Think those one or two pop ads you always encounter when online are bad? That’s nothing if a patent from Apple gains any traction. An OS full of annoying pop ads and annoying placement may very well soon be coming to your desktop. Though in the age we live, patents and copyrights have become more tools for preventing innovation and saving your ass from lawsuit by filing patents years in advance of a planned release…if a public release is even ever planned. ...

If you’ve been reading any of the Apple Earnings reports circulating this fine EST evening, you have no doubt seen some verbiage repeated highlighting ‘ol Philly Timmy boys comments regarding iPhones and the current smartphone market. In particular, Phil Schiller goes on to say that everything on the current market is several steps behind the iPhone….the 1st gen, EDGE-only version. Now I completely understand standing firm and representing your company,...

The NBA recently announced they were following in several other industries footsteps by banning any social networking use by players, coaches, and other staff alike. At first, many will come to believe it’s to prevent embarrassing situations and outbursts. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth and anyone with a grain of intelligence knows it. It really comes down to a simple explanation — Greed! At first, protecting the NBA’s...

Android has been looking more and more tempting as of late over my iPhone as AT&T and Apple continue to restrict more and more content (read: users’ rights) and make the iPhone less and less relevant. To anyone with an Android device, getting even more potential out of said unit involved using CyanogenMods and rooting into your phone. Once the dirty task of rooting was done, even more amazing things could be had with Android. But scary and disappointing things...

I’ll start by saying, bar none, Verizon has the biggest 3G foot print, and generally in most sections of the country, the best coverage.  However, I don’t care if they had 100% coverage from here until the moon I would NEVER subscribe to their nickel and dime bs. Rant aside, Boygenius has got his hands on the full two page document highlighting Verizon’s consumer friendly change in their plan pricing and Smartphone/PDA plan schemes.  After November...