Smartphones

Originally posted at NY Videogame Critics Circle In a stunningly revealing announcement last week, Nintendo stated that on August 12 it will reduce the price of its 3DS from $250 to $170. Though it was spun as an event as important as the Royal Wedding in a press release, the news reverberated throughout the game Continue Reading →

Funding to Fuel Service’s Expansion into New Markets, Transforming Access to Healthcare NEW YORK – August 2, 2011 – ZocDoc, a service dedicated to improving access to healthcare, today announced a $50 million Series C investment from DST Global. This round of funding brings total investment in ZocDoc to $70 million to date. The investment Continue Reading →

Verizon and American Express recently announced a joint venture that will bring mobile payment to Verizon wireless customers. Using AmEx’s Serve platform, users can send, deposit and spend money from their virtual bank account. The money can be used between users or at point-of-sale wherever American Express is accepted. Read the full article at Engadget.com Continue Reading →

PLAY MORE! REDBOX ANNOUNCES VIDEO GAMES WILL ROLL OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 5,000 ADDITIONAL KIOSKS Milestones: Redbox Surpasses 4 Millionth Game Rental and 1.5 Billionth Movie Rental OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – July 28, 2011 – Following last month’s launch of video game rentals, redbox announced today it will expand video game rentals to approximately 5,000 additional Continue Reading →

There was a pretty funny article on CNN.com entitled, “Do you obsessively check your smartphone?”  Duh!  Of course I do.  So does everyone else I know.  Elizabeth Cohen, CNN.com’s Senior Medical Correspondent, cites a study in the journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing that showed that test subjects checked their smartphones an average of 34 Continue Reading →

With a whole new take on interactive TV, Zazum has been rounding up the hottest NYC designers and independent filmmakers to create a new kind of entertainment—Shoppable Shorts. And advertisers are falling over themselves to participate. Fans who have wanted to buy Lindsay Lohan’s white “court house” dress, or spent days trying to find that Continue Reading →

For companies that can be broken if their security breaks (anything from email providers, to cell phone providers), headlines like “Phone Hacking Scandal” should garner special attention.  The latest “phone hacking” scandal involving allegations that reporters at News of the World listened to or tampered with voicemails of, potentially, over 10,000 victims, has left many Continue Reading →

First China Location Where Avid Readers Can See and Buy the New Sleek, Light, Revolutionary Kobo eReader Touch Edition TORONTO, July 22, 2011 — Kobo, a global leader in eReading with more than 4 million users worldwide, announced today that Swindon Book Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong is rolling out the revolutionary new Kobo eReader Continue Reading →

I have 3 iPhones. Two of them are dead, one is my working phone. I have the first generation iPad and can’t wait to get the 3rd generation iPad when it comes out. In our household alone, we have 3 monitors and 4 laptops. Include my wife’s iPhone and we have 12 screens. The age Continue Reading →

A recent survey reveals that less than 50% of smartphone users actually use the phone to make calls. Text messaging and emails are the preferred method of communication by nearly 90% of respondents. People love to talk, just not to each other.   Continue Reading →