Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Aug. 31
It’s fair to say that the verdict in the landmark Samsung vs. Apple case could have been better for the Android manufacturer, as the jury dealt it a billion-dollar blow. Many pundits are already saying that the case could have broad ramifications for the rest of the Android world, scaring off hardware makers that couldn’t absorb such a whopping judgment as easily as Samsung and forcing product redesigns that avoid...
HTC EVO 4G LTE update brings Android 4.0.4 and Sense 4.1, dash of improved data for good measure
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 30th 2012 5:17PM Give your HTC EVO 4G LTE a quick update scan if you haven’t lately. Sprint has started pushing out an upgrade that brings its flagship phone both to Android 4.0.4 and to Sense 4.1, putting the EVO’s software on a par with the just-unveiled Desire X. Patching up doesn’t bring a revolution in features — you’ll mostly notice the known option to change the...
Apps Now Key to Small-Business Savings
Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment. Each Monday, USA TODAY looks at new ways companies are gaining an innovative edge in a tough economy. Photos by Maxine Park,, USA TODAY Real estate brokerage owner: Krisstina Wise likes the app DocuSign, which enables digital signatures: “It’s rare that we need an ink signature...
JayBird intros Freedom Sprint: the JF3 Bluetooth stereo fitness headset gets 40% smaller
By Joe Pollicino posted Aug 29th 2012 12:00PM It’s been quite a while since we last heard from JayBird, but now it’s back with another set of Bluetooth in-ear headphones for fitness activities. Unveiled and available today, the new Freedom Sprint ($130, pictured right) joins the ranks of the company’s Freedom JF3 headset ($99) — it’s essentially the same Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR headset, albeit with 40-percent...
Inoperable Apple 1 may fetch $126K at Christie’s auction
Christie’s today said it will auction off an Apple 1 computer from the firm’s first batch, and predicted the machine will sell for as much as $126,000 when it hits the block in October. The Apple-1 — which consisted of a circuit board hand-built by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak — first went on sale in July 1976 for $666.66. About 200 units were produced. According to Christie’s, there are about 50...
