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Don’t be surprised if you see Waze on your big-screen TV soon, as the social traffic app has announced a partnership with 12 television stations to assist in real-time TV traffic reporting. In many ways, the partnership is a match made in heaven. Waze has over 9 million users who are reporting real-time traffic information…
After months of webOS twisting in the wind, HP has reportedly finalized its plans for the elegant mobile operating system. HP will keep webOS but submit it to an open source community so that other handset makers and tinkerers can use it. In a press release, HP said its goals for the open source move…
Google has just rolled out a neat update for all you movie fans out there, as it has now made it faster and easier to search for movies on your Android device or on the iPhone. In a blog post, Google says that when you now type in “movies” or a specific theater into your…
The Zite app is coming to the iPhone and this social-news reader is facing an increasingly-crowded landscape. The Zite app, which is now owned by CNN, had previously been on the iPad and it provided a personalized news-reading experience with all the social and touch integration that you’d expect. You can have it pipe in…
AT&T appears to be throwing everything out there to in its seemingly-failing attempt to buy T-Mobile for more than $39 billion. Now, AT&T is saying that if the government blocks the deal, it could lead to higher overall prices for consumers. That’s the gist of a Bloomberg report, although the story doesn’t quote AT&T Inc.…
After Engadget pointed out that the AT&T 4G LTE network is partially live in San Francisco, I just had to give it a whirl. Well friends, I can tell you it’s definitely running and that it’s amazingly fast. As you can see by the headline image, the “4G LTE” logo in the top right is…
The Jawbone Up was an interesting product from the Bluetooth headset maker, as it was a high-tech wristband which used an iPhone app to help you get in better shape. Unfortunately, many have been complaining of defective products, so Jawbone is suspending orders and offering all customers a full refund, even if you keep the…
Surprisingly close to when Motorola did it, Sony Ericsson laid out the process for updating its phones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Basically, it’s going to take a while for Android 4.0 to land on Sony Ericsson’s phones but that doesn’t mean it isn’t working hard on it. The company had previously said that…
We’re fans of the real-time opinion app Opinionaided but it will be going away. Well, at least the name will be going away as the company, as it will now be known simply as Thumb. You can go to Thumb-it.com to check out the rebranded company and app (don’t go to Thumb.com unless you like…
Twitter has overhauled its mobile experience on the web and on the iPhone and Android and this new version aims to make Twitter a simpler and much more visually-pleasing experience. Basically, Twitter wants to make this fly. The new user interface is available now via the apps on iPhone and Android and also through a…