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Major moves for mobile (week in review)
AT&T announces it will acquire T-Mobile just as the wireless world gathers in Florida for the annual CTIA trade show. Also: Hackers exploit chink in Web’s armor.
Major moves for mobile (week in review)
AT&T announces it will acquire T-Mobile just as the wireless world gathers in Florida for the annual CTIA trade show. Also: Hackers exploit chink in Web’s armor.
Leonardo da Vinci would love this robo-bird
SmartBird by German-based Festo can fly, take off, and land autonomously. Good thing it doesn’t like fouling statues.
More less-than-awesome revenue gossip for Groupon
One site has crunched numbers and estimates that Groupon declines coupled with LivingSocial growth means the two sites are now about the same size in the 20 biggest U.S. metro regions.
iPad 2 online ship times drop to 3 to 4 weeks
U.S. online buyers of Apple’s new iPad now face a wait of only 3 to 4 weeks before the tablet ships, down from 4 to 5 weeks a few days ago.
YouTube co-founders may team on new start-up
Chad Hurley says that he and YouTube co-founder Steve Chen have been discussing new ideas for a company.
New iPad most expensive in Denmark, cheapest in U.S.
LONDON (Reuters) – Apple’s new iPad went on sale in 25 countries internationally on Friday, but the United States is still the cheapest place to buy the latest version of the tablet computer.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to get Gingerbread
Sony Ericsson says its Xperia X10 smartphone will be getting an upgrade to Android 2.3, even though the company had said it would stop at Android 2.1.
Best Buy reworking its Web strategy
Retailer plans to expand its online presence to help it compete more effectively with Web-based rivals.
Facebook has answers
Google is reportedly testing Google Music internally, The New York Times launches a high-end discount site, and Facebook revamps its question-and-answer product.
RIM shares take a hit on weak outlook
BlackBerry maker reports solid fourth-quarter results but warns that the current quarter may suffer as it shifts to lower-end devices and spends on its PlayBook launch.
Apple uses stronger glass in iPad 2
The folks over at iFixYouri have compared the glass screen components in the original iPad with the iPad 2′s glass. Impressively, iPad 2′s glass was noticeably stronger despite being thinner.
