Comcast has signalled that it's tired of being asked to give up names when users are accused of copyright infringement. In a recent case, the US ISP was asked to provide subscriber information for IP addresses by four adult video companies; it's now asking an Illinois District Court to throw out...
"It is evident in these cases... that plaintiffs have no interest in actually litigating their claims." Comcast
As it continues to expand its role as the default global newswire, Twitter is partnering with big media companies to expand what can be shared in a single Tweet. In an announcement today the company introduced expanded Tweets, which lets companies...
We heard last month that Apple would have to go ahead and face a class-action lawsuit because of last year's location-tracking scandal, but US District Judge Lucy Koh just narrowed the scope of the case a bit. While consumers who own an iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone can pursue claims that Apple secretly tracked their activity to share the data with advertisers and analytics firms, the judge...
The Wii U GamePad contains "affordable" sensors which may require occasional recalibration, according to Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto.
The calibration issue affects games in which players point the GamePad at the screen as they would with a Wii controller. Whereas the Wii controller uses its infrared sensor and the Wii Sensor Bar to establish its position relative to the screen, the GamePad depends upon internal sensors which can, in certain situations, lose their bearings.
"There are limits to the precision" of the internal sensors, Miyamoto told Kotaku. "It becomes our role to look at how can we manage that or how can we make it so that the reclaibration becomes part of the gameplay. That's what we're going to be working on going forward."
Miyamoto did not rule out the possibility of upgrading to more accurate sensors in the future,...
A Nintendo employee pinned the performance problems on "interference"
Aerial drones have been garnering a lot of attention by privacy advocates lately, and Public Intelligence has compiled a list of known US military bases that employ these drones. The map contains the present and future locations of military bases equipped to deploy aerial drones, but most are so far removed from civilian populations that they are likely just training centers for overseas...
Privacy advocates keep an eye on the sky
Each week the iOS Gaming Watch List will inform you of some noteworthy releases coming to the App Store. Major releases tend to hit on Thursdays, so we'll be coming at you every Wednesday with the games to look out for, as well as some of the bigger content updates on the way. While this won't be a comprehensive list of games releasing for a given week, it does offer a quick selection of games and upates that show promise or look interesting for one reason or another. Worth noting that we have not played many of these games, so you shouldn't take these as short reviews. Think of this more...
When we spoke with Growl's Chris Forsythe for 5 Minutes on The Verge, he noted that Growl had several benefits over the new Notification Center Apple is introducing in OS X Mountain Lion. The company is so confident, in fact, that it will be adding Notification Center support to a forthcoming upgrade to its own product. As outlined in a blog post by Forsythe himself, Growl running on version 10.8 of Apple's operating system will automatically use Notification Center for visual notifications, allowing software developers to take advantage of Apple's new system without having to implement code for it specifically — and in theory, letting...
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Looking for just the biggest news and highlights from Apple's WWDC 2012 event? We've gathered the biggest announcements from Apple's keynote at...
Disney is launching three apps for the iPhone and iPad that give users to access programming previously only available on cable: Watch Disney Channel, Watch Disney XD, and Watch Disney Junior. All three apps are free and will offer livestreams of Disney content for Comcast subscribers after they...
The Verge Mobile Show is back once again to attempt to satiate your admittedly insatiable need for mobile news, commentary, and rants about mobile UI. On today's episode the guys go in-depth about iOS 6 and its potential impact on the mobile landscape and Chris shares the disgust that made him...
The game couldn't be simpler. One of seven shapes falls from the sky. As the "Tetrimino" inches down the screen, the player rotates it and moves it into place among other similar objects. Build a horizontal line across the board and the entire...
Android users aren't left out of today's My Xbox Live app updates. Microsoft has just launched an app for Android 2.2 and above; it lets users customize their avatars, track achievements, send and receive messages from Xbox Live friends, and edit their Xbox Live profile. That...
Inspecting the blades on a wind turbine is dangerous and time consuming work, so General Electric came up with a solution — using robots that can climb 300 feet in minutes instead of hours. The robots utilize a vacuum pump that removes the air between the machine and the turbine, creating a...
Skype has announced a new feature called Conversation Ads, which displays advertisements inside of the app window during one-on-one audio calls. The ads will only appear for users who don't have a subscription or Skype credit, and, at least for now, Conversation Ads have only been announced for the Windows version of Skype. The company says that the ads will be "silent" and "non-expanding" and, unsurprisingly,...
The iOS My Xbox Live app that Microsoft introduced last year is getting more features from its Windows Phone counterpart. An update to the app lets you connect your iPhone to an Xbox 360, seeing your most recent activity as well as browsing or...
Amazon has updated its Kindle app with bug fixes and a couple of small but substantial user interface tweaks for Android tablet users. You can now adjust a a book's margins and line spacing to your liking, as well as view two pages side-by-side in landscape mode. While these are common features...
Today at WWDC, Apple is showing off iOS 6 for the first time, and we've got everything you need to know in this Story Stream. You'll find a brand...
Microsoft has laid down the foundations for what its CEO, Steve Ballmer, once described as the company's "riskiest product bet." Many Microsoft watchers assume that Metro style apps could be the...
Amazon's music store and corresponding cloud music player have provided a strong alternative for those looking to avoid the iTunes or Google Play ecosystem (it's even platform-agonistic, with the recently-released iOS app). Despite its success, the service didn't launch without controversy — Amazon was under fire from the record labels last...
The Millennium Technology Prize, an esteemed science and technology award, has been split between Linus Torvalds for creating the Linux kernel and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka for his work on induced pluripotent stem cells. The €1.2 million (or around $1.5 million) award is given to a person who has...
Aviary's software development kit lets developers easily add photo editing tools to their mobile apps and websites, but now the company is finally releasing an app of its own. The new standalone Aviary app is available on both iPhone and Android starting today (a Windows Phone version is listed as "coming soon"), and features the same editing tools as the SDK, but with two additional features. There's a new browsing tool for quickly scrolling through photos, and you can also customize the layout of the tools to whatever fits you best. While the app is available to consumers, Aviary says that it's primarily "intended to be a quick and easy...
Square, the upstart mobile payment processing system that's given pause to giants like VeriFone, is hiring its first chief financial officer to deal with a growing number of payments. According to TheNextWeb, the company now says it's processing $6 billion a year in payments for one million individuals and businesses, and it's grown from 80 to 300 employees over the past year. That's major expansion from March, when it announced it was processing $4 billion a year (both these numbers are...
Microsoft is widely expected to unveil Windows Phone 8 at a special event next week, but more details about the mobile operating system appear to have leaked ahead of its debut. Nokia Innovations has posted several screenshots that seem to show...
Huawei who? That's the question many English-speaking smartphone buyers might ask upon reading the company's logo. While Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Apple, HTC, and Samsung have each risen to prominence as premium handset manufacturers, Huawei is still...
Smule is today bringing its popular Magic Piano app to Android, expanding on an iOS community that includes over 14 million users who have played more than 135 billion notes according to the company. Much like iOS, the Android version of the app (which leans more toward a game) is centered around two play modes: Play and Solo. Play allows users to download and tap along with over 200 songs using in-game currency, though Smule throws in a few...
Just as it is with Blizzard's Diablo III, other third-party developers still need some more time before their apps are fully optimized for Apple's new MacBook Pro with Retina display. Adobe explained to MacWorld that the build of Photoshop shown at WWDC 2012 was a unreleased version of the photo editing app, and that an update should be released later this year. Autodesk — maker of AutoCad — mimicked Adobe's response, although was less...
