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FreedomPop’s New iPhone Case Promises Users Free Wireless Data
Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom’s new FreedomPop project was initially shrouded in secrecy, but they’ve recently become a bit more talkative about how the company plans to offer “free wireless broadband” to their customers. FreedomPop CMO Tony Miller spilled the beans about the company’s WiMax-based freemium wireless data service to Forbes , but left yet another question unanswered — what’s the “innovative” new wireless device they’ve got in the works? Well, according to a high-level source inside FreedomPop, it’s an iPhone 4/4S case… with an integrated WiMax radio. ...
Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom’s new FreedomPop project was initially shrouded in secrecy, but they’ve recently become a bit more talkative about how the company plans to offer “free wireless broadband” to their customers. FreedomPop CMO Tony Miller spilled the beans about the company’s WiMax-based freemium wireless data service to Forbes , but left yet another question unanswered — what’s the “innovative” new wireless device they’ve got in the works? Well, according to a high-level source inside FreedomPop, it’s an iPhone 4/4S case… with an integrated WiMax radio. ...
Apple Will Tell Us Monday How It Plans To Use Its $100B In Cash
Everyone has been wondering what Apple will do with its outsized cash reserves — currently at just under $100 billion. Tomorrow the company will hold a conference call to tell the world what that will be. “Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash,” read a release from the ...
Everyone has been wondering what Apple will do with its outsized cash reserves — currently at just under $100 billion. Tomorrow the company will hold a conference call to tell the world what that will be. “Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash,” read a release from the ...
The Agony And Ecstasy Of Mike Daisey
It seems that noted firebrand Mike Daisey’s story – the one about the crippled, underaged factory workers who unspooled tales of woe and torture at the hands of their evil Foxconn masters at Apple’s behest- was at least partially fabricated . He was outed as, at best, a bad journalist and at worst, a fraud. To be clear, he’s a monologist and playwright and had no business telling this story (just as he really had no business telling Amazon’s story way back when ) but he, like ...
It seems that noted firebrand Mike Daisey’s story – the one about the crippled, underaged factory workers who unspooled tales of woe and torture at the hands of their evil Foxconn masters at Apple’s behest- was at least partially fabricated . He was outed as, at best, a bad journalist and at worst, a fraud. To be clear, he’s a monologist and playwright and had no business telling this story (just as he really had no business telling Amazon’s story way back when ) but he, like ...
Untethered jailbreak for new iPad shown on YouTube, not quite ready for download
Are we shocked to see an untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak for the new iPad? Not so much. Are we surprised to see it arrive so quick? Hell, yes. The iPad 2's untethered jailbreak took an eternity, whereas this new tunnel seems to have been dug during one fleeting Friday night. The hacker to thank is i0n1c, aka Stefan Esser -- a man who moves so fast his YouTube clip ...
Are we shocked to see an untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak for the new iPad? Not so much. Are we surprised to see it arrive so quick? Hell, yes. The iPad 2's untethered jailbreak took an eternity, whereas this new tunnel seems to have been dug during one fleeting Friday night. The hacker to thank is i0n1c, aka Stefan Esser -- a man who moves so fast his YouTube clip ...
Flight Control Rocket now available
If you’re a fan of Flight Control, you’ll be excited to know that there now is a sequel to the simple yet highly addictive game. Called Flight Control Rocket, it takes the same idea of the original game and expands upon it with new features, gameplay mechanics and graphics. Flight Control Rocket is now set in space, and features 15 spacecraft with unique abilities and characteristics. New game modes such as Infinity and Odyssey are available, and ...
If you’re a fan of Flight Control, you’ll be excited to know that there now is a sequel to the simple yet highly addictive game. Called Flight Control Rocket, it takes the same idea of the original game and expands upon it with new features, gameplay mechanics and graphics. Flight Control Rocket is now set in space, and features 15 spacecraft with unique abilities and characteristics. New game modes such as Infinity and Odyssey are available, and ...
Flipboard Gets Retina-Ready, But Will Users Spend More Time In-App?
Good news, new iPad users: everyone’s favorite iPad news magazine Flipboard (OK, my favorite, but I hear the Flipboard / Zite battles get fierce) is now Retina-ready. I know, we all thought the enhanced app would be approved by tonight , but, as it turns out, the update was shipped a bit earlier. Consider this your PSA. However, in the brief note Flipboard sent me about the update, something struck me as interesting: company co-founder Evan Doll casually speculated that the Retina Display would lead to longer Flipboard ...
Good news, new iPad users: everyone’s favorite iPad news magazine Flipboard (OK, my favorite, but I hear the Flipboard / Zite battles get fierce) is now Retina-ready. I know, we all thought the enhanced app would be approved by tonight , but, as it turns out, the update was shipped a bit earlier. Consider this your PSA. However, in the brief note Flipboard sent me about the update, something struck me as interesting: company co-founder Evan Doll casually speculated that the Retina Display would lead to longer Flipboard ...
Google Wallet’s Founding Engineer, Product Lead Already at Work on Next Startup, Tappmo
More people leaving Google Wallet means more founders for mobile payments startups! Jonathan Wall , a founding engineer on Google Wallet, and Marc Freed-Finnegan , its product lead, are already heads down on their next venture Tappmo after having their last day at Google on March 5. They’re not saying too much about what it is aside from saying it’s about revolutionizing offline payments. (No surprise there.) “We think the next few years will bring groundbreaking developments in mobile commerce and we are excited to dive in ...
More people leaving Google Wallet means more founders for mobile payments startups! Jonathan Wall , a founding engineer on Google Wallet, and Marc Freed-Finnegan , its product lead, are already heads down on their next venture Tappmo after having their last day at Google on March 5. They’re not saying too much about what it is aside from saying it’s about revolutionizing offline payments. (No surprise there.) “We think the next few years will bring groundbreaking developments in mobile commerce and we are excited to dive in ... 
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