When Google+ launched, both individuals and businesses couldn't wait to join. The demand was so high, Google would open up invites at random times. It got so bad, some people were selling Google+ invitations on eBay. Google understood the desire for businesses to use its social network to connect with customers, but urged them to hold off until business profiles for Google+ were created. They didn't listen. There are a lot of businesses using personal Google+ profiles right now. Google said it would suspend such accounts, but their numbers have grown to a large amount. This has prompted Google to… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
With a trio of nice smartphones released under its wing, it looks like LG is not going to rest on its laurel, well at least until the end of this year. LG seems to be prepping up some more smartphones which are scheduled for release in the coming days and months. Images of these new LG phones leaked out and from what we can gather LG might soon release 7 more smartphones. Of these 7 new smartphones, the LG Prada K2 seems to be the new flagship model that LG will be promoting soon. This dual-core Android phone boasts of… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Look what we have here. The aptly titled webOS blog, webOSroundup is running a short story on the possibility of the Amazon Cloud Player landing on the HP Touchpad in the future. According to the post, one of the site’s contributor accidentally stumbled upon a button while downloading a song track on his HP Touchpad. This button when tapped upon opens up a separate browser window which opens up a landing page which appears to be a placeholder for the Amazon Cloud Player app. Said placeholder is similar to what HP Touchpad users are seeing for unpublished apps. So, there’s… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Although not as celebrated as when Google, Apple and Facebook are doing it, Verizon Wireless has announced strong second quarter 2011 growth brought about by revenues coming from increased smartphone penetration. Verizon’s wireless financial highlights for Q2 2011 shows that service revenues increased by 6.6% year over year, amounting to $14.7 billion. Data revenue increased as well, 22.2% year over year amounting to $5.8 billion which is a an increased of $1.1 billion from last year. The company’s retail postpaid products also showed tremendous increases, growing by as much as 1.9% from $1.00 during Q2 2010 to $54.12 this year.… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
 
When Pottermore launches this October, we’ll finally be able to read all the Harry Potter books digitally. There have been announcements of Rowling working with Google to bring the eBooks to Google Books, but there’s also some a good chance we’ll see the books make their way to Kindle. According to an Amazon spokesperson that talked to Paid Content, Amazon is working with the people behind Pottermore to bring the books to the Kindle platform. Now the question is: will these ebooks be sold through the Amazon Kindle store, or will Pottermore simply give the option to download Kindle-friendly ebooks?… Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Anyone will tell you that one of RIM's biggest problems is that it's too old fashioned. The enterprise audience is a great market, but the general public wants more exciting products. RIM comes off as a stuffed-shirt professor that refuses to join the party. But it's not over for RIM yet, and its latest acquisition could make a great addition to its devices. RIM has acquired JayCut, a video editing company out of Stockholm, Sweden. Purchasing JayCut is a smart move on RIM's part. So far, Apple has the most popular first-party video editing app for its devices. Since smartphones… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Google Music is now useful to anyone on almost any OS, assuming they have an invite. Google has finally rolled out a Linux version of the Google Music Manager, so Linux users can finally use the service to upload their music into the cloud. If you’re on Linux, and have access to Google Music, all you need to do now is go to music.google.com, and download the Google Music Manager. The Music Manager is available in .rpm and .deb files, so it should work on the most popular Linux distributions. If you run a version of Linux that doesn’t support… Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Today is when Borders starts it’s liquidation sales, but not before sending out an email to customers explaining what happened. It’s easy to poke fun at the bookstore for not being able to keep up, but the email that was sent out was actually pretty sad, and sounds heartfelt. In the email Borders explains everything that led to the decision to close the stores down. It details the fact that the store could find no bidders that wanted to keep the stores open, meaning it was forced to close it all down under the retailer’s debtor-in-possession financing agreement. Later the… Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Carbonite Mac users may not want to upgrade their OS just yet. The popular cloud backup service isn’t quite ready for Lion just yet. Carbonite recently sent out an email to all Mac OS X users of the service, warning them not to upgrade to Lion right away. The company is working on getting Carbonite up and running on Lion, but it isn’t there quite yet. So, if you rely on Carbonite for backing up your data, you may want to hold off on the upgrade. If you already upgraded, you can still get to your files via your web… Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for . | Comment on this Article »
 
According to an individual who pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE on Verizon Wireless, the tablet could ship as soon as July 26th for those who pre-ordered. In addition, it would likely launch two days later on July 28th for anyone to purchase. During the Verizon Wireless Q2 earnings call, an exec stated the tablet is “expected to launch by the end of this month.” If you take a look at the screenshot above, you’ll notice that the order status says 07/26/2011, and Verizon does have a history of launching devices on Thursdays. Overall, we are not 100%… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Sprint promises a new software update will be available for Nexus S 4G owners starting July 25th. The update was supposed to drop earlier in the month, but due to delay issues, it is expected to begin rolling out this Monday. The OTA software update will take approximately three weeks to complete, as the updating process occurs in waves. According to Sprint, the update will bring enhancements such as “increased 4G data speeds and signal strength for users. The software update also improves Wi-Fi connectivity, speakerphone audio quality and adds TTY support for the deaf and hard of hearing.” Again,… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Nokia has an alternative mapping solution for iOS and Android device owners. It has brought Nokia Maps to both platforms in the form of a HTML5 web page. So while there is no Nokia Maps native application for non-Nokia devices, you can at least get an idea of what Nokia brings to the navigation table. Nokia Maps can be accessed by going to maps.nokia.com with either an iOS device, or an Android device that is running Android 2.2 or 2.3. Nokia Maps for the mobile web still in beta, so there are some features that are still being implemented. For… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
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