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We know that Apple is bringing iPhone features to the Mac but it looks like the FaceTime on Mac feature may have a small security flaw. Once you’ve logged in to FaceTime on the Mac, other people can monkey with your Apple ID or change your passwords while FaceTime is still running. There’s also reports…
You may recall some of us being upset with how some carriers are describing its next-generation mobile networks as “4G” even though standards bodies didn’t designate technologies as such. Well, the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunications has finally designated which wireless technologies should be called 4G but don’t expect that to clear up the confusion. The…
After all the hype and hoopla about Microsoft needing Windows Phone 7 to be a hit to stay relevant in the computing market of the future, we’ve finally been able to spend some good time with the premier launch devices. As the resident music fan, I was tasked with reviewing the speaker-toting HTC Surround for…
MetroPCS is lighting up its 4G LTE network in the Motor City and Detroit citizens will soon be able to use the carrier’s next-generation mobile broadband network. Detroit is the third U.S. city that MetroPCS offers 4G LTE service and the company was the first carrier in the United States to offer an LTE phone…
Today’s Apple “Lion” event was supposed to show that the company is more than just its iPhone and iOS products but it is clear that Apple eventually plans to have its iOS and Mac OS products to be very similar. Apple will be integrating features from the iPhone and iPad into the next version of…
HTC is partnering with TomTom to make the navigation features on its smartphones better. You may be asking why the company needs to do this, as many of its best-selling Android phones come with Google Maps and Google Navigation for the heavy lifting on location but the handset maker is trying to offer its own…
An Acer executive reportedly downplayed the Apple iPad and said people would “return to their senses” and move back to traditional computers and laptops. Acer Chairman JT Wang also said that many in the press have been mesmerized by the positives of the Apple iPad but haven’t really focused on the negatives. For example, he…
I just wanted to give you Apple iOS users a friendly reminder that the company will be streaming its Lion event today from its website. You’re going to need an Apple product to view this and this includes Mac computers, iPhones, iPod touch units or the iPad. The company did a similar thing when it…
Bad news Symbian fans, as Symbian Foundation CEO Lee Williams will be leaving for nebulous “personal reasons” and he will be replaced by the foundation’s CFO, Tim Holbrow. We don’t know why Lee Williams is leaving but this cannot bode well for Symbian. Lee Williams came from Nokia and was tasked with making Symbian and…
T-Mobile has completed its senior management transition: say “good-bye” to Robert Dotson as CEO and say “hi” to new CEO Philipp Humm. This move was announced a few months ago, as Dotson said he wanted to spend more time with his family. Humm comes from T-Mobile’s European arm. “T-Mobile has grown into a strong consumer…