Archive for: January, 2013

AT&T Announces Record Smartphone Sales in Q4

AT&T announced today that it sold more than 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2012, topping its previous record quarter of 9.4 million, set in the fourth quarter of 2011. This included best-ever quarterly sales of Android and Apple smartphones. “We had another incredible quarter of smartphone sales as the mobile Internet continues […]

NFC Forum Will Collaborate With Other Consortia

The NFC Forum today announced that it has made formal ties with several other industry groups in order to better foster collaboration between them. The new groups with which the NFC Forum is now friendly include the Global Certification Forum (GCF), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the Wi-Fi Alliance. The NFC Forum and […]

Black Beetle: Night Shift is A Sell-out

Dark Horse comics has announced that The Black Beetle: Night Shift has sold out of its entire printing! Written and drawn by Eisner Award winner Francesco Francavilla, this now-rare “zero issue” collects three Dark Horse Presents stories, from issues #11–#13, and acts as an introduction to Francavilla’s costumed pulp detective. “[Francavilla] proves that a good, […]

Belkin Lowers Prince on Thunderbolt Express Dock

Belkin’s upcoming Thunderbolt Express Dock has returned to a $300 pricetag, the company now says. The product has been in development since 2011, and was originally assigned the $300 price — along with a September 2012 launch date — at last year’s CES. In June, however, the company made some modifications to the peripheral and […]

Truphone Intros Nano SIM for iPhones and iPads

Truphone today announced the availability of a nano SIM card for Apple’s cellular-equipped iOS devices. Truphone offers wireless service only via SIM cards. It already has full-sized and micro-sized SIM cards for other devices. The new nano SIM cards will fit into the small trays used by Apple in its latest iPhones and iPads. Truphone […]

Apple Numbers Reveal That Apps Won’t Make You Rich

Forbes has done an interesting analysis on some recently released numbers from Apple that make it pretty easy to clarify the success of iOS apps and the AppStore where they are sold. Here are the raw numbers from Apple: Apple today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps, with nearly 20 billion in […]

Sprint Launches the Entertain ME App

Sprint today announced a new offering in the Sprint Zone application called Entertain ME. The new section will serve as a single destination where Sprint customers can search for and playback online and offline music, as well as access live and video-on-demand content. For example, apps such as Sprint TV & Movies, Sprint Music Plus, […]

Paramount and Qualcomm to Launch Star Trek Into Darkness App

Paramount Pictures and Qualcomm have announced that a Star Trek Into Darkness app will launch at the end of January. The app will unlock a first surprise during the Super Bowl’s second quarter on February 3 via a TV spot. Here’s the announcement: Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom Inc., and Qualcomm Incorporated, through its […]

Bones Is Picked Up for Season 9

Dramedy procedural Bones will continue to be the longest-running live-action series on Fox with a renewal for a ninth season. The pickup came after stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, whose current contracts were up at the end of this season, closed new deals right before the New Year. “After more than 150 episodes, Bones […]

Fox Announces Start Date for Late Night Animation Block

As part of its portion of the TCA winter tour in Pasadena, Fox announced that it’s Animation Domination High-Def will debut Saturday, July 27 and run from 11 PM-12:30 AM. The alternative animated programming block will feature quarter-hour series Axe Cop, High School USA! and the untitled Lucas Brothers project. Six quarter hours have been […]

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