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‘Imcompletelynaked’: WiFi Network Names Get Dirty and Nasty

As in the Harry Potter books, this is an alternate universe not visible to the naked eye. It’s a new sublayer of New York. “They get dirty and nasty and mildly inappropriate, but that’s what makes them fun.” Some Wi-Fi users on the East Side display…

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Too Many Gadgets When is one more the tipping point?

Kira Marchenese works in online communications, and so she arrived on a business trip to New York earlier this week equipped with all the gadgets you might expect: personal smart phone, work smart phone, laptop, iPod touch.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Nokia, Motorola win smartphone share; outlook weighs

HELSINKI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nokia and Motorola Inc are regaining some market share in smartphones but while Nokia has profited from the gains, Motorola predicted a loss in the current quarter.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

AT&T profit rises 26 percent, plans more spending

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. consumers’ obsession with using smartphones to find restaurants, surf the web and navigate city streets helped propel a 26 percent rise in AT&T’s quarterly profit — but at a cost for the operator.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Motorola smartphone sales beat Street but shares fall

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorola Inc’s quarterly profit was slightly ahead of expectations and its smartphones sold better than expected in its first quarter selling phones running Google Inc’s Android software.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

AT&T retains Apple glitz with iPad deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc appears to have fended off Verizon Wireless for now and retained its status as the preferred U.S. carrier for Apple Inc with a deal to support the new iPad tablet computer.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

YouSayToo Sets a Donation Goal of $30 Thousand to Hope for Haiti

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ — The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti that has killed an estimated 200,000-300,000 people in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas, also left approximately 1.5 million people homeless.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

eHarmony settles lawsuit over same-sex matching

NEW YORK (Reuters) – eHarmony Inc, which operates a website to help singles find relationships, said on Tuesday that it settled a class action lawsuit over same-sex matching.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

CytexOne Announces a Revolution in Home and Commercial Automation System Management, and a new way for Integration Businesses to Secure Their Future

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — CytexOne today announced the availability of the Atlas, a new way to manage and maintain automation systems while creating an innovative business model that reinvents the integration industry.

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Verizon sees delayed rebound, to cut more jobs

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc said it is facing a slower-than-expected economic recovery and plans to cut 6 percent of its workforce, adding that it forecasts only a modest rebound in late 2010.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |