Inspired by Egypt , tens of thousands turned out yesterday for an opposition rally in Iran—leading some lawmakers to take an especially hard line against opposition leaders today, calling for them to stand trial and be put to death. Pro-government legislators chanted, “Death to Mousavi, Karroubi, and Khatami,” three of…
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Call it The Curious Case of the Pre 2: If you check the handset out on HP’s site , it will cost you $100 after rebate (under contract of course). But if you wander over to Verizon’s little piece of the Interwebs, the same phone has just been announced for $150 (new contract price) after rebate. So, let’s suppose for a moment that you had a choice between the two — which would you pick? That’s what we thought. Available on February 17, check out the mind-bending PR after the break for more details. Continue reading Pre 2 available for $150 through Verizon on February 17th Pre 2 available for $150 through Verizon on February 17th originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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No big surprise here, but Eric Schmidt just told the crowd at Mobile World Congress that Google “certainly tried” to convince Nokia to pick Android as its future platform over Windows Phone 7 . Schmidt said Google “would’ve loved” having Nokia on board, and that although they’d been rebuffed this time around, the offer to adopt Android later “is still open.” Look like Vic Gundotra might have to get down with a turkey after all. Eric Schmidt: ‘We certainly tried’ to get Nokia to use Android originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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HTC just unveiled its MWC lineup a few hours ago, including the ChaCha and the Salsa , which both possess dedicated Facebook buttons (all the cool kids have Facebooky phones these days). AT&T, however, just issued a statement to let the world know that it’ll have a Facebook -dedicated HTC handset by later this year. Now, there’s no word on which phones are AT&T-bound just yet, but a spokesperson told All Things D ‘s Ina Fried that the carrier will have at least twelve Android phones on offer this year. HTC’s Facebook-worshipping phones headed to AT&T later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Vimeo link Journalist Melena Ryzik from The New York Times got the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes at the California based animation film studio Pixar. Link – via kottke.org Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 15/02/2011 17:50 Number of articles : 3
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Vimeo link Journalist Melena Ryzik from The New York Times got the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes at the California based animation film studio Pixar. Link – via kottke.org Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 15/02/2011 17:50 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” debuted to wildly enthusiastic reviews rom the likes of Elton John and Perez Hilton, who see it as the new gay anthem—but other prominent gays are not so happy about it, writes Jacob Bernstein on the Daily Beast . Critiques ranged from the mild (“Gaga…
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Apple isn’t much of one for customer surveys, but this recent missive to select MacBook Air owners has all sorts of goodies inside it. Most notable is the large amount of questions on 3G data connectivity, a feature that Apple has so far avoided adding to any of its laptops, even though it sells a tablet computer with the functionality. Interestingly, Apple has waited so long on this feature that its primary objection — the need to pick a specific carrier over another — has disappeared thanks to Qualcomm’s Gobi chipset . On the other hand, most people get 3G data onto their laptops these days through tethering, whether it be with their phone or a dedicated MiFi-style device, and Apple’s survey seems to be designed to pick up on the prevalence of all these tendencies. Other aspects of the survey deal with data storage and syncing ( MobileMe and Dropbox get shout outs), missing functionality that keeps the Air from being a primary computer, and other miscellany. If you want to get overanalytical with the whole thing, Apple might actually be trying to feel out the dividing line between an iPad and a MacBook Air, instead of the dividing line between a MacBook Pro. Perhaps this year’s expected Sandy Bridge or (we wish) Fusion refresh of the MacBook Air could have something more in store? Check out the source link for the whole thing. Apple MacBook Air survey gets chatty about 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Next version of Android will combine Gingerbread and Honeycomb, arrive on a six-month cycle
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Eric Schmidt didn’t give a ton of details about the future of Android during his MWC 2011 keynote , but he did drop one interesting tidbit: the next version of Android will “start with an I, be named after a dessert” and combine Gingerbread for phones and Honeycomb for tablets into a cohesive whole. We’ll just go out on a limb and say that he’s talking about Ice Cream , and that we’ll see that Fragments UI construct used to bridge the phone / tablet display size gap. Unfortunately, Eric didn’t say anything about timing — just that updates have been happening on a “six month cycle.” Considering that Honeycomb has yet to officially launch on any devices, we’d say that’s not so long to wait — but of course we’re also dying to know more as soon as possible. We’ll let you know if we hear anything good. Next version of Android will combine Gingerbread and Honeycomb, arrive on a six-month cycle originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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With Hosni Mubarak gone and the army now running the country, will the 30-year peace between Egypt and Israel still hold? And how should Israel view the main opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, if it was to get a decisive say over Egypt’s future? We assess the impact on Israel of revolution in the region. Taking a short break from rehearsals, Ryan Craig discusses his new play, The Holy Rosenbergs, which premieres at the National Theatre next month. The play depicts a British Jewish family riven by disparate allegiances and attitudes to the Middle East. Is it ever possible to depict Anglo-Jewish life and Israel without facing a storm from all sides? And why does Israel and its conflict with the Palestinians seem to fascinate – and, some might say, obsess – British dramatists and documentary makers? We discuss Channel 4′s new series, The Promise . And finally, another Jewish family on the small screen – in comedy writer Robert Popper’s new show, Friday Night Dinner . But why do they not mention the J-word? Sounds Jewish is produced by the Jewish Community Centre for London Jason Solomons
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