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Sprint will begin selling Samsung’s Galaxy Tab for $400, a third less than what Verizon will charge for the same device, but there is a catch. Sprint requires users to sign-up for a two-year contract, which includes a minimum monthly service fee of $29.99. Even though the upfront price for the tablet is less at Continue Reading →

What toys are children requesting for the holidays? Well, they’re not toys at all! According to the Duracell Toy Report, the three most wanted items of kids 5 to 16 years-old are all Apple products including the iPhone 4, iPod Touch and the iPad. Other popular requests are Kinect for Xbox and the Flip Video Continue Reading →

Amazon will finally let Kindle users swap e-books with other Kindle owners. Amazon announced that Kindle users could start lending e-books to friends for a 14-day period. However, during that time the lender does not have access to the book. Also, not every book will be available for sharing, publishers have the final say on Continue Reading →

Google announced it is going to strengthen its privacy controls. The announcement comes after Google revealed it accidentally gathered e-mail address and passwords while collecting data for its Street View service. The company also plans to improve employee training and compliance procedures to better protect users. Read full story on nytimes.com Continue Reading →

Steve Jobs dissatisfaction with Adobe’s Flash software, the “buggy battery hog”, is certainly well known. So, it’s no surprise that Apple will no longer pre-install Flash on Mac computers. Macs will continue to support Flash, but users must download the software themselves. Read full story on reuters.com Continue Reading →

Amazon.com got hit with a $269 million tax bill from the State of Texas. The bill is for sales tax that Texas believes Amazon should have been collecting from 2005-2009, plus interest and penalties. Amazon stated he tax assessment from Texas is “without merit.” Read full story on reuters.com Continue Reading →

HP has finally launched its tablet, the HP Slate, which is geared towards business professionals. Priced at $800, the Slate runs Windows 7 and features an 8.9-inch touchscreen with both front and rear cameras. Microsoft’s Chief Executive, Steve Ballmer, has named the Slate an “iPad Killer.” We’ll see… Read the full story on wsj.com Continue Reading →

Want an easy way to print your Facebook photos? Target stores will start featuring Kodak kiosks that allow users to sign-in to Facebook and print high-resolution photos on the spot. Using the “Social Media Connectivity” feature on the kiosks, users can also make collages, books, calendars and greeting cards. The Kodak kiosks will be available Continue Reading →

Big media companies are interested in investing in social media startups. That’s why corporations like Amazon, Facebook and Comcast have gotten together to form the “sFund”, a $250 million fund for investing in social media startups. Both financing and counseling will be provided to social media entrepreneurs who show promise in the rapidly growing social Continue Reading →

Apparently lots of people want an iPhone 4, as evidenced by the fact that AT&T activated 5.2 million iPhones during the third quarter of 2010. AT&T noted 5.2 million was the largest number of iPhone activations to date, and approximately one quarter of the activations came from new customers. Read the full story on cnet.com Continue Reading →