Linkpost | 5.5.2012
• AT&T Chief Regrets Offering Unlimited Data for iPhone – Randall Stephenson says the iPhone’s unlimited cost AT&T plenty. Of course, now that the company has moved to tiered data, it’s making...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.18.2012
• Mystery malware wreaks havoc on energy sector computers – Shamoon tries to wipe hard drives on PCs, and appears to be targeting the energy industry. So far it’s mostly appeared on Aramco systems. Has...
View ArticleAT&T is working on automated translation of text messages
Brick by brick, the Tower of Babel keeps crumbling in the digital age. AT&T says it is working on a service that will automatically translate text messages written in different languages. The...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.14.2012
• Nokia to Offer Its Maps for iPhones and Android Phones – It’s a service called Here, and the iOS version has already been submitted to Apple for approval. A software development kit will allow the...
View ArticleSMS use declines, but you aren’t sending fewer texts. Wait, what?
For years, as voice calls on cellular phone declined in the United States, the use of Short Message Services – a.k.a. texting – has risen. This makes lots of sense, as texts are quicker, efficient and...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.29.2012
• Windows Blue is Microsoft’s future low-cost OS with yearly updates – Microsoft reportedly will move to a yearly update cycle for Windows, offering the OS at a lower price point. This is similar to...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.3.2012
• Hppy bday: the text message is 20 years old today and Texting SMS pioneer Matti Makkonen 20 years on – The first text message was sent 20 years ago today. It said simply: “Merry Christmas”. • The...
View Article20 yrs ago 2day, teh 1st txt msg wuz snt
Twenty years ago today, a British software engineer had the honor of sending the very first text message. You may be delighted to know that it was grammatically correct and each of the two words sent...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.4.2012
• What It Was Like Launching the Doomed iPad Magazine The Daily and Why ‘The Daily’ Failed – News Corp. announces that its iPad-only news publication, The Daily, will close. There are many, many...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.8.2013
• Apple’s digital content resale and loan system could allow DRM transfers between end users – Apple’s patent is similar to one recently granted to Amazon.com. You’d be able to sell used software,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.29.2013
• Free mobile messaging apps will be the death of SMS. Eventually. Just not yet. – Users sent more messages via chat apps such as iMessage, BlackBerry Messenger or WhatsApp than SMS texts in 2012....
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.13.2013
• ABC to Let App Users Live Stream Local Programming – Initially it will only be available in the areas around New York and Philadelphia, and only to people who have cable or satellite subscriptions....
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.20.2013
• iPhone 5C and 5S go on sale with gold in short supply – Apple’s Web store reports the gold version of the 5s won’t ship until October. Good luck finding one if you’re headed to an Apple retail store....
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.30.2013
• Amid Some Fistfights, Walmart Sells 1.4M Tablets On Thanksgiving, iPad Mini A Top Seller – Reality check: Walmart sold twice as many towels as tablets on Black Friday. And Mobile rules Walmart:...
View ArticleFollow-up: We’re sticking with AT&T … for now
After much deliberation, we've decided to stick it out with AT&T a little while longer. But we did dump a fifth, unused line on our family plan . . . and in discovering that we were "eligible" for...
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