FCC approves Verizon deal to buy cable company spectrum, asks for concessions
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 23rd 2012 6:43PM Verizon received the Department of Justice’s blessing for its cable company spectrum purchase last week, and now it’s the FCC’s turn to rubber stamp the plan. The agency has followed Chairman Julius Genachowski’s recommendation and voted that Verizon can snap up the relevant AWS airspace as part of its LTE network expansion. Some riders are attached to the deal,...
New iPad Tops Three Million
CUPERTINO, California―March 19, 2012―Apple® today announced it has sold three million of its incredible new iPad®, since its launch on Friday, March 16. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly...
Google Play Music app updated for Google TV, Play video content now streaming to Chromebooks
By Darren Murph posted Aug 23rd 2012 7:19PM Good news for people who love good news — Google has just thrown some bug fixes at its Play Music app with Google TV support that launched late last year. Point being, Google TV users can now fire up the app and stream their stored tunes to the speakers connected to their entertainment system. In related news, GigaOM has spotted that the latest Chrome OS update actually enables users...
Amazon’s Glacier storage service could give tape a run for its money
Amazon Web Services is no stranger to being a first-mover in offering new cloud-based services, which analysts says it has done by introducing Glacier, a long-term cloud-based archival service that is meant to be an inexpensive way to dump data into technology’s equivalent of cold storage. In doing so, the company has opened up a market for archival storage in the clouds, analysts say, one that others have tried but gave up on...
Rovio takes Angry Birds Space for a spin with NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover, teases Red Planet for fall (video)
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 23rd 2012 8:02PM It was almost as inevitable as gravity, really. Rovio has teamed up with NASA to offer a special, Curiosity-themed episode inside Angry Birds Space. The trek has the avians scouring 20 levels of the Martian landscape with a few bonuses thrown in for good measure. Just like your favorite childhood breakfast cereal, there’s even a token healthy ingredient — in this case, a chance for...
