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Simulcast 117: Stop or I’ll Sue!

Steve Trotto — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:49:55 +0000

The best podcast on GGN rolls on. We continue giving our opinions on tech news and telling you what you should buy.

Apple
Apple sued for Patent Infringement over OSX’s fastboot feature
Apple releases utility…

Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon Cloud Player for Web and Android

Steve Trotto — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:20:35 +0000

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Amazon.com, today announced the launch of…

AT&T to buy Americas Largest 4G Network for $39 Billion

Steve Trotto — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:59:15 +0000

Yahoo News is reporting that AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S.

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The iPad One Week Later

Steve Trotto — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:54:18 +0000

It has been barely over a week since I got my iPad so I though I would share my first impressions. I want to preface this by saying when the iPad first came out I was not very excited. I…

Twitter putting ads in your stream of tweets

Steve Trotto — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:06:05 +0000

This is going to be a work in progress and Twitter is rolling out in-stream advertising slowly. The company will begin testing Promoted Tweets within one of its partners, HootSuite. Twitter will be experimenting with how and when to place…

ViewSonic Will Offer Tablet with Android and Windows 7

Steve Trotto — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:38:49 +0000

The tablet-computer war is heating up as Black Friday nears, with Samsung rolling out its Android-based Galaxy Tab on several wireless carriers next week and ViewSonic unveiling two new devices Monday — including one that runs both Google’s Android

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Intel buying McAfee in push beyond PC chips

Steve Trotto — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:12:19 +0000

Intel Corp. is making the biggest acquisition in its history with the $7.68 billion takeover of computer-security software maker McAfee Inc., an expensive example of Intel’s commitment to serve an increasing array of Internet-connected devices.

The deal, announced Thursday before…

Samsung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet Coming Soon

Steve Trotto — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:56:16 +0000

Earlier this year Samsung unveiled plans for an Android-based Galaxy tablet PC to launch by the end of the year. New details are emerging now, and it appears that Samsung may launch the device in a few weeks at the…

For Android newbies: 10 questions, answered

Steve Trotto — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:48:10 +0000

Ben Patterson is a technology writer for Yahoo! News and he has put together a great article that will help folks who have just switched over to an Andriod phone or are seriously contemplating going the way of the Droid.…

Twitter hoping people will press its tweet button

Steve Trotto — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:12:12 +0000

Tweeting your favorite stories may be getting a little easier.

Twitter introduced Thursday a “tweet” button that websites can place alongside their content. The button serves as an invitation to Twitter’s legion of users to share what they’re reading without…