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If your morning cup of joe is the most important factor in kickstarting your day, having an app that helps you hunt down a fresh cup is always handy. That’s why, as soon as the TimmyMe app for BlackBerry (from Tim Hortons) was launched, I’ve had it locked and loaded. TimmyMe helps you locate the…
WiMax went live in San Francisco today for both Sprint and Clear, since they both share infrastructure, and it’s nice to see the tech hub getting a little 4G love. We already knew that it would be coming, but now San Francisco Bay Area residents can enjoy Clear 4G products like USB modems and mobile…
Windows Phone Marketplace is growing by leaps and bounds. In less than eight weeks, the Marketplace boasts of over 3,000 apps and 15,000 developers. Early last month, Windows Phone launched in the US and we looked at the top games and the top launch titles. We have been using Windows Phone since launch and have,…
Microsoft produced a promotional video with T-Mobile that highlights Windows Phone development and its integration with Windows Azure. Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform that supports wide variety of Internet services and remote applications. The back-end datacenters are hosted by Microsoft and the platform offers both an API and a client-side managed class library…
Apple and a handful of iPhone app developers, like Pandora, Paper Toss, the Weather Channel, and Dictionary.com are under legal fire for sending personal information to advertisers without the consent of app users. Jonathan Lalo is seeking class-action status for the suit, which claims that information like location, age, gender, income, ethnicity, sexual orientation and…
Earlier this year, AT&T decided to alleviate its network in the dense Times Square area of New York City with a Wi-Fi Hotzone. For the most part, it has helped a little in conjunction with beefing up its network. The carrier is now planning on taking things a little further by expanding its Wi-Fi Hotzone…
That cup of coffee you pick up on your way to work everyday, have you noticed the price has gone up during the past few years? That’s because there’s a global shortage of the miracle drug, and basic supply and demand has caused prices to soar. The guys who actually make the coffee have been…
Shaw Wu, an analyst at Kaufman Brothers, says that the battery life on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is still not quite up to snuff, citing “a few hours”-worth of juice in its current state. As a result, he’s expecting the launch to be pushed to March or May from our previously expected February timeframe. Of…
They say necessity is the mother of all invention, and I’d be hard-pressed to think of a greater necessity than to stay immobile and comfortable on the couch while remaining adequately refreshed with ice cold beer. In that spirit, one enterprising couch potato has modded his mini-fridge to dispense one of four different beers, which…
Good news for San Francisco Bay Area residents, Sprint 4G is now available in your locale! Right on time, the WiMAX service officially launched today in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland. Residents should expect 4G coverage similar to their Los Angeles counterparts who had their 4G service switched on earlier this month.…