A new study notes that hands-free cell phone bans will not significantly reduce auto accidents. Rather, what the study says is that distracted driving is the problem. However, before wireless carriers and cell phone manufacturers start (or continue) lobbying against such bans, they need to remember that cell phones are one of those [...]
Google is about to show Internet Explorer 6 the door, which is probably what end users should have done long ago. The Internet giant announced on Friday that as of March 1st, it will no longer support IE6 on its Google Docs or Google Sites services.
At the same time, in a blog post, Google [...]
Google Voice has added a feature, at least online, which has been widely asked for. The new feature is the ability to send SMS or text messages to multiple recipients.
As you can see from the image above, when you login to your Google Voice account on the web, you can now enter multiple numbers [...]
In the wake of Apple’s announcement of the iPad, comes the first salvo in what is probably going to be a drawn out battle. Amazon.com has pulled books published by Macmillan, electronic or not, from its site.
Search for authors available from Macmillan, and with the exception, it seems, of library-bound or “bargain books,” you [...]
AT&T, during its Thursday earnings call after it released its Q4 2009 results, basically said that it knows it needs to add more blue dots to its 3G coverage map (see above, from one of the Verizon commercials mocking AT&T’s coverage), and that it was planning to spend $2 billion on that, this year. [...]
AT&T, during its Thursday earnings call after it released its Q4 2009 results, basically said that it knows it needs to add more blue dots to its 3G coverage map (see above, from one of the Verizon commercials mocking AT&T’s coverage), and that it was planning to spend $2 billion on that, this year. [...]
The magic price point for many seems to be $1,000, and thus, following an earlier price cut to the sleek and sexy Dell Adamo, Dell has lowered the price still further, at least for an “entry-level” model. The Dell Adamo Aspire sneaks in under $1,000 for a $999 starting price.
Of course, that’s the starting [...]
While AT&T long ago announced it was removing any restrictions on iPhone VOIP application on their network, Apple didn’t follow suit. With the release of the latest, iPhone / iPad / iPod touch SDK, that restriction has been removed, and VOIP companies are jumping into the 3G pool.
iCall was the first VOIP company to [...]
While my original piece on the iPad’s introduction was for the most part positive, I did point out a few negatives. In the 24 hours since then, I’ve had a chance to think of a few more. While I think the iPad will sell like hotcakes, there are some disappointments in its design.
In [...]
A teenage driver was sentenced to six months of jail and five years probation after crashing her car while drunk and killing her boyfriend, Alex Rozicki, 20, on May 30, 2009 in North Tonawanda, NY (which is located halfway between Buffalo and Niagara Falls).
Ashley Sullivan was 17 at the time and thus underage. She [...]