iTunes App Store: More Than 2 Billion Served- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2009
- Apple announced today that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded more than 2 billion apps from its iTunes App Store since it was launched a little over a year ago. All told, Apple's App Store sports more than 85,000 applications for its portabl...
AT&T Complains Google Voice Blocks Calls It Can't- Digital Trends News - September 26, 2009
- AT&T is arguing Google's Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high fees.AT&T Inc. says Google Voice curbs costs by refusing to connect calls to places where some ...
Yahoo Director to Step Down- Digital Trends News - September 26, 2009
- Yahoo Inc. director Maggie Wilderotter plans to step down from the slumping Internet company's board at the end of this year. The resignation will leave Yahoo with 11 directors.The Sunnyvale-based company said Friday that Wilderotter is leaving to de...
Fisker Automotive and the US Department of Energy Team Up for New Hybrid Venture- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- That dream of an affordable fuel-efficient luxury vehicle may be closer to fruition than we think. Fisker Automotive announced this week it received a $528.7 million loan from the US Department of Energy to create affordable, fuel-efficient plug-in ...
EA Ships Dead Space Extraction for Nintendo Wii- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- Early in the year, mega game studio Electronic Arts announced it was producing a sequel to its action-horror-scifi title Dead Space…but the surprise was that the company's Visceral Games was planning to product the sequel for the Nintendo Wii&...
Intel Putting CPUs in TVs with Atom-based "Sodaville" Chips- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- At this week's Intel Developer Forum, Intel formally unveiled "Sodaville," a new 45nm system-on-a-chip based on the comapny's Atom processor that's designed specifically to bring interactive, Internet-based services and content to televisions, set-to...
Something to Tweet About: Twitter Gets More Dough- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- Twitter Inc. says it has raised another large amount of money to finance its operations until its management figures out how to make money from one of the Internet's hottest communication tools.CEO Evan Williams didn't specify a dollar figure in a Fr...
Toshiba Planning to Show Cell-Powered TV Next Month- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- Japanese electronics giant Toshiba has announced it's planning the first public showing of its long-gestating high-definition television with an embedded Cell processor at next month's Ceatec trade show in Japan on October 5. Toshiba has been quietly...
Verizon Looking to Pass on the Palm Pre?- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- Verizon Wireless and Palm have long been partners, with Verizon consistently offering a range of Palm devices. As early as May Verizon Wireless was indicating it planned to offer the Palm Pre to its customers as soon as Sprint's window of exclusivity...
Nintendo Packs Two MotionPlus Add-ons into Wii Sports Resort- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- When Nintendo rolled out its Wii Sports Resort title with the Wii MotionPlus accessory designed to enhance the accuracy and responsiveness of the motion-sensitive Wii remote, responses were generally quite good: the title showcased possibilities of t...
Feds Weigh Cell Phone Ban for Bus, Truck Drivers- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- Safety investigators told federal regulators three years ago that it was dangerous for bus drivers to talk on cell phones while driving, and recommended a ban.The National Transportation Safety Board put that recommendation on its list of most import...
People Spending More Time on Social Sites- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2009
- Americans have been devoting 17 percent of all their Internet time to social networks like Facebook and blogging Web sites like Blogger.The percentage for last month is up from 6 percent a year earlier.The report comes from Nielsen Co. and follows it...
French Publishers Face Google in Court Over Books- Digital Trends News - September 24, 2009
- Google has gone on trial in Paris over the insistence by French writers and publishers that the company request permission before putting book excerpts online.Google France lawyer Benjamin du Chaffaut is defending Google's publication of excerpts of ...
Google Polishes Up Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame- Digital Trends News - September 24, 2009
- Microsoft's Internet Explorer remains the dominant player in the Web browser market, but—despite some major improvements with Internet Explorer 8—IE can perhaps best be described as the lowest common denominator of the online world. Inter...
Sony Planning to Move on PS3 Motion Controller- Digital Trends News - September 24, 2009
- It's been almost three years since Nintendo began proving conclusively that a motion-sensitive controller can be a hit in the video gaming world, and now Sony has announced it plans to get in on the act, saying it plans to ship a new motion controlle...