GiveMeApps Reviews
Microsoft's Metro Update For Xbox
Dec 4th 2011 at 05:52am by jbanafsheha
The upcoming Metro update to Microsoft’s Xbox, which is expected to be released on December 6, will make it easier to find the content you want. You can access files from Microsoft’s online media store or directly from the Internet through YouTube. This update also allows Windows Phone u...
Panic Button: AT&T and T-Mobile Discuss Other Options
Dec 2nd 2011 at 09:01am by Joseph Sugabo
AT&T refuses to back down from the deal with T-Mobile parent company, Deutsche Telekom. AT&T believes that they have the power to win the antitrust case by the Justice Department, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a backup plan. “AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG, t...
A Rating System For Apps?
Dec 1st 2011 at 10:41am by Wayne Tempel
We are a society that is plagued with fear. We put ratings on everything from movies, music & T.V. shows. I never thought that it would go this far though. A rating system for apps? Yes, last week the ESRB- Entertainment Software Rating Board and CTIA, the wireless industry conglomerate have dec...
Purchasing Power: NewNet to Acquire Nokia Siemens Networks WiMAX
Nov 30th 2011 at 07:40am by Joseph Sugabo
NewNet Communication Technologies, LLC announced November 29, 2011 that they plan to acquire the former Motorola Solutions’ WiMAX business from Nokia Siemens Networks. NewNet would receive the WiMAX product portfolio, including the employees and assets, as well as all active customer and suppl...
HTC Under Fire: IPCom Halts HTC Sales In Germany
Nov 28th 2011 at 06:03am by Joseph Sugabo
IPCom, a German patent firm stated that they plan on enforcing, “an injunction based on a Mannheim court decision from February 2009 after HTC, the fourth largest smartphone vendor globally, withdrew its appeal, which was due to be decided on next week” (Tarmo Virki, Reuters). IPCom inte...
Is it the End of the Line? AT&T and T-Mobile Drop FCC Applications
Nov 25th 2011 at 10:24am by Joseph Sugabo
AT&T has withdrawn its FCC application with T-Mobile on Wednesday thanks to the FCCs decision to require AT&T and T-Mobile to sit through an administrative hearing. “As a result of the FCC’s action, AT&T expects to recognize a pretax accounting charge of $4 billion ($3 billio...
Keep the Wolf from the Door: FCC Attempts to thwart AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger
Nov 23rd 2011 at 09:59am by Joseph Sugabo
“You can’t create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings” (Lisa Simpson). U.S. regulators are going to great lengths to ensure that AT&T never has the chance to stomp on anything. AT&T’s $39 billion T-Mobile acquisition is in hot water today (November...
Flash in the Pan: Adobe to Focus on HTML5
Nov 21st 2011 at 10:17am by Joseph Sugabo
Abode vice president and general manager Danny Winokur released a blog post on November 9, 2011 stating that Adobe would stop development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers so that it can focus on HTML5. Winokur stated that, “HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in ...