- Beware the fake subscription app
Wasn’t the Web supposed to save us money? Then how come what should be a $20 application is now a $120 yearly subscription?
- AT&T loses whopping $6.7B on pension costs, T-Mobile breakup fee
Carrier added a net 717,000 new contract subscribers and activated 9.4 million smartphones, but paid the price with increased subsidies. AT&T activated 7.6 million iPhones.
- Nokia reports $1.4B loss despite strong Windows Phone sales
Handset maker posts its third consecutive quarter of hefty losses, despite strong initial sales of its Windows Phone smartphones in the quarter.
- Web sites are getting faster–but not enough
The top 2,000 retail Web sites load faster this year but still take 10 seconds on average, a study says. Also: IE9 beats Chrome and Firefox in the speed race.
- Want better EV range? Hitch it to a fuel cell
Startup Oorja Protonics has developed a methanol fuel cell to give battery-powered forklifts a lift and it’s planning to apply the same hybrid approach in fleet vehicles.
- Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited
Hawaii’s legislature plans hearing on bill requiring Internet service providers to create dossiers on residents showing all Web sites they visit for two years.
- How the heck is my Klout score higher than John Doerr’s?
That score in the big orange box may not be telling you exactly what you think it is. Klout is measuring influence, but not in the way that seems most obvious. And to understand the company, you have to understand exactly what business it’s in.
- Putting a human cost on the iPad
An in-depth New York Times report focuses on the final months of a factory worker who died as a result of an explosion at a factory that makes iPads, as well as the conditions workers often endure.
- Andreessen rumored to be looking for $1.5 billion in new funding
Rumor has it that well-known investor Marc Andreessen is looking to amp up funding for his Andreessen Horowitz investment firm with an extra $1.5 billion.
- Facebook denies Anonymous ‘claims’ of takedown
A Twitter feed from an Anonymous account claims it caused Facebook problems, with some intermittent outage. Facebook says it was nothing of the sort.
