Archive for: February, 2015

Apple Being Sued for Poaching Battery Scientists, Engineers

According to a new lawsuit filed against Apple, the firrm has been poaching employees from a vehicle-oriented “advanced energy” technology company called A123 Systems over the past eight months for a new, unannounced battery division at the iPhone maker. The latter company says that Apple and its former employees may have violated anti-compete agreements, and […]

VisionTek Announces Wallet Drive – USB Wallet Drive Enclosure

  VisionTek today announced the new VisionTek Wallet Drive leather external drive enclosure Designed for ultra-portable convenience, the Wallet Drive’s leather cover with magnetic flap closure conceals a hot-swappable, screw-less drive tray with an integrated 7″ long USB 3.0/2.0 connecting cable. Any SATA hard drive or solid state drive can simply be slid into the […]

TRENDnet Now Shipping the Powerline 1200 Adapter

TRENDnet today announces the availability of the Powerline 1200 AV2 Adapter Kit, model TPL-420E2K. TRENDnet’s Powerline 1200 solutions create an extreme performance Powerline 1200 network using an existing electrical system. Installation couldn’t be easier-adapters auto-connect (on the same electrical system) out of the box over a pre-encrypted Powerline networking the first adapter and network it […]

Fox Okays New Pilot for DC’s Lucifer

Fox has given a formal pilot order to “Lucifer,” based on the DC Comics character. Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and Len Wiseman are attached to the hourlong drama as exec producers, with Wiseman set to direct the pilot. The project hailing from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Aggressive Mediocrity and Warner Bros. TV follows Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, as he […]

LG G Flex 2 Comes to Sprint on March 13

Sprint today said it will sell the LG G Flex 2 beginning March 13. Preorders for the device commence Feb. 20. The G Flex 2 will be available via Sprint Easy pay, which costs $21 per month for 24 months. The suggested retail price is $504. Sprint didn’t say how much the phone will cost […]

BlackBerry Pushing Out 10.3.1 System Update

BlackBerry today said BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 is available for device owners to download. The latest version of BlackBerry’s operating system includes the Amazon Appstore for Android apps and brings back keyboard shortcuts to devices with physical keyboards. The OS also improves BlackBerry Blend (desktop messaging client), BlackBerry Assistant (voice commands), BlackBerry Hub (adds instant actions), […]

Sprint LTE and Spark Expand

Sprint today launched LTE service in 24 new markets and Spark service in an additional 24 markets. The company’s LTE footprint now reaches 270 million POPs, while its Spark footprint reaches 125 million POPs. Some of the new LTE markets include Flagstaff, Ariz.; Maui and the Big Island, Hawaii; Terra Haute, Ind.; Thousand Oaks, Ventura, […]

Samsung Debuts eMMC 5.1 Memory Modules

Samsung recently announced a range of memory modules for smartphones and tablets that rely on the new eMMC 5.1 specification. JEDEC, the semiconductor standards organization, approved the eMMC 5.1 specification earlier this year. The eMMC spec is for storage embedded directly into the logic board of smartphones and tablets. According to Samsung, it has 16GB, […]

Google updates the Inbox App for iOS and Android – Now Compatible with Tablets

Google today released versions of its Inbox application that work with Android tablets and the iPad. The app, which can be used instead of Gmail, was previously limited to smartphones. In addition to support for tablets, Google also made Inbox available in the desktop versions of Firefox and Safari. It was previously limited to Chrome […]

T-Mobile Shuffles Execs

T-Mobile has promoted CMO Mike Sievert to the COO position, according to a document the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sievert served as the CMO under CEO John Legere since November 2012 and helped develop the company’s Uncarrier strategy. Sievert will be in charge of all customer-facing operations, such as sales, marketing, […]

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