Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post — Jason Calacanis announced on Friday that he was retiring from blogging. There was a very mixed reaction to the news, with most believing it to be a publicity stunt. Jason said in his farewell post that instead of blogging, he would instead be posting […]
Archive for July 13th, 2008
Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post (Nik Cubrilovic/TechCrunch)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Tip: Updating iPhone to 5A347 reduces yellow tinge (Clint Ecker/Infinite Loop)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Clint Ecker / Infinite Loop:
Tip: Updating iPhone to 5A347 reduces yellow tinge — Many of our readers have noted that their new iPhone 3Gs purchased this past Friday had screens that were exhibiting a much yellower hue than their original iPhones, even when updated to the latest firmware using iTunes.
Steve Wozniak out of line at iPhone store? (Greg Sandoval/CNET News.com)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Steve Wozniak out of line at iPhone store? — Steve Wozniak sits with friends before he allegedly got up to cut in line at a San Jose Apple store — Steve Wozniak helped create Apple. He’s worth millions. He’s a hero to geeks the world over. — Would he really […]
Exclusive: First Live Pics of the BlackBerry Thunder! (Kevin Michaluk/CrackBerry.com blogs)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
Exclusive: First Live Pics of the BlackBerry Thunder! — This just in, you are now looking at the first live images of the BlackBerry Thunder and its touchscreen keyboard!! — The first pics and screenshots we have seen of the BlackBerry Thunder have been awesome, but it’s nice to finally […]
iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: the day after (Chris Ziegler/Engadget)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: the day after — So many of you are probably still in your jammies, reveling in the afterglow of yesterday’s purchase, repeatedly opening Maps on your glossy new iPhone 3G and watching in exaggerated wonderment as your location is determined with frightening speed and accuracy.
In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan (Michael Falcone/New York Times)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Michael Falcone / New York Times:
In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan — WASHINGTON — It began with a twitter from one of Capitol Hill’s best-known technophiles. — “I just learned the Dems are trying to censor Congressmen’s ability to use Twitter Qik YouTube Utterz etc — outrageous and I will fight them,” … […]
Xbox 360 Console Now Offers Triple the Storage (Xbox.com)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Xbox.com:
Xbox 360 Console Now Offers Triple the Storage — Redmond, Washington—Microsoft is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360® console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (U.S.) estimated retail price.
Updated: Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 price cut and new 60-gigabyte model (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Updated: Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 price cut and new 60-gigabyte model — Microsoft came through tonight with a press release announcing its $50 price cut for the Xbox 360 Pro (with a 20 gigabyte hard drive) model, which drops from $349 to $299 in the U.S. and Canada.
Yahoo Again Spurns a Microsoft Offer (New York Times)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
New York Times:
Yahoo Again Spurns a Microsoft Offer — Yahoo said Saturday night that it had rejected a renewed proposal by Microsoft, together with the activist investor Carl C. Icahn, to buy the Internet company’s search business. — The proposal, made Friday evening by Mr. Icahn and Microsoft’s chief executive …
Gphone May Really Happen, And Ammunition Group May Be Designing It (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Gphone May Really Happen, And Ammunition Group May Be Designing It — 2007 was the year of speculation of a Google Phone, or Gphone. Handset manufacturer HTC was the center of attention around most of the rumors. But Google eventually squashed those rumors by announcing the Open Handset Alliance and Android.