8 Biggest Problems With iPhone 4S
Now that over 4 million consumers have had a weekend with the new iPhone 4S, the user reviews are rolling in fast. Though no one has reported a major reception problem akin to the “death grip” on the iPhone 4, and though feedback has been mostly positive, the iPhone 4S isn’t without its flaws. Though largely minor, here are the most notable disappointments and complaints that users have been reporting [ Read More ]
IPhone 4S Pre-Orders Break Record – 1 MILLION SOLD IN 24 HOURS
Apple says first-day pre-orders of the iPhone 4S topped 1 million, breaking the record set by last year’s model. Apple Inc. and various phone companies in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Britain started taking orders for the phone last Friday. It hits stores this Friday. The base model of the iPhone 4S costs $200 with a two-year contract. It has a faster [ Read More ]
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg Steps Down; Lowell McAdam Takes Helm
Verizon Communications Inc. is seeing a big boost from the iPhone, adding more new subscribers on contracts in the second quarter than it has in two and half years. Yet AT&T Inc., which was been the exclusive seller of Apple’s iconic phone in the U.S. until February, still activates three iPhones for every two Verizon does. When posting a profit for the second quarter on [ Read More ]
Top Internet Providers To Step In To Stop Piracy Online
Pirating music and movies? Your Internet provider might tell you to stop. Wireless carriers including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision have joined with entertainment leaders like the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America to help curb pirating through a warning system that will give a customer six strikes before implementing measures like slowing Internet speeds. Called [ Read More ]
Facebook Phone Coming Soon To AT&T
The first phone with a dedicated Facebook button is coming soon to an AT&T near you. According to Boy Genius Report, HTC’s so-called “Facebook Phone”, featuring both a dedicated button for the social network and deep Facebook integration, will launch in as soon as one week. Though the phone has previously been called the “ChaCha,” HTC has reportedly renamed the device the “HTC Status.”
Facebook Takes 31.2% of the U.S. Ad Display Market
Facebook now claims nearly a third of all U.S. display advertising impressions with 346.4 billion in the first quarter, more than double what it garnered in the comparable quarter in 2010, according to a new report. The research, by comScore, estimates that Facebook now has 31.2% of U.S. advertising display impressions, up from 25.9% in the fourth quarter of 2010 and 15.6% in Q1 2010. [ Read More ]