Category Archives: Breaking News

Apple Mac OS X Lion available now in the App Store — Engadget

  For developers willing to shell out $99 for an annual membership in Apples group of Mac OS app creators, Lion is old news already. But the rest of you can finally download Apples latest operating system — Mac OS … Continue reading

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Apple: Mac OS X Lion to hit the App Store tomorrow — Engadget

Well it looks like the cats finally out of the bag virtual box. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer just confirmed during todays earnings call that Mac OS 10.7 is due to hit the Mac App Store tomorrow, making Lion available as … Continue reading

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Google+ app for iPhone now available — Engadget

Google promised that iPhone users would soon be getting a Google+ app of their own, and its now here. Not surprisingly, it looks a lot like the Android app, including views of your main stream and nearby users, sharing via … Continue reading

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Amazon rolls out textbook rentals for Kindle, promises discounts up to 80 percent — Engadget

  Students can already save a few bucks by opting for a digital version of a textbook over a hardcover, and they can now save even more courtesy of Amazon if they aren’t too intent on hanging onto the book … Continue reading

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Apple to launch low-priced iPhone for $350, iPhone 4S/5 end of summer

  We know these next-generation iPhone rumors have been out of control aren’t they every year right before a new iPhone is slated to be released?, but we just received some new information from an incredibly solid source of ours. … Continue reading

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WiFi hacker lands 18-year prison sentence, sex offender status for campaign of cyber vengeance — Engadget

  Look, we understand that being accused of pedophilia is horrible but, if youre not keen on spending time in the pokey, its probably not best to exact your revenge by hacking and framing your accusers for making terrorist threats … Continue reading

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Google teases Photovine, slides back into image sharing — Engadget

Remember when Google acquired Slide way back in 2010? A year after coasting smoothly down the chute into Mountain View, the social gaming company has finally begun to make a splash, launching Prizes beta last week, and now teasing Photovine, … Continue reading

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Line2 brings phone functionality to iPad for 10 bucks a month video — Engadget

Remember that ridiculous Steven Slater rap video promoting Line2s in-flight texting app? Well, the VoIP company just dusted off the point-and-shoot and hopped back over to YouTube, this time peddling a complete telephony solution for iPad. Launching July 28th, the … Continue reading

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WOW — You Can Soon Transfer Money On PayPal By Bumping Two Androids Together

Laura Chambers, senior director of PayPal Mobile, showed off how PayPal’s new NFC Android widget can be used to transfer money simply by tapping together two Nexus S phones.The addition of NFC is a big step for PayPal, a company … Continue reading

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Nine states subpoena Sprint over opposition to AT&Ts T-Mobile acquisition

Sprint has received subpoenas from Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington regarding its opposition of AT&T’s planned $39 billion T-Mobile USA acquisition, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division also issued … Continue reading

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