Temple Run 2 has amassed over 20 million downloads in its first four days on the iOS App Store, with six million of those coming on day one alone. And though it's initially a free download, the highly-anticipated game has also rocketed to become one of the highest grossing apps in the store...
But can it find similar success on Android?
Whether you like it or not, oversize smartphones are all the rage these days, with companies such as Samsung and Huawei leading the charge. But they may not be the only manufacturers interested in the six-inch-plus smartphone, as a new display...
Cuba seems to have started accepting internet traffic through an underwater cable, not just the slow and limited satellites it's relied on for years. Traffic monitoring company Renesys said yesterday that it had detected a new connection between Spanish ISP Telefonica and the state-owned Cuban telecommunications company, with lower latencies than would be possible through the aging satellite...
AT&T recently made FaceTime calling available to all eligible customers on tiered data plans, but advocacy group Free Press remains unimpressed with the move. Immediately after AT&T announced it would expand support for Apple's video calling protocol, Free Press lambasted the carrier for not opening access to its entire customer base — including unlimited data subscribers. Now the organization is urging AT&T's customers to tell the company how they really feel, and Free Press is even giving them a public platform for the cause. Entering your name, email address, zip code, and ticking a box confirming you're an AT&T user is all it takes to have your comments displayed on the page titled "AT&T. Your World. Blocked."
Among the thousands of posts, an overlying theme is deep consumer concern over AT&T's disregard for net neutrality....
"Stop violating net neutrality or lose my business." PK from Chicago, IL
Photo Credit: Daniel J. Sieradski
One day back in the early 1970s, two young computer miscreants named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak exploited a hole in AT&T’s phone system to prank call the Pope. The call — made using a homemade device called a “blue box” which made free calls by emulating the tones in AT&T’s switching system — was more than just a prank. It was part of a history...
A 1986 anti-hacking law has gone horribly wrong
The New York Times details a campaign from a Michael Jackson fan group that sought to bury an unfavorable book on Amazon with promotion of anonymous one-star reviews. While fake reviews are thought to be a widespread problem on Amazon, the Times says that the campaign by "Michael Jackson's Rapid Response Team to Media Attacks" has been the biggest and most successful: the group reportedly...
The 8-inch Galaxy Note tablet we saw last week will be officially unveiled at Mobile World Congress, according to Korea's iNews24. The site reports that Samsung mobile head JK Shin says the 8-inch tablet will be coming at the show, which is held in late February, though he didn't reveal any other details. Previous leaks have indicated that the tablet will come in 3G and Wi-Fi models with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, a 1280 x 800 display, 5-megapixel back camera, and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Its form factor is similar to previous Galaxy Tab designs.
Samsung has been rumored to have a...
The "new" MySpace unquestionably places a bigger emphasis on music than any previous iteration we've seen. Visit the freshly-revamped site and you'll find plenty of promotion surrounding investor Justin Timberlake's latest single, but MySpace more importantly holds an exhaustive licensing deal for over 50 million tracks, according to the New York Times. Still, some smaller record labels are crying foul and claiming that MySpace is streaming music from their artists without permission.
The Merlin Network, which strikes digital licensing deals for a variety of labels, says content from over 100 of its clients can be found on MySpace. Those...
Google has blamed LG for Nexus 4 shortages, and an LG spokesperson has said that production is proceeding as planned for its hard-to-find Nexus 4 handset, but Cathy Robin of LG France is telling a still slightly different story — at least for the French market. In an interview with Challenges, Robin said that the predictions Google had given LG France — based on previous Nexus sales — turned out to be lower than demand, causing a...
Market strain 'gone by February,' says LG's Cathy Robin
We're just over a week away from RIM's big BlackBerry 10 launch event, and leaks of the new devices and operating system are coming fast and furious. The latest leak to hit the internet is a batch of 100 screenshots of the new BlackBerry 10 platform, posted by BGR. The images detail everything...
Beloved internet folk musician Jonathan Coulton might be a champion of filesharing and liberal copyright laws, but it looks like he's not so happy with Glee's too-liberal use of his work: he took to Twitter today to note that a recent episode of the show "ripped off" his cover of "Baby Got Back"...
Path CEO Dave Morin has told TechCrunch that his company plans to move further towards a "freemium" business model and expand its paid-for offerings in 2013. "Later in the year we’re going be rolling out virtual goods and a premium service in...
The Hollywood Reporter revealed last Monday that Warner Bros. acquired the rights to John McAfee's Last Stand, and just one week later, development of a separate John McAfee movie has been announced by Impact Future Media. The film, titled Running in the Background, will be...
By now it's widely known that Lance Armstrong finally admitted to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that will air tonight and tomorrow. Armstrong's confession is notable in part because no athlete has fought charges of doping as hard as he has, from public denials to libel suits as well...
Just two years ago, Andy Greenberg had an hours-long interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The author and Forbes reporter listened as Assange claimed to have a massive trove of documents, the release of which, he promised, could “take down a bank or two.” When Greenberg reported the story, stock speculation led to Bank of America losing $3.5 billion in market value in just a few hours. But the...
There's a palpable buzz at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and much of it is swirling around an obscure, black-and-white movie that may never see a commercial release. That's because Randy Moore's Escape from Tomorrow is more than just a film;...
RIM has today announced the rebranding of its BlackBerry App World as "BlackBerry World." With the new name comes an increased area of focus, specifically on music and video content, as previously teased last September. The beleaguered manufacturer made the change in preparation for the launch of...
The W3C is announcing a partnership with China’s Beihang University that will see it host the standards-making body’s activities in the country...
We're not quite sure when IBM started making proclamations on the future of fashion, but here we have it: the company's "Social Sentiment Index" has declared 2013 the year of steampunk. IBM came to...
North Korea doesn't allow many visitors inside its secretive borders, and those that can enter have been made to hand over their cellphones — until now. A technician with Koryolink, the country's...
HTC is rumored to have a flagship phone called the M7 waiting in the wings, and we published the first alleged image courtesy of the oft-reliable @evleaks last week. Since then, a contradictory...
Thorsten Heins is considering selling RIM's hardware production division after the launch of the company's next-generation OS, BlackBerry 10. Speaking with German publication Die Welt, the CEO said...
A new data-transmitting pill could save the lives of firefighters by providing a warning when their vitals are showing signs of heat stress....
Last fall, Ahmed Al-Khabaz and a fellow student discovered "sloppy coding" in their college's computer system that jeopardized the security of over 250,000 students’ personal information. After testing to confirm the issue was real, Al-Khabaz was congratulated for raising the issue with the relevant authorities, but has since been expelled from Montreal's Dawson College with failing grades.
The leadership of Atari Inc., what’s left of the gaming legend behind Pong and the Atari 2600, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to free the company from French parent Atari SA, formerly Infogrames, reports the Los Angeles Times. An unnamed "knowledgeable person" says...
