The fourth quarter for eBay was pretty decent with $2.5 billion and the company’s mobile pushes are really starting to pay off. The company is really pushing its eBay app, as I’ve seen multiple buses in San Francisco advertising this with QR codes included. This appears to be paying off, as the company said the…
Convergence
The Daily digital iPad newspaper to land next week
Apple and News Corp. are set to have an event Jan. 19 to introduce “The Daily,” a digital iPad newspaper that will have subscription services. The Wall Street Journal is bringing us the story through unnamed sources but it’s pretty much a given if they’re reporting it. First of all, Apple and the WSJ have…
Verizon iPhone 4 competitors: dual-core, Android, 4G LTE
So, you may have heard that the Verizon iPhone 4 will be coming out in a few weeks. Ardent Apple fans are probably already waiting in line but will this even be the best device Big Red has over the next few months? Let’s take a look at some of Verizon’s best smartphones coming out.…
Intel, Nvidia sign $1.5 billion licensing deal
Intel and Nvidia have announced a cross-licensing agreement worth up to $1.5 billion (going to Nvidia) and this will end the long-standing litigation between the two. The move comes as the two chip-makers are poised to clash even further in the mobile space. As for the $1.5 billion settlement, Intel was accused of engaging in…
QNX lets BlackBerry PlayBook become in-car controller
We finally got some hands-on time with the BlackBerry PlayBook at CES 2011 in Las Vegas and we were impressed with the software that QNX has developed for the iPad competitor. But QNX has software in a variety of devices and the company showed us how its in-car software can help you use your BlackBery…
NVIDIA Tegra 2 powering BMW, Tesla in-car information units
We knew that this would be the year of the dual-core processor and NVIDIA is looking to be the major player over the next 12 months. Along with powering cool phones like the LG Optimus 2X and the upcoming Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet, the dual-core chip will also power the in-car information units for the…
Apple iPad magazines floundering
When the Apple iPad was first introduced, many publishers thought this would be the next step or potential savior for magazines and newspapers but reports suggest that these apps are floundering without a clear subscription strategy. According to WWD, the Wired iPad app had a wildly successful debut with about 100,000 downloads but the recent…
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon’s ‘Isis’ aims to use NFC to boost mobile payment
You may have heard that AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Discover and Barclay’s have formed a joint-venture called Isis to boost mobile payments through NFC technology but what does that really mean for you? Well, friends, we spoke with Isis today about how it could be different this time and about how your phone may finally become…
Wall Street Journal launches Android tablet app
The Wall Street Journal has just launched an Android app that is optimized for tablets only. That means you’ll be able to get the latest news on your fancy new Galaxy Tab. Like the app for the Apple iPad, the Wall Street Journal Android tablet app will give users access to the latest news and…
Samsung Windows Phone 7 phones can tether after all
Well, it looks like Windows Phone 7 devices can tether after all but it only appears to work with Samsung smartphones and it does take a few jumping through hoops. We initially thought tethering would be supported in Windows Phone 7 but the carriers would determine if this is possible and how much extra it…