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Cooliris Raises $9.6M, Gets Social With Mobile Photo-Sharing App

in Social on February 14, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Cooliris, which makes tools to help people consume media on the Web and various devices, is changing focus with a new flagship product that’s about sharing photos rather than browsing.

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What's Better Than One Screen? Two! Sprint Unveils Kyocera Echo.

in Commerce on February 7, 2011 at 3:57 pm PT

Ahead of Apple’s iPhone launch on Verizon later this week, Sprint unveiled the Kyocera Echo, a dual-touchscreen smartphone. The Android phone, which looks a lot like a Nintendo DS, is being positioned against tablets because of better multitasking capabilities. It allows people to watch videos on one display while browsing on another. The Echo will be available this spring for $200 with a new contract. Monthly plans start at $80 for unlimited text, talk and data.

YouTube Gets a Facelift. Here’s the Memo.

in Media on March 31, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

YouTube is trying out a new look today. You can’t see it yet, but it should be up later this afternoon. In the meantime, you can get a sense of it via an email YouTube sent out to its partners this morning, posted in full after the jump.

New TiVo Mixes TV and Internet, but Falls Short

in Personal Technology on March 24, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT

The latest TiVo model aims to seamlessly blend programming from conventional TV and the Internet, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough in tapping the Internet.
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YouTube Steps Cautiously Into Mobile Ads

in Media on March 10, 2010 at 11:39 am PT

Another sign that Google is serious about wringing more money out of YouTube: It is adding ads to the video’s mobile site. Another sign that mobile ads are still in their infancy: Google isn’t using its favorite video ad format on the YouTube ads.

Liveblogging Bing Demo: No Donuts, Unlikely to Pay for De-Indexing Google, but Cool New Maps

in News on December 2, 2009 at 10:10 am PT

BoomTown is awaiting a passel of Microsoft execs, who will be talking about a range of new features for Bing. I will be liveblogging, but I must say, I wish there were donuts.
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Frosty’s Winter Litigation Wonderland: AT&T Demands Verizon Pull Holiday iPhone Ads [With Full Complaint]

in News on November 12, 2009 at 9:58 am PT

As clever as it is, Verizon’s reimagining of a Rankin/Bass animated Christmas television special as a criticism of AT&T’s wireless network coverage did not go over well with Ma Bell. On Wednesday, the carrier amended its complaint against Verizon, asking a federal court in Atlanta to force its rival to immediately pull the ad and two other holiday-themed spots that debuted with it.
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Verizon to iPhone Users: "Want Five Times More 3G Coverage? There’s a Map for That."

in News on October 5, 2009 at 5:24 pm PT

“Want 5 times more 3G coverage? There’s a map for that.” That’s the cheeky slogan of a new Verizon ad reportedly set to debut during tonight’s Monday Night Football game. Riffing on the tagline from Apple’s iPhone commercials, it essentially turns widespread complaints about the quality, coverage and speed of AT&T’s network into one grand Verizon marketing campaign.
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Verizon to iPhone Users: “Want Five Times More 3G Coverage? There’s a Map for That.”

in News on October 5, 2009 at 5:24 pm PT

“Want 5 times more 3G coverage? There’s a map for that.” That’s the cheeky slogan of a new Verizon ad reportedly set to debut during tonight’s Monday Night Football game. Riffing on the tagline from Apple’s iPhone commercials, it essentially turns widespread complaints about the quality, coverage and speed of AT&T’s network into one grand Verizon marketing campaign.
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Using PC and Mac Interchangeably

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 6, 2009 at 4:10 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on compatibility problems between a Windows laptop and a Mac, ways to back up Outlook folders, and more.

Now, Even More Ways to Spend Money Online

in News, April 10, 2009 at 9:14 am PT