Monthly Archives: October 2011
T-Mobile Launches New Unlimited 4G Data Plans
T-Mobile has announced a no-contract 4G data plan through Wal-Mart exclusively. The new Monthly4G data plan is available for $60 per month and gives unlimited talk and text. You will also get 2GB of data at 4G speeds. For $3 per day, you will also get access to unlimited talk, text, and data. The first 200MB of data will also be at 4G speeds. At $1 per day, you can get unlimited text and 10 cents per minute for talk.
BillGuard Raises $10 Million In Series B
BillGuard has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Investors in this round includes Founders Fund, Innovation Endeavours, Bessemer, IA Ventures, Saul Klein, and Joe Lonsdale. The company previously raised $3 million in Series A this past February.
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Yahoo! CTO Raymie Stata Steps Down
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) chief technology officer Raymie Stata has stepped down from the company. Raymie will be replaced by Ash Munshi. Below is a statement from the company:
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Categories Ash Munshi, Raymie Stata, Yahoo!
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Social Navigation Company Waze Raises $30 Million
Waze is a social navigation company that has raised $30 million in funding. Investors in this round include Horizons Ventures Hong Kong (Li Ka-shing’s private venture investments), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the iFund. Waze has raised a total of over $55 million thus far.
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Apple iPhone 4S Owners Complaining About A Yellow Screen
Consumers have recently started complaining about the iPhone 4S having a yellow-tinged screen. There has been about 4 million iPhone 4S devices sold, but it is unclear how many people have made the yellow-screen complaint.
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Categories Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 4S
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Why Dropbox Turned Down An Apple Offer [VIDEO]
Forbes has put together an article about how Dropbox co-founders Arash Ferdowsi and Drew Houston turned down an offer from the late Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs was impressed by how Dropbox was able to reverse-engineer Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo appeared elegantly inside.
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Categories Apple Inc., Arash Ferdowsi, Drew Houston, Dropbox, Steve Jobs
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Reservations Required For iPhone 4S Buyers At Apple Stores
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is now requiring customers that want to buy a new iPhone 4S from their U.S. and Canada retail stores to make reservations ahead of time.
Phone 4S is available in store by reservation only. Reserve yours after 9:00 p.m. tonight for pickup tomorrow. When you come in, you’ll choose a carrier and plan, and we’ll get your iPhone up and running before you leave the store.
Categories Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 4S
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Twitter Hits 250 Million Tweets Per Day
At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has revealed an interesting milestone. Twitter is now hitting 250 million tweets per day. Twitter has gone from 90 million tweets per day in September 2010 to 100 million at the beginning of the year. Now Twitter is at 250 million, which is a 177% change.
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Categories Dick Costolo, Twitter
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8 Creative Examples Of Time Freeze Frame Videos
A freeze frame shot is when one shot is printed in a single frame several times in order to create an interesting illusion of a still photograph. One of the best uses of this video effect is during a bar scene in the movie “The Other Guys.” Often times motion-capture cameras are needed to produce the effect. After seeing this video effect, I decided to look for other great uses of time freeze.
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Paul Ceglia Tells Lawyer Not To Turn Over E-Mail Data
Paul Ceglia, the man that claims to own over half of Facebook, has told his lawyers not to comply with a court order to turn in e-mail data. Facebook had asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio in Buffalo, New York to request Paul Ceglia and his lawyers to turn over e-mail accounts and passwords.
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Categories Facebook, Jeffrey Lake, Mark Zuckerberg, Paul Ceglia
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