But you’ll have to act fast because there’s only two of these million-dollar iPhone 5s in the world. Oh, you don’t have a cool million lying around? Shame. It’s really quite a looker. Ferrari Press Agency This $1 million iPhone 5 is available from Alchemist London. There are only two…
Developers who took part in BlackBerry’s cash-for-apps rally, the 10K Developer Commitment, claim to have caught BlackBerry trying to wriggle out of paying them. However, BlackBerry told ZDNet it will honour its original offer. Would BlackBerry really shaft developers that stuck with the platform during its darkest hours? It appeared…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc and its photo sharing subsidiary, Instagram, will delete posts offering to buy or sell guns without background checks, Facebook announced on Wednesday. In an effort to curb what gun control advocates say is the increasing use of the social networks to circumvent checks and…
By Mikey Campbell The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent filing describing a unique mobile device feature that can automatically request assistance if it is determined that a user is in distress. Apple’s patent application for "Mobile emergency attack and failsafe detection" covers a…
Google rolled out an update to Gmail’s iOS app Wednesday that added background refresh and a simpler sign-in process. With the update, Gmail now loads messages in the background so users can view new emails the second they get a push notification. Previously, users would have to wait for new…
Chicago Tribune reporter Robert Channick on Comcast turning Chicago homes into public Wi-Fi hot spots. (Posted on: March 5, 2014) Comcast customers looking for a Wi-Fi hot spot might want to try their neighbor’s yard. The cable and Internet provider has begun to turn hundreds of thousands of Chicago-area homes into virtual…
Facebook outlined new rules today designed to stop users from illegally selling guns through its social networks. In a blog post, the social network giant said that it will limit posts on Facebook and Instagram discussing the sale of firearms to users over 18, warn people promoting the private sale The…
BlackBerry Ltd. Chief Executive Officer John Chen has surprised skeptics and pleased investors by cutting costs and fueling a 56 percent surge in the smartphone maker’s stock. Now he says his next priorities are ending losses in the hardware division and expanding instant messaging as he tries to turn around a…
When you install Windows 8 on your system, you gain access to a number of new features. Some are clear upgrades over previous versions of Windowsthe new system-wide search, for instancewhile others are more controversial "side-grades," rather than clear improvements. There’s one thing that’s a clear-cut downgrade, though: DVD playback. While…
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