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iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life for Interface, Software Awesomeness
Wired Gives iPhone 3G the Once Over We've spent an entire week testing every single nuance of the iPhone 3G and what follows is Wired's official, pull-no-punches, boiled-down, just-the-facts review. If you're still hankering for a lengthier take on the phone, check out our in-depth first look, which we recorded right after getting the device. ...
11 Must-Have iPhone Applications
Sorting the Jewels from the Junk in the iTunes Store The new apps are in the stores. Many are useless; others are buggy. Here are some that make the whole thing worthwhile Remember when cell phones were just for making calls? The new iPhone 3G, which launched on July 11, dials phone numbers, but ...
Streaming Music Site Last.FM Gets Major Facelift
Streaming music site Last.fm on Thursday launched new features and underwent a massive facelift. The new design is far more attractive and user-friendly than its original look, offering a more interactive platform to play, discover, and share free music. “Along with putting straight our clutter, we've cleaned house too. The user interface has been re-aligned to ...
Google, Lions Gate in Film Clips Deal
BEVERLY HILLS, California - In a move that signals a possible thawing of Google Inc's relations with Hollywood, its YouTube unit has reached a deal to feature film clips from Lions Gate Entertainment Inc on the video-sharing site. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt announced the deal at an Ad Age/William Morris Agency conference on Wednesday and ...
EU Cracks Down on Dodgy Ringtone Sites
BRUSSELS - The European Union's consumer chief on Thursday launched a crackdown on websites offering mobile phone services such as ringtones after a probe found most were ripping people off, notably teenagers. An initial investigation by EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva into 500 websites providing ringtones, wallpapers, news feeds or videogames worth hundreds of millions of ...
Tivo Launches Youtube Partnership Early
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Just what the television industry needs, increased competition from those wacky YouTube videos that 68 million people watch every month. Only now, it will be easier than ever to view them on television screens. Beginning Thursday, TiVo will offer thousands of its subscribers the ability to stream YouTube videos onto their ...
Google's 35 Percent Profit Jump Saddens Wall St.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 (Reuters) - Google Inc reported a weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in quarterly net profit due to lower interest income and higher expenses for foreign currency hedges, driving its shares down 7 percent on Thursday. While other Internet companies have been suffering from a weakening U.S. economy, Wall Street has come to count ...
Apple Climbs into Third Place in U.S. PC Market
Apple Computer again cracked the top three in U.S. PC sales for the third quarter, according to surveys released Wednesday by both Gartner and IDC. Worldwide, Apple didn't make the top five PC vendors, according to both firms. But within the U.S., IDC estimated that Apple finished in a virtual dead heat with Acer for third ...
New Dish HD Satellite Launches
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - DISH Network Corp's plans to roll out more high definition video channels received a boost in the early hours of Wednesday after the successful launch of its EchoStar XI broadcast satellite. DISH, the second-largest U.S. satellite TV operator, needs to roll out more HD channels to be able to compete ...
