Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch have a new application that’s been introduced by Netflix to stream movies and TV episodes. The app can be downloaded for free via iTunes. A Netflix subscription is required, and Netflix has announced that streaming and mail-order rentals start at $8.99 per month. Netflix is offering a service called “Watch Read more »
Apple is in discussions with The Walt Disney Company to offer 99-cent rentals of television episodes. The discussions involve offering some ABC television shows on the iTunes store, and the two companies may be nearing an agreement, The Wall Street Journal reports. However, some other television companies such as CBC, NBC Universal (owned by General Read more »
BlackBerry Torch weekend sales reveal more of a slow burn than the raging inferno hoped for by its maker Research In Motion (RIM), and now Amazon.com has slashed the device’s price in half to $100. The Torch originally went on sale last Thursday for $199 with a two-year contract with its exclusive provider, AT&T. But Read more »
India is expressing security concerns about BlackBerry similar to those already expressed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. India will likely make a decision Thursday about how to handle BlackBerry’s encrypted messages that make it difficult for government intelligence officials to see. The government’s concern is that potential terrorists could be using the Read more »
Apple’s fears have finally become realized as the legalization of jailbreaking the iPhone and iPad have opened up the floodgates for security concerns. Hackers are now starting to adapt PC hacking techniques and using it to attack mobile devices which now includes all iPhone and iPad devices. USA Today quoted Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris who Read more »
Research in Motion is planning to launch its own tablet device, the aptly named BlackPad this November, reports InformationWeek. Though the BlackBerry maker has been silent about the device, observers picked up the scent when it reserved the domain www.BlackPad.com. Manufacturers who also supply parts to BlackBerry have reason to believe that the BlackPad would Read more »
Barnes & Noble plans to move its Nook electronic reader out of its cubbyhole beginning this September, placing it front and center in the bookstore chain’s most serious challenge yet to Amazon. Read more »
UK troops are now using a special app developed for the iPad while learning how to handle a fire mission, reports the BBC’s Newsbeat. The iPad is being used at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire, where trials have shown that soldiers indeed learned the jargon and procedures in controlling and directing artillery fire Read more »
Microsoft is playing catch up to Apple’s iPad, but analysts say the software powerhouse will have its work cut out for it if it wants to beat Apple’s head start. Read more »
A trio of complainants have filed a federal law suit against Apple, claiming that the device overheats in minutes and suddenly shuts down under the sun, reports ComputerWorld. The plaintiffs Jacob Balthazar, Claudia Keller and John Browning had the following claim: The iPad does not live up to the reasonable consumer’s expectations created by Apple Read more »
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