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Saving Money on Home Technology
It's no secret that many techies are struggling to budget for new gadgets. However, even in today's economy, you can get your gadget fix without breaking the bank.
Read More »Could a New iPod Be Announced This September?
Rumors are now circulating that Apple could possibly announce a new iPod at their event this September.
Read More »Looted Smartphones from London Will be Blocked by Carriers
Did you pick up a "free" smartphone during the London riots? Tough luck -- looks like the stolen phones will all get bricked.
Read More »Android Now Has 40% of Smartphone Share
The analysts at comScore have come up with some... not so surprising new statistics, which place Android as having a 40% share of mobile subscribers.
Read More »The Death of Unlimited Data Plans for Verizon
Starting today, July 7th, you'll no longer be able to get an unlimited data plan from Verizon. 10GB of data streaming, the highest tier package, will cost you around $80 per month.
Read More »Unevenly Distributed: Why CES Is Hell
During next week's CES, you'll rarely hear a single word about why you should really care about the devices debuting there... but is that really so surprising when even the electronics makers at CES can't answer as simple a question as why their gadgets matter?
Read More »“My Son Is Mistaking a Smartphone for His Mother”: iPhone Becomes iMama
In our current state of technological evolution, mobility is playing more and more of a role in our kids’ and our own lives, and the way we communicate with each other. Eric Pape writes about this phenomenon in an article on Slate, in which he describes how his toddler son started to mistake his father’s iPhone as his own mother. ...
Read More »If Classic Movies Featured Smartphones…
Imagine a world where Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Usual Suspects and Back to the Future featured smartphones. Watching classic cinema would be a hell of a different experience. Maybe the lack of smartphones is the reason they’re so classic in the first place? So sure, maybe Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart get a few more hours together, and yeah, Chuck ...
Read More »Survey Shows That iPhone Owners Get Laid More
As an iPhone owner myself, I can say that this is unequivocally untrue. If I were running OKCupid, I’d go back and check if iPhone users are also much more likely to pay for sex then other smartphone users. But regardless of my involuntary abstinance, OKCupid says it is so. They also say that the camera you use for your ...
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