The landgrab for music streaming customers is on, and Rdio — the U.S.-based startup from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis — is joining that race in earnest. The company today announced that it is now live in Spain and Portugal, just one month after it launched in its first European service, in Germany.
Hot On The Heels Of Spotify, Rdio Expands Music Streaming To Spain, Portugal
February 22, 2012 Updated at 10:57 am
TELUS to Launch New Trade-In Program, LG announces L-style Android Phones & Twitter’s App Get Updates
February 22, 2012 Updated at 9:03 am
Mobile Miscellany: week of February 13th, 2012
February 18, 2012 Updated at 9:30 pm
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This week, we bring you announcements of LTE expansion from AT&T, US Cellular and Verizon, along with news of three Samsung smartphones that received WiFi certification — each are thought to be high-end devices and bound for US carriers.
Best Buy Playbook 2.0 ad in Canada mentions Kindle, Twitter apps
February 18, 2012 Updated at 3:06 am
We know that Research in Motion’s update to the Playbook operating system is due out on February 21, but we’re still a little unclear on what exactly that update will bring with it. According to a new teaser pages on the Canadian version of retailer Best Buy’s website, at least part of the new update will be the addition of new apps – apps that arguably should have made their way to the Playbook ages ago.
HTC: Thunderbolt, Rhyme and DROID Incredible 2 will receive Android 4.0 update
February 17, 2012 Updated at 6:30 pm
HTC on Friday announced via the company’s Facebook page that the Thunderbolt, Rhyme and DROID Incredible 2 will all be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. “We have more good news related to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, and can confirm that upgrades are planned for Verizon Wireless customers with the HTC Rhyme, HTC Thunderbolt, and DROID Incredible 2 by HTC, as well as the already announced HTC Rezound,” the company posted on its Facebook page.
‘Anonymous’ hacks two more U.S. government websites
February 17, 2012 Updated at 3:00 pm
Members from the notorious hacktivist collective “Anonymous Operations” have reportedly claimed responsibility for hacking two more government websites following the takedown of the Central Intelligence Agency’s website last week. The Associated Press on Friday reported that Anonymous had breached the United States Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection business center website as well as a National Consumer Protection Week website.
Apple’s iPad loses market share in Q4 to… the BlackBerry PlayBook?
February 16, 2012 Updated at 5:20 pm
It looks like one of our favorite tablets finally managed to put a dent in Apple’s market share. Apple posted the second most profitable quarter in U.S.
PSA: AT&T’s Galaxy Note does not support AWS for HSPA+
February 16, 2012 Updated at 12:03 pm
Specs aren’t always accurate, especially when it comes to the frequencies supported by the devices we review — something we learned the hard way with T-mobile’s G2x last year. While both Samsung and AT&T list the radios in the awesome new Galaxy Note LTE as quadband GSM / EDGE, tri-band UMTS / HSPA+ (850 / 1900 / 2100MHz) and dual-band LTE (1700 and 700MHz, bands 4 and 17) we’ve read emails, tweets and comments suggesting that Samsung’s giant phone (or little tablet?) is also compatible with AWS (1700 MHz) for HSPA+, which is used by T-Mobile in the US.
Tim Cook on the “Law of Large Numbers”
February 14, 2012 Updated at 9:11 pm
Samsung Galaxy Note now available in Canada
February 14, 2012 Updated at 6:52 pm
Just in time to doodle your crushes name over and over or draw hearts all over screenshots of their text messages, the Samsung Galaxy note has launched in Canada on TELUS and Rogers. The Note will take advantage of Canada’s LTE networks and also features a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, Android Gingerbread with TouchWiz, and utilizes Samsung’s S Pen stylus for input.