Verizon and Bing sitting in a tree, No G. o. o. g. l. e….

by
Mike
Posted December 17th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Wireless carriers form partnerships and deals with various 3rd parties all of the time. For sake of the next 35 seconds of your life, we're going to focus on the software side of things. If you happen to have a BlackBerry running on Verizon, fire up the 'ol BB Browser running the latest firmware and take a look in the search box. Chances are you'll see "Bing" in grayed out incognito colors. RIM going Bing only is one possibility. Though so is a Verizon/Microsoft search deal as well. Whiche...
Rupert Murdoch ruining Wall Street Journal iPhone/BlackBerry app. Sets Hulu in his sights. $$$

by
Mike
Posted September 15th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
In what is certainly a shame, the free nature of the Wall Street Journal iPhone and BlackBerry app is about to become a little less free. Starting "soon", users of said mobile apps will have to begin paying up $2/week, according to Rupert Murdoch as he spoke at a Goldman Sachs conference. Even worse, subscribers of the actual news paper who shell out over $100+/year will also have to pay albeit a slightly lower fee of $1/week. Well, so much for that stint on my iPhone. Looks like the WSJ a...