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Amazon Kindle to get Public Library borrowing feature

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 10:51pm CEST par Tim Conneally

Amazon on Wednesday announced Kindle Library Lending, a program that will let Kindle users borrow books from more than 11,000 libraries in the United States.

Apple Q2 2011 by the numbers: Record $24.67B revenue and 95% profit growth

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 10:49pm CEST par Joe Wilcox

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

Apple shipped 4.69 million iPads and 18.65 million iPhones. Revenue and profit blew past Wall Street consensus -- by $1.33B and $1.04 EPS, respectively.

EchoStar loses crucial ruling in TiVo case, vows appeal

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 9:07pm CEST par Ed Oswald

By Ed Oswald, Betanews

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court judgement that would force EchoStar to disable its DVR functionality in as many as eight million subscriber boxes, delivering what might be a fatal blow to the company's chances for victory in the case.

SPC Music Sketchpad: one of the best Android music apps yet

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 8:32pm CEST par Tim Conneally

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

German app developer Mikrosonic is helping Android's weak selection of music creation apps with its high quality SPC Music Sketchpad.

Apple tracking location of iOS4 device users, researchers say

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 7:36pm CEST par Ed Oswald

By Ed Oswald, Betanews

A team of researchers have discovered that iOS4 is secretly obtaining your location and recording it to a hidden file, raising obvious privacy concerns and questions as to why Apple would be storing such information.

Dropbox caves on privacy, opens subscriber files to law enforcement

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 6:29pm CEST

By Oliver Komadina

The cloud storage service has a juicy carrot and one big sick for subscribers. The carrot: 25 million users, up about 20 million in just six months. Revised terms and service is the stick and one that could beat away some subscribers.

Offering a direct challenge to Verizon, Cellular South hooks up with LightSquared for LTE

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 6:15pm CEST par Tim Conneally

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

LightSquared, the hybrid 4G/Satellite network wholesaler has announced a bilateral LTE roaming partnership with Cellular South, the United States' largest private wireless provider and ninth largest mobile network.

3.6 million AT&T iPhone activations debunk claims subscribers are fleeing to Verizon

Publié: avril 20, 2011, 5:24pm CEST par Joe Wilcox

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

For all those prognosticators predicting a huge exodus of iPhone users from AT&T to Verizon, Joe Wilcox offers a big, wet, splatter-in-your face raspberry.