March 12, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Any idea how fast your broadband connection is? Do you care? The U.S. Federal Communications Commission does and thinks you might. So it’s decided to help.
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Tags: broadband, connection, FCC, measure, speed
March 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Want to give to worthy causes without actually giving any money? There’s an app for that. It’s called CauseWorld and is currently available for both the iPhone and the Droid.
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Tags: CauseWorld, Citi, droid, iphone, Proctor and Gamble
March 4, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Employers with the urge to listen in on workers’ phone calls, take heart: A city that maintained an automated system for recording workplace phone calls isn’t liable for violating its employees’ civil rights.
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Tags: court decision, phone calls, Providence, recording, RI
February 23, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The whole “cell phones cause cancer” argument is beginning to feel a lot like the smoking and cancer dust up that went on decades ago.
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Tags: cancer, cellphones, links, research, smartphones
January 29, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Apple and AT&T delivered some big news in a very small voice this week — news that was somewhat overshadowed by all the hoopla over the iPad. The announcement: The partners will allow VOIP on Apple products that use 3G.
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Tags: 3G, allow, Apple, apps, AT&T, iPad, iphone, software developement kit, VOIP
January 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
How many morons drive an 18-wheeler down a busy highway and tap out a text message at the same time? The answer: enough to prompt a federal ban on the practice.
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Tags: ban, driving, Federal, Ray LaHood, texting, U.S. Transportation Secretary
January 20, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
So January 27 is the day that will live in, if not infamy, at least history, as the day Apple finally broke the suspense and let us all know about their upcoming product plans. Whew.
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Tags: announcement, Apple, consumers, introduction, iphone, Steve Jobs, tablet
January 19, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Well, it seems somewhat official: The Nexus One smartphone didn’t land much of a blow against its arch-rival from Apple, the iPhone.
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Tags: Android, Apple, fiasco, Google, iphone, Nexus One, smartphone
January 15, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The disaster in Haiti is driving many folks to give to a variety of relief funds, but the Better Business Bureau is cautioning them to choose their charity wisely — especially when giving online.
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January 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The big speculation about the debut of Google’s “Nexus One” smartphone was its ability to challenge the huge popularity of Apple’s iPhone.
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Tags: Android, compare, iphone, Nexus One, reviews
