Month: August 2010

Late last month, Apple enhanced its iAd mobile advertising platform to allow app developers to purchase ad space for simple banners that expand to display “in-app” App Store pages that allow users to read about and purchase applications without leavi… Read the original post by The Herald Democrat

Google has a new way to make calls over the Web. The search engine giant unveiled this week a new feature that allows calls through its Gmail email service. – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

However, herea s something that takes it up a level, literally. The Pioneer KODO XW-NAW1 iPod dock is wall-mounted and takes up 83mm of space so that it isna t a jutting out menace. Read the original post by New Launches

When one of the first instructions a popular wireless Internet router from Netgear gives its owner is a choice between the security protocols known as WPA-PSK and WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK , you know the home networking industry has problems. Read the original post by The Detroit News

A fire at a Clorox plant Thursday morning outside Atlanta has closed nearby highways. Smoke could be seen rising from the early morning blaze for miles. – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

All Things Digital reports that any updates to Apple’s iTunes Store set to debut at next Wednesday’s media event may be likely to revolve more around creating a social, Web-based environment than a true cloud-based service. Ap… Read the original post by The Herald Democrat

Kerry Washington has been named as the festival ambassador of the 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival. BET Networks also announced that Magnolia Pictures’ “Night Catches Us” will be the Opening Night film. – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

Levi Johnston must be green with envy right now. Baby mama Bristol Palin has reportedly been cast on the 11th season of “Dancing With the Stars.” – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

Bon Jovi are releasing a brand new greatest hits collection spanning their 25-year-plus career. It?s titled, what else, ?Greatest Hits.? – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

Uncertainties have grown over Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s prospects in the Republican primary for the Senate in Alaska. Tallying of absentee ballots will begin on Tuesday and end on Sept. 8. – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

There’s a new band in town — We Are The Fallen — and it’s made up of an American Idol and former members of Evanescence. – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

The nation’s largest retailer is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling allowing thousands of former female employees to file a class-action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination. – (AHN) Read the original post by The Austin American-Statesman

In Rolling Stone’s new Special Collectors Edition issue, we count down the 100 greatest songs from the greatest band of all time: The Beatles. Read the original post by CNN

George David Weiss, who helped write chart-topping pop hits including “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “What a Wonderful World,” has died. Read the original post by WGNO

Sony Corp. is working on 3-D televisions that don’t need special glasses, joining a race with rival Toshiba Corp., but sees cost and technological hurdles to overcome before they can go on sale. Read the original post by KSWB-TV San Diego