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Amazon Instant Video is Amazon’s answer to Netflix and Hulu. The service includes approximately 30,000 free movies and TV shows for Amazon Prime Members ($79 per year), and allows you to rent newer releases or titles not available on the free service for a small fee, often $2-4 for a movie and a bit less…
Yes, let the Apple buying TomTom rumors begin. An analyst named, Hans Slob, believes there’s a 30 percent chance of Apple buying GPS and mapping company TomTom. Slob, in a note to investors, said “TomTom needs the cash from Apple, and Apple needs the know-how of TomTom.” A move like this makes perfect sense, considering…
In an interview with Fortune, Google CEO Larry Page had a few interesting remarks to say about its biggest competitors, Apple and Amazon. He says that the intense competition between the three companies is ultimately harmful to consumers, calling it “a shame.” “All the big technology companies are big because they did something great. I’d…
Well what do you know, that multi-touch patent Apple was raving about is not as valid as Cupertino folks would like it to be. The US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) has made a preliminary ruling that the patent number 7,479,949 (so called “Steve Jobs multitouch patent”) is invalid on all 20 points. If you…
Juniper Research revised its forecasts for the global NFC market, significantly scaling back growth estimates for the North American and Western European markets, blaming the lack of NFC support in iPhone 5 for this. The new forecast says that by 2017, the proportion of NFC-enabled smartphones will be only marginally below previous estimates, but the…
Tim Cook had a chat with the folks over at Businessweek that covered many things such as the departure of Scott Forstall, the future of Apple TV and the disaster known as Maps. In addition, the Apple boss revealed the company’s plans for next year, which includes spending $100 million to bring some manufacturing jobs…
Deutsche Telekom confirmed in a press statement that T-Mobile USA will start selling Apple products in 2013. The company failed to name the products or give a launch date, but we can presume it is talking about the iPhone and the iPad, and the launch will likely coincide with the debut of T-Mobile’s 4G LTE…
In addition to the Gmail app for iOS, Google also updated the YouTube app today. It adds support for a variety of different Apple products and services. It at last fills up the entire 4-inch display of the iPhone 5. Having those black bars next to my videos annoyed the hell out of me. Plus,…
Apple is ramping up its inventory of the iPhone 5 and making it readily available for the holiday shopping season. As noticed by CNET, ship times for the iPhone 5 have dropped to 2-4 days, down from one week. At its peak, ship times for the handset ballooned to three to four weeks due to…
Apple’s iPhone 5 is continuing its world tour this month. Currently available in 47 countries, the iPhone 5 will go on sale in 50 additional markets this month, with its first stop in South Korea on December 7th. On the 14th, the iPhone 5 will be available in Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain,…