Headlines for December 29th, 2009
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- EBay: holiday cell phone shopping up threefold – "EBay shoppers used cell phones to make more purchases this holiday season than in past years. And it was not just to buy the hot toy du jour, Zhu Zhu Pets.
The online marketplace operator said Monday that people used cell phones to buy 1.5 million products in the past several weeks _ three times the number for the same period last year, which ran from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve."
- San Jose Police Mount Cameras on Officers’ Heads – "Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.
The so-called head cameras are the latest technology to come from TASER International, Inc., makers of the stun guns popular with law enforcement."
- Tablet mania: Not so fast – "Gadget lovers are waiting with bated breath for the much-anticipated unveiling of the Apple tablet, but don't expect it to take the world by storm the way the iPod and iPhone did.
"There will be a strong interest in it, but it won't be the wave of the future," said James Brehm, analyst at Frost & Sullivan."
- Firefox 3.6 hits ice – won’t show up till Spring – "Mozilla has delayed the release of Firefox 3.6 until the first quarter of 2010.
The outfit had been promising to deliver the next iteration of its celebrated browser before the decade was out.
However, despite spinning out no less than five betas of Firefox 3.6, the final version of the browser won't ship until next year."
- GPS Leads Nevada Couple Astray and Stranded in Snow for 3 Days – "A Nevada couple who was rescued after three days stuck in their car on an unplowed road said it was GPS directions that led them deep into an Oregon forest."
- AT&T Resumes NY iPhone Sales – AT&T on Monday resumed selling iPhones to New York City residents through its Web site, but the reason the company temporarily stopped offering the popular Apple smartphone to New Yorkers remained a mystery.
People who entered a New York zip code over the Christmas weekend while trying to buy an iPhone from AT&T received a message saying the device wasn't available in their area. The device, however, was still available to New Yorkers through Apple or AT&T stores.
