Headlines for August 3rd, 2009
Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Google Apps Suite Billboards Hit The Highways – "Not content with the information superhighway, Google is launching an advertising campaign that will promote its enterprise productivity suite on the highways we actually drive.
The search engine giant today will begin its "Go Google" campaign designed to "spread the word" about its suite of enterprise applications."
- Apple Quickly Patches iPhone SMS Vulnerability – "No sooner have researchers exposed a texting vulnerability in the iPhone than Apple comes out with a patch to secure it."
- CrunchDeals: $99 for a Palm Pre today only – "If you weren’t one of the lucky ones that happened to snag a Palm Pre for $99 at Best Buy the other weekend thanks to a pricing snafu, LetsTalk.com has a deal for you. The website has managed to drop the price of the Palm Pre down to only $99 through a combination of instant and mail-in rebates."
- Verizon cuts many smartphone prices to under $99 – "According to the BoyGeniusReports, nearly all of Verizon Wireless smartphones have been reduced in price to under $99 with a two-year customer agreement."
- FCC weighs into Google Voice for iPhone saga – "The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has written to Apple demanding to know why it rejected the Google Voice for iPhone application, and removed related third-party apps from its iTunes App Store."
- Shock threat to shut Skype – "eBay says it may have to shut down Skype due to a licensing dispute with the founders of the internet telephony service.
The surprise admission puts a cloud over the 40 million active daily users around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch with friends and far-flung relatives."
- Firefox nears 1 billion downloads – Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser was expected to pass the 1-billion download milestone on Friday.
