Category Archives: Gadgets

Feb 11

The Law Against Unlocking Cellphones Is Anti-Consumer, Anti-Business, and Anti-Common Sense

But when you think about how corporations and their money exercise almost absolute power over our government, a law that makes unlocking your own phone a crime is hardly surprising. And that’s a shame.

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Jan 09

The always rumored less-expensive iPhone

If there’s one Apple-related rumor that never seems to die, it’s the one about a less-expensive iPhone. The stories are always full of unnamed sources and second-hand information, and the word “apparently” is usually in there somewhere. There’s never anyone … Read More

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Dec 13

Did Apple trick Google into improving their Maps app?

Matthew Yglesias writes in Slate that the new Google Maps app for iOS is actually a victory for Apple. You have to wonder if this wasn’t Apple’s strategy all along. Maps, and in particular the immense amount of data behind … Read More

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Oct 05

Latest issue of ‘EW Magazine’ has a smartphone embedded in it

The October 5th edition of Entertainment Weekly displays its Twitter feed live thanks to a working 3G Android phone complete with SIM card. It even has a USB port so you can recharge it. EW is only making about 1000 … Read More

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Sep 20

NFC used to hack the Samsung Galaxy S3

At the same Mobile Pnw2Own Conference where an iPhone 4s was hacked, security researchers hacked Android via NFC on the Samsung Galaxy S3. NFC, Near Field Communication, is the technology used to implement Google Wallet and despite the rumors did … Read More

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Sep 19

Daring Fireball reviews the iPhone 5

John Gruber has his review of the iPhone 5 up. As to the size: Such people surely think the iPhone 5’s display remains too small. But, trust me, there are going to be many long-time iPhone users complaining that it’s … Read More

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