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Instagram stamps feet & says it has not lost users

Instagram has shared its user figures to show photo-licensing mess has not resulted in decline… Photo sharing app Instagram has tried to silence critics and prove that it has not lost users since that whole ‘we are going to sell your photos’ debacle in December. Instagram back-tracked on saying it was going to alter its [...]

January 22, 2013No CommentRead More

iPad Mini: Specs, Price, and Everything Else You Need to Know (VIDEO)

After much speculation, Apple finally unveiled the iPad Mini. And to be honest, it’s been a long time coming. Their market share in tablets has dropped considerably since 2010 when Google and Samsung began releasing their 7-inch tablets that were considerably cheaper than the regular iPad. In an attempt to get back into the game, [...]

October 26, 2012No CommentRead More

Analysts give muted reaction to Apple’s mini iPad

REUTERS – Apple Inc‘s “iPad mini” will attract new customers but the higher-than-expected price will come as a relief to low-cost tablets such as Amazon.com Inc‘s Kindle, analysts said, in a muted reaction to the new tablet. Few analysts revised their price targets for Apple in the wake of the announcement, with one raising their [...]

October 24, 2012No CommentRead More

Analysis: Softbank deal’s big on size, small on change

(Reuters) – It’s this year’s biggest technology acquisition and the largest outbound deal in Japan’s history. But game-changing, it is not. Softbank Corp’s (9984.T) pricey $20 billion bid to buy control of No. 3 U.S. telecoms company Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) marks a bold move by billionaire CEO Masayoshi Son beyond his flagging home market. [...]

October 16, 2012No CommentRead More

British hacker spared extradition to U.S.

(Reuters) – A British computer hacker accused by the United States of breaking into military systems will be spared from extradition because he is at risk of committing suicide, interior minister Theresa May said on Tuesday. Gary McKinnon, who has been fighting extradition for seven years, faced up to 60 years in an American jail [...]

October 16, 2012No CommentRead More

Amazon to hire more than 50,000 for holiday season

(Reuters) – Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc said it will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees at its fulfillment centers across the United States, as the company and its rivals gear up for the winter holiday season. Retailers typically add seasonal staff in the weeks leading up to the holiday shopping season to work in [...]

October 16, 2012No CommentRead More

ThisLife makes online photo storage and organization a breeze

These days, many people upload their photos to numerous online services and it can sometimes be hard to keep track of them all. ThisLife, an app for iPhone and iPad, is a cloud solution for sharing and organizing your photos and videos. It allows you to import your photographs from web services like Flickr, Picasa, [...]

October 16, 2012No CommentRead More

Friendship is Magic With This Fancy ‘My Little Pony’ Art [PICS]

Click here to view this gallery. [More from Mashable: Tap Dancing Zombies Star in Soulless Musical [VIDEO]] Trot and sparkle, trot and sparkle — such is the life of My Little Pony. The fancy fillies and snazzy stallions revel in a pretty posh existence already, but add more glitz and sequins to their grooming routine [...]

October 16, 2012No CommentRead More

Softbank says to buy up to 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion

(Reuters) – Japanese mobile operator Softbank Corp (9984.T) said it will buy up to 70 percent in Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N), the third-largest U.S. carrier, for about $20.1 billion – the most a Japanese firm has spent on an overseas acquisition. The deal, announced jointly by Softbank’s billionaire founder and chief Masayoshi Son and Sprint [...]

October 15, 2012No CommentRead More

Amazon says Kindle users are entitled to e-book refunds

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Owners of Amazon.com’s Kindle e-readers will receive refunds on past e-book purchases and see e-book prices drop if a judge approves legal settlements with publishers accused of fixing prices, according to the Internet retailer. Amazon told Kindle owners in emails on Saturday that they could receive a refund of between 30 cents [...]

October 14, 2012No CommentRead More