Weber in an interview said that the launch of the Lumia 710 on T-Mobile was just part of a much larger campaign to make Nokia relevant again in the US. Calling it Operation Rolling Thunder based on the Vietnam War bombing campaign, he told Bloomberg that Nokia would have a “very […]
Microsoft’s Bill Cox said Thursday that over 3,200 Android users had taken up company Windows Phone evangelist Ben Rudolph’s challenge to describe their virus “horror stories.” As a challenge, Rudolph had offered a free Windows Phone to those who could recount the most convincing stories of Android malware instances. He didn’t say how many of […]
Confirming earlier reports, the USB Implementers Forum has made a formal announcement that Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge chipset has received certification for USB 3.0. The confirmation notes that the company’s i7-series chipsets will be capable of supporting up to four USB 3.0 ports. Intel in April announced USB 3.0 support for Ivy Bridge components, however […]
Apple has released two minor firmware updates for iOS devices. The first is v4.4.4 for the Apple TV, which implements unspecified bugfixes. The update can be installed automatically via an Apple TV’s normal update functions, or manually by technically savvy users with access to the IPSW file.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for “The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards” this morning and you can view them below. The awards presentation, again hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 5pm PST on NBC. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures) […]
A new online music service will launch across Europe and North America this week aimed at the millions who like music but struggle with the technology to find and listen to it. Rara.com, which will be pre-loaded on some HP laptops and smartphones using Google’s Android operating system, will offer 10 million tracks for a […]
Microsoft elevated two executives to key posts related to mobile operating systems, a move that comes as the software giant races to gain relevancy in smartphones and tablets. Andrew Lees has taken a new role working closely with the Microsoft divisions in charge of Windows Phone software and Windows, which is developing Windows 8, the […]
Clear Channel Radio’s iHeartRadio is now available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 entertainment console. The iHeartRadio service on Xbox offers users the chance to control their favorite iHeartRadio stations with their voice or hand via Kinect for Xbox 360. Xbox LIVE Gold members who have Xbox 360 but do not have Kinect can still enjoy the […]
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