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Verizon hacks Jelly Bean-toting Galaxy Nexus price to just $99.99

Android fans who want to get an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean device without paying top dollar are in luck because Verizon Wireless (VZ) has chopped the price of Samsung’s (005930) Galaxy Nexus smartphone down to a mere $99.99 if purchased online with a two-year service agreement. DroidLife speculates that Verizon is dropping the price for the [...]

Throw all your iPhone accessories in the garbage, Apple’s changing the dock connector on the iPhone 5

19 pins it is, then. Reuters on Monday confirmed a long-standing rumor that the new version of the Apple iPhone would come with a 19-pin connector port instead of the standard 30-pin connector port that the company has used for years. Two unnamed sources told Reuters that Apple (AAPL) is shrinking the port to “make room for [...]

New Amazon deal brings Fringe, The West Wing and more to Prime Instant Video

Amazon (AMZN) on Friday announced a new partnership with Warner Brothers (TWX) that will bring new content to its Prime Instant Video library. The new licensing agreement adds shows such as The West Wing and Fringe to the retail giant’s popular streaming service. “Since launching Prime Instant Video, we’ve continued to expand both the quantity [...]

Apple’s HDTV might not lunch until 2014, could be U.S. only

Consumers waiting for Apple’s (AAPL) rumored HDTV might have to wait even longer than expected before they get their hands on the highly anticipated device. According to analysts, Apple’s HDTV might not launch until 2014. Even worse, when it does, it may only be available in the U.S. Informa’s broadband content and online video analyst [...]

How to save RIM: ‘Pull a reverse Apple’

We all love to point and laugh when bloggers and tech writers tell us what massive multi-billion dollar public companies “need to do” to survive, or how they can easily “be saved.” When the writer offering advice is the co-founder and former CEO of a successful public company, however, his advice might at least be worth considering. [...]

U.S. Senator tells DOJ to drop Apple’s eBook price-fixing suit

United States Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has written an open letter to the Department of Justice, which was published by The Wall Street Journal, telling the agency to drop the eBook price-fixing lawsuit against Apple (AAPL) and two other major book publishers. Schumer warns that the suit could “wipe out the publishing industry as we [...]

Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile OS looks strangely familiar…

Mozilla announced earlier this month that the HTML5-based mobile platform it’s currently concocting will launch in early 2013 as Firefox Mobile OS. The platform will focus on open Web standards, and Mozilla has already partnered with Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint (S), Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Telenor to support the platform. TechWeek Europe recently published a gallery of screenshots [...]

Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile OS looks strangely familiar…

Mozilla announced earlier this month that the HTML5-based mobile platform it’s currently concocting will launch in early 2013 as Firefox Mobile OS. The platform will focus on open Web standards, and Mozilla has already partnered with Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint (S), Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Telenor to support the platform. TechWeek Europe recently published a gallery of screenshots [...]

Verizon CFO hints at Q4 launch for Apple’s next iPhone

During the company’s earnings call on Thursday, Verizon Wireless’ (VZ) chief financial officer Fran Shammo hinted that Apple’s (AAPL) next-generation iPhone will launch in the fourth quarter this year. As noted by The Verge, when asked what might have held customers back from upgrading their devices during the second quarter, the executive said, “of course there’s [...]

Verizon posts $1.83 billion Q2 profit on $28.6 billion in sales, smartphone penetration hits 50%

Verizon Communications (VZ) on Thursday reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2012. The nation’s top carrier reported earnings of $0.64 per share, or a $1.83 billion profit, on sales of $28.6 billion. The results were in line with analysts’ estimates, and up 13% from the $1.61 billion Verizon earned in the same [...]

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