Seeing ads on portable devices is nothing new. Open a smartphone app, and you’re likely to get hit with ads on the screen. Same for mobile browsers.
A hot new feature for gadgets: built-in ads?
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Apr 122011
Webby Awards nominees announced
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Apr 122011
Justin Bieber and Angry Birds. Those are among the nominees for the 2011 Webby Awards, announced Tuesday.
Inventor of modern game console dies at 70
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Apr 122011
Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, creator of the first cartridge-based videogame console, died Saturday morning in a Mountain View, California, hospital, WIRED.com has learned. Lawson was 70.
Kindle now available for $114, with ads
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Apr 122011
Amazon has sold loads of cheap Kindles ever since it decided to introduce a WiFi-only model and drop the price to just $139.
Court tosses Winklevoss Facebook suit
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Apr 112011
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss must accept their $65 million settlement from Facebook and move on.
A trivia game where it’s OK to Google
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Apr 112011
If you’ve every played live trivia at a bar or restaurant, you’ve probably seen that guy.
‘Catlanta’ uses social media to spur art hunt
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Apr 112011
The hunt begins as soon as word hits the internet. Then they’re off, prowling the urban landscape, smartphones in hand, in search of the coveted kitties by the street artist known as Catlanta.
Apr 112011
It’s official: the first official biography of Steve Jobs will be making its debut sometime in early 2012.
Did cell phones unleash our inner rudeness?
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Apr 102011
Even he can’t take it.