Twitter wants to work on phones that don’t have data access at all
Twitter could be about to increase its user base significantly with news that the company has partnered with a Singapore-based start-up to bring the microblogging service to handsets that lack Internet access. U2opia Mobile’s Fonetwish service, which uses a telecom protocol known as Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), allows users…
Apple iOS 7 Jailbreak: Crowdfunded Bounty Announced For First Developer To …
A website called isios7jailbrokenyet.com is currently generating donations — using Stripe — to fund an open-source jailbreak for the new iOS 7. “We strongly believe that users should have the freedom to control their devices,” a post on the website read. “We wanted an open- source jailbreak for iOS…
‘Sound of Music Live’: Top TiVo Moments
NBC scored big with the ambitious live production of The Sound of Music on Thursday evening, drawing 18.5 million viewers to the three-hour extravaganza. Country star Carrie Underwood led the cast as Maria von Trapp opposite True Blood’s Stephen Moyer as Captain von Trapp, as well as seasoned theater vets Audra…
Cyber Monday Samsung HDTV has discounted for Cyber Monday Shopping …
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — The review website, DealChecking.com now announces their latest HDTV reviews. They are adding reviews of Samsung’s high-end HDTVs for Cyber Monday 2013 sales. To check price of Cyber Monday 2013 Samsung HDTV, please CLICK here now! According to the website’s founder, they have decided to add these…
Twitter CEO’s Goal: Get Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Twitter
In a Today Show interview on Friday hyped as a bit of a scoop, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo offered jokes, some insight on what it’s like to be the oldest guy in the room and an important goal: bringing a few high-profile female comedians to the service. Everyone, including Today…
How to transform any HDTV into a Smart TV
Lots of us jumped on the HD bandwagon the moment HDTVs became available. By being early adopters, we got to enjoy the benefits of HD content from the get-go. Unfortunately, the early equipment needed to watch HDTV was quickly rendered obsolete by better performing, more attractive, and smarter products. Early…
Foursquare 7.0 Brings Scannable Design And Expands Proactive …
Way back in the ancient prehistory of 2009, Foursquare made its first foray into push notifications, at a time when using push at all was still rare. Two years later, it made an attempt to capitalize on those notifications with a vision of an app that would alert you proactively Unfortunately…
Mayfield Backs Connected, Commercial Drone Maker 3D Robotics With $6M
In September, drone and aierial robotics maker 3D Robotics announced a $30 million funding round from Foundry Group, True Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and SK Ventures. Today, Mayfield Fund is announcing that it was also a part of that round, contributing $6 million to the connected, aerial vehicle platform company. Founded by…
iOS 7 is Apple’s fastest growing mobile operating system
According to a chart posted on Apple’s developer website, iOS 7 is now installed on 74 percent of all active mobile devices manufactured by the tech giant. iOS 6 still powers 22 percent of iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch models out there, while the remaining 4 percentlikely older hardware that As several publications have noted,…
That time a robot wrote me a letter
FORTUNE — When the robot wrote to me it used a pen. The robot’s letter came in the mail, the usual way a letter does, and on the envelope, in fine cursive, the robot had written my address, its return address, and sealed the envelope using wax the color of…
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