6 posts and columns on monthly fee

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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Former Napster CEO’s “Dream” More of a Nightmare When You Really Think About It

in News on January 6, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT

Best Buy said this morning that it is “streamlining Napster’s executive structure”–corporate parlance for sacking the faltering music service’s leadership, which has had a tough time finding a winning business model in a digital music world dominated by Apple’s iTunes Store. CEO Chris Gorog and President Brad Duea are both leaving Napster, which was acquired by the big-box retailer a little over a year ago.
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All the Music You Can Eat, on Your iPhone? Wall Street Snoozes.

in Media on September 11, 2009 at 7:45 am PT

The announcement from RealNetworks that Apple had approved its iPhone app–all you can eat music, to go, for $15 a month–gave the company’s stock a brief jolt yesterday. That’s over now: Wall Street seems to have thought about it and concluded that people won’t pay a monthly fee for music, even on an iPhone.
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Lost Cellphone? Your Carrier Has Your Backup

in The Mossberg Solution on February 24, 2009 at 8:22 pm PT

Katie looks at solutions from T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon for backing up and syncing your cellphone’s contacts.
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Friends and Family Have a New Way to Just Drop In

in Personal Technology on December 17, 2008 at 6:18 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Digital-picture frames have started to take off as a way for people to show off their stashes of digital photos in rotating slide shows. A growing number of frames even connect to wireless home networks so they can easily be refreshed with photos stored online and on PCs.

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Wi-Fi on Wheels Is Steady, but Has a Speed Bump

in Personal Technology on November 12, 2008 at 6:04 pm PT

Wi-Fi wireless Internet connectivity has become nearly ubiquitous. Whether you’re at home, in a coffee shop, or even on some commercial airliners, you can get online with a Wi-Fi-equipped laptop, smart phone or portable game machine. Now, Wi-Fi is making its way into your car.
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