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March, 2011
Windows Phone 7 To Get NFC Mobile Payments [REPORT]
Microsoft has joined Apple and Google on the list of OS providers rumored to be taking steps toward enabling mobile payments.
The company plans to include the short-range wireless technology NFC (Near Field Communication) in new versions of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, Bloomberg Business ...
Is Apple Delaying the Release of iPhone 5?
Apple could be delaying the release of its unannounced generation iPhone from its typical summer debut to sometime in the fall due to the Verizon iPhone 4.
For the last four years, Apple has released a new version of the iPhone in June or July. And for the last three years, Apple has unveiled ...
Amazon Cloud Player Lets You Play Your Music From Anywhere
Amazon has just entered the streaming music business with the launch of Cloud Player, a music player that lets anyone upload their music to Amazon’s servers and play them via the web or Android.
The new Cloud Player service adds a new “Save to Amazon Cloud Drive” button for saving MP3s to the ...
Only O2 will delay Sony Ericsson Xperia Play launch
Cast your mind back a couple of days to Friday, when we reported on O2 delaying the launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
The network operator has run up against some issues in testing, and is working to resolve them in conjunction with Sony Ericsson, leading to an official announcement from O2 ...
MySpace drops 10 million users in one month
Things appears to be going from bad to worse at MySpace currently.
The ailing social platform – which was once king before Facebook came along – recently tried to stay relevant by rebranding itself as a content-focused “social entertainment” site, rather than a social network.
In January, ...
Facebook Acquires Snaptu to Bring Social Networking to Feature Phones
Facebook has acquired Israeli startup Snaptu, a creator of simple mobile applications for feature phones, for an estimated $70 million.
Snaptu’s technology is designed to bring web service such as Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn to almost any phone through a series of applications it has designed. ...
Top 100 Socially Networked Cities in the U.S.
Anyone who wants to rank socially networked cities is going to be in for a fight. But the brave souls at Men’sHealth aren’t shying away from a tussle, placing the top 100 most socially networked cities in order for all to see.
How did they do it? It appears to be a fair and scientifically valid ...
5 iPad Apps That Rival Their Desktop Counterparts
The iPad for Business Series is supported by LogMeIn Ignition, the #1 third-party Productivity app for iPad and iPhones in 2010. Get one-touch access to all your applications and files, on all your remote computers with LogMeIn Ignition for iPad/iPhone.
The iPad is sometimes criticized for being a consumption ...
Facebook for BlackBerry 2.0 Arrives in Beta
Research In Motion (RIM) has just announced the first beta release for the next major version of Facebook for BlackBerry, which features a redesigned user interface and incorporates a host of new features, including Facebook Chat.
The new Facebook Chat feature integrates with both the app and the unified ...
Microsoft: IE9 Downloaded 27 Times Per Second
Internet Explorer 9, which was released Monday, was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours it was available, according to Microsoft. The beta version of this iteration of the browser was downloaded only 1 million times during the first day of its availability.
For the final version of IE ...