Archive for: December, 2011

Gavio’s The Pill Speakers Covers the iPod Nano

Singapore-based Gavio will soon be offering The Pill, a compact docking speaker for the sixth-generation Apple iPod nano. What makes Gavio’s solution unique is its form-factor. Owners can park their music device inside a sound system that resembles a giant pill. The pill is a compact 5.8-inch speaker system. The iPod drops into a holder […]

Intel Ivy Bridge Chips Tentatively Dated, Priced

PC builder slips on Wednesday may have locked down release timing for Intel’s Ivy Bridge roster. About 25 processors should be available on or near April 8, Digitimes said, 17 of which would be for desktops. The desktops would range from the Core i5-3450 through to the Core i7-3770 and would have a narrow initial […]

GameStop Plans to Expand iOS Trade Program

GameStop on Wednesday touted strong early results with its iOS trade-in program. The progress had “exceeded our expectations,” the game retailer’s president Tony Bartel said. It believed that many customers post-holidays would be using GameStop as a way to clear out older iPads, iPhones, and iPods that had been replaced with gifts. While the company […]

New Apple Phishing Scam Sports Authentic-Looking Graphics

Watch Out Folks! There is a new phishing scam is once again targeting owners of Apple products, warns security firm Intego. The attack is said to have begun “on or around” Christmas Day, and involves an email that claims to be from “appleid@id.apple.com” with the subject line “Apple update your Billing Information.” It insists that […]

iOS & Android Shatter Activation Records on Christmas Day – iPod Touch Leads the Way

The ratio of new Android and iOS devices jumped well over ten times on Christmas weekend, Localytics found Tuesday. About 12.5 times more iOS devices were seen on the weekend. Much of the growth came from the iPod touch, where 21 times more were being tracked that weekend. About 14 times more iPhones were on […]

Sony Ericsson to Begin Android 4 Updates in March

Sony Ericsson has revealed it will begin updating the software on its 2011 Xperia smartphones to Android 4.0 by the end of March and into April. These will include the Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V, and Xperia ray. About a month after that, the Xperia arc, Xperia Play, Xperia neo, Xperia mini and mini […]

Director Alan Taylor Claims Thor 2

After losing director Patty Jenkins earlier this month over creative differences, Marvel Studios have decided upon a replacement for their sequel Thor 2, and according to Deadine, it’s Alan Taylor, the director who has mainly been helming television shows for HBO like “Game of Thrones,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Sopranos” (for which he won an […]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Official Site Launched

Columbia Pictures has launched the official site for Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, opening in 3D and 2D theaters on February 17 and starring Nicolas Cage, Fergus Riordan, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Idris Elba and Johnny Whitworth. The new site gives you a look at the storyline, the cast & […]

Spotify Launches Full Version of BlackBerry App

Spotify’s BlackBerry app has exited the test stage and is now available to supporting hardware. Users can visit Spotify’s mobile site from their browser to download the app, with Spotify offering a 48-hour free trial. After this period, they will need to either sign up for a 30-day trial or pay for the Spotify Premium […]

Intel Gives Hands on Demos of Medfield-Powered Android Phones, Tablets

Intel in a rare step gave a hands-on test of its Medfield-based Atom phone and tablet reference designs to MIT. The institute’s Technology Review in testing the Android 2.3-based phone called it “powerful and pleasing,” noting that it could play “Blu-ray-quality” video with wireless TV streaming and could shoot burst photos at up to 15FPS […]

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