ABC said to add streaming broadcasts to iPhone, iPad app

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Cable customers may soon be able to watch “Gray’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” on their iPhones and iPads in real time, according to reports that ABC is planning to let some viewers watch local broadcasts through their Apple devices. The service is called Watch ABC and will at first be available…

Posted on: May 13, 2013 5:00 pm

9 ideas for a radical redesign of iOS 7

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Today’s mobile technology needs to do more than offer up access to apps: It needs to also surface information that’s valuable to the user. And the current iOS experience is very app-focused, to the point where notifications are organized by the app they’re from, not by how relevant or important…

Posted on: May 13, 2013 5:00 pm

Slickdeals’ best in tech for May 13th: 60-inch Samsung HDTV and 11.6-inch …

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Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this roundup, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long….

Posted on: May 13, 2013 5:00 pm

Tivo CEO: This Is What Your TV Will Look Like

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Ever wondered what your boss eats for breakfast? Or why he or she works 24/7? Off the Cuff takes you outside the boardroom to show you what high-impact leaders do off the clock. Every week, corporate tycoons will answer questions about what they like (and loathe), what makes them get…

Posted on: May 13, 2013 7:00 am

HTC’s One: At long last, the best smartphone is an Android phone (review)

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Finally, there’s an Android phone that doesn’t make me miss anything about the iPhone. It’s called the HTC One, and it’s the best Android phone I’ve ever laid hands on. It might also be the best smartphone I’ve ever used. That’s saying a lot. Until now, the iPhone 5 embodied What…

Posted on: May 12, 2013 5:00 pm

Researchers Forecast Total Netbook Extinction By 2015

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It might seem like the once-prolific netbook is already extinct, but the category won’t finish fading away for a couple more years, if a forecast by IHS iSuppli proves to be correct. The research firm expects netbook shipments to total 3.97 million units this year, down a whopping 72% from “From the…

Posted on: May 12, 2013 5:00 pm

Graffiti photos on Facebook send Utah tagger to jail

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SALT LAKE CITY A Utah tagger who was so proud of his graffiti that he posted photos of his artwork on Facebook has been arrested after police sent him a friend request through a fake online profile. Police say 20-year-old Matthew Todakonzie of North Salt Lake posted more than 150 North…

Posted on: May 12, 2013 12:00 pm

Video: Let’s Help Newt Gingrich Rename The Smartphone

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Ever since he bowed out of the presidential race, real life Pillsbury Doughboy Newt Gingrich has been busy…well, he hasn’t been busy with much, besides writing Downton Abbey fanfic. The man obviously needed something to do in between romantic cruises, so he and the crack team at Gingrich Productions have…

Posted on: May 12, 2013 7:00 am

Twitter’s first star

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If you can name five Kardashians but can’t name five countries in Asia, stick a knife in an electrical socket.” That piece of counsel, Kelly Oxford’s most successful tweet of all time, is the kind of one-liner that gets you 10,000 retweets and counting. It’s also the sort of material Oxford…

Posted on: May 11, 2013 5:00 pm

Smartphone App Wrap: Movies, Twitter, games, and exercise

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I am not a single smartphone guy and use every mobile OS so I get the chance to try out lots of applications. We now find hundreds of thousands of apps and it can be difficult finding new ones to try. This is the first installment of a planned weekly…

Posted on: May 11, 2013 5:00 pm