Month: February 2011

While mobile payments are popping up in Europe, they’re unlikely to take hold in the U.S., as mobile carriers, credit card companies, and banking intermediaries work out who will control the system. Read the original post by Mark Sullivan

(AHN) – We?re all used to music artists milking whatever sales they could out of their albums, with special editions and re-releases. But could Justin Bieber be using the same model on the big screen? Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Rescuers are continuing their search for two people missing after their plane crashed Tuesday morning just off Kauai?s south shore. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Three U.S. Marshals were wounded Wednesday morning in a shootout with a man they were trying to arrest in West Virginia. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – VH1 is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its ?VH1 Storytellers? franchise and has announced the line-up for their upcoming new season. Among the artists hitting the stage this year to deliver some of their best songs and stories are Kings of Leon and Cee Lo Green. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Don?t have tickets (or $100+) for Lady Gaga?s Monster Ball Tour? HBO?s got you covered. They?ll be broadcasting her concert this May. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

mwave.com offers the refurbished Vizio RazorLED 22″ 1080p LED-Backlit LCD HD Television, model no. M220NV, for $174.99. With $4.99 for shipping, that’s $10 under our January mention of a refurbished unit and $109 below the lowest total price we could find for a new unit. This HDTV features a native resolution of 1920×1080 (1080p), edge-lit…

The iTunes App Store offers downloads of Cooking Dash for iPhone / iPod touch for free. That’s a $3 drop and the best deal we’ve seen for this time management restaurant game. Read the original post by dealmac.com

(AHN) – Hedge fund trader Bernard Madoff insists that his family was unaware of his fraudulent Ponzi scheme. However, he indicated that banks and hedge funds ? whom Madoff did not identify ? were part of the scheme. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – United Airlines does not expect any cancelations and few delays after it grounded nearly 100 Boeing 757 airliners for unscheduled maintenance. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Apple Inc., breaking from its past practice, will soon allow apps customers to buy subscriptions and other digital content from within the app on its popular iPhone and iPad devices, but some of those changes may prove problematic for companies such as Amazon.com. An Apple, Amazon showdown? A new subscription service for publishers from Apple…

(AHN) – Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has blocked the transport of bison into his state for slaughter, effectively granting the animals a reprieve and giving conservationists a small unexpected victory. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

mwave.com offers the D-Link Ethernet/USB 2.0 External Network Storage Enclosure, model no. DNS-323, for $137.50. This $40 mail-in rebate cuts it to $97.50. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $6, although it was $3 less in January (since expired). This Gigabit NAS enclosure can hold two Serial ATA hard…