Easton (The Quince Man Quincy) Royce

Sorry, Facebook haters: It’s not going anywhere

Easton Royce — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:14:43 +0000

Facebook IPO led to a lot of debate on technology sites about the true value of the company. Whatever you think about Facebook, however, is irrelevant. It's not going anywhere anytime soon. Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend

Easton Royce — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:44:43 +0000

What a week for Mark Zuckerberg! The Facebook founder saw his company go public, turned 28, and got married! Yep, that's right: the Zuck has tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. Read more...

Latest Microsoft Store opens in Bridgewater, New Jersey

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:35:47 +0000

The newest Microsoft Store retail location has opened in Bridgewater, New Jersey and will play host to a concert by the band OneRepublic on Saturday night and quarterback Eli Manning on Sunday. Read more...

Steve Jobs indie biopic to film in Apple’s start up garage

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:05:47 +0000

The makers of the upcoming indie biopic of the late Steve Jobs will film some scenes in the garage where Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched Apple, located in Jobs' childhood home. Read more...

Google-Motorola merger could become official next week

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:34:46 +0000

The $12.5 billion merger of Google and Motorola Mobility could officially close early next week as the Chinese government has now given its approval for the deal. Read more...

New Nokia Lumia Camera Extension app revealed?

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:04:46 +0000

Some newly leaked screenshots seem to show that Nokia is working on a new camera app for its Lumia smartphones called Camera Extension, which will add a number of camera features. Read more...

Sprint offers $100 off iPhone 4S for competitor trade-in

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:34:46 +0000

Sprint is now offering $100 off the purchase of a new iPhone 4S if you trade in an iPhone from a competing wireless carrier such as Verizon Wireless and AT&T until July 1st. Read more...

Apple helps Kickstarter project break App Store rules

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:04:46 +0000

Despite their unforgiving reputation when it comes to the App Store, it turns out that Apple is helping Kickstarter projects get around their own rules by giving away more free apps to supporters. Read more...

The top 10k Windows Phone apps in one massive image

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:53:48 +0000

The Windows Phone Marketplace now has over 90,000 apps, but if you wanted to see an image of the top 10k selling apps, today is your lucky day. Read more...

Windows 8 PCs to get anti-bloatware deal from Microsoft Store

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:55:52 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that PCs with Windows 8 installed will receive the anti-bloatware "Signature" treatment from Microsoft Store locations when the OS is officially launched. Read more...

From The Forums: Merging Windows 8 Metro with desktop

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:14:17 +0000

In our latest From The Forums feature, we look at a mock up image of Windows 8 that merges the Metro user interface with the familiar desktop UI, including the Start menu and taskbar. Read more...

File sharing makes people sad

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:12:42 +0000

A new study says that people who spend more time sharing files are more likely to be depressed, and that we could need surveillance to keep the internet from frying our brains. Or something like that. Read more...

Windows Phone Marketplace exceeds 90,000 apps

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:42:42 +0000

The Windows Phone Marketplace has now exceeded the 90,000 app mark with an average of about 250 apps being added to the Windows Phone downloadable app store every day. Read more...

Gmail update adds contact details and more

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:52:20 +0000

A new update for users of Gmail adds a way to see the contact info of the people who have emailed you, along with more integration with the circle features in Google+. Read more...

A wireless 3 Gbps transmission on the Terahertz scale

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:22:20 +0000

Japanese researchers achieve a new hi-speed record for data transmission over a wireless link. The proof-of-concept tech could bring even far higher data throughput, the researchers say. Read more...

See the Nokia Lumia 900 getting hammered … literally

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:52:20 +0000

A new video making the virual rounds shows the Nokia Lumia 900 not only getting hit with a hammer and nail on its screen but also being used as a hammer on a nail. Read more...

Facebook ends first day of trading slightly above start price

Easton Royce — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:04:04 +0000

Facebook's first day of public stock trading was a record in terms of the amount of volume generated but in the end the IPO ended just slightly higher than its starting price of $38 a share. Read more...

Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola smartphones

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:34:04 +0000

The US International Trade Commission has ruled that some of Motorola's Android smartphones violate a patent from Microsoft. That means those phones can be banned from being imported into the US. Read more...

Windows 8 to get some desktop UI changes

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:10:46 +0000

In a new and massive post on the Windows 8 blog site, Microsoft talks about some of the design choices the Windows 8 team made, including some new changes for the desktop interface. Read more...

AT&T: Windows 8 launch coming in Q4 2012

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:15:57 +0000

The CEO of AT&T Mobility said this week that the launch of Windows 8 is coming in the fourth quarter of 2012 and that it will help boost sales of Windows Phone devices. Read more...

Twitter to offer more suggestions for people to follow

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:20:16 +0000

Twitter has announced that it will start offering its users new suggestions for other Twitter subscribers to follow, including a Timeline with posts from those suggested Twitter users. Read more...

Nokia could run out of cash soon, say analysts

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:51:15 +0000

A survey of 30 financial analysts by Reuters shows that some of them are afraid that Nokia could run out of its current 4.9 billion euro cash reserve as early as 2013. Read more...

Windows RT tablet vendors reportedly dealing with price issues

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:14:14 +0000

A new report claims that makers of tablets that will run Windows RT (also known as Windows 8 ARM) are having issues making the tablets at prices that are competitive with the iPad and Android tablets. Read more...

Windows Phone Marketplace update deadline looming

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:44:14 +0000

Microsoft has sent another reminder to Windows Phone users, saying that the company still plans at some point to force people to update to Windows Phone 7.5 for access to the phone's app Marketplace. Read more...

Facebook stock trading begins after delay

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:45:24 +0000

Facebook's public stock offering has begun after suffering from a delay in its launch on the NASDAQ stock market. It was supposed to officially launch at 11 am Eastern time this morning. Read more...

Verizon: Unlimited data can be kept if you pay in full for your phone

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:56:12 +0000

Verizon Wireless has confirmed that current customers under the unlimited data plan can keep that plan but they will have to pay the full price for their next smartphone if they want to upgrade. Read more...

Amazon to sell ad space on Kindle Fire welcome screen?

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:26:12 +0000

A new report claims that Amazon plans to offer advertisers a way to pay $600,000 for an ad package that will allow them to take over the welcome screen for the Kindle Fire tablet. Read more...

Microsoft revives free Xbox 360 with new PC deal for students

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:46:21 +0000

Microsoft has announced a revival of its new PC deal for college students, where starting on May 20th a PC that's priced at $699 or higher will be able to get them a free 4 GB Xbox 360 game console. Read more...

Nine million carrier pre-orders for new Galaxy S

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:09:41 +0000

Samsung's next major smartphone release has seen a large amount of carrier pre-orders for its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III. Read more...

Spammers using social media instead of email

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:58:14 +0000

Security experts have noticed that email, once the favored method for spammers to get their links to unsuspecting users, is being usurped by social networks, which can be more effective for spammers. Read more...

Twitter implementing Mozilla’s Do Not Track feature

Easton Royce — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:28:14 +0000

Twitter will be implementing the Do Not Track feature in the Mozilla Firefox browser, taking a stance that sets it apart from other social networking sites in regard to privacy. Read more...

Microsoft issues statement on Kinect NUads

Easton Royce — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:54:13 +0000

Microsoft has sent Neowin a statement concerning information that was reported earlier this week concerning the company's plans for its Kinect-based NUads TV commercial project. Read more...

It’s official: Facebook’s IPO to be priced at $38 a share

Easton Royce — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:41:50 +0000

Facebook has officially announced that, when its shares go on sale on Friday morning on the NASDAQ stock market, they will be priced at $38 a share - at the high end of expectations. Read more...

Could future Windows Phones transfer apps from iOS or Androids?

Easton Royce — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:11:50 +0000

A newly revealed patent application from Microsoft shows that the company has developed a way to transfer apps and data from one phone to another, even if that phone uses another operating system. Read more...

Windows Phone opens a can of whoopass in China, takes 7% of the market

Easton Royce — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:39:53 +0000

Microsoft is off to a strong start in China as it now claims 7% of the market, surpassing the iPhone - which commands just 6% - but still lagging behind Android which holds the lion's share. Read more...

SkyDrive gets a new, smaller feature; shortlinks

Easton Royce — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:09:02 +0000

If you have ever tried to share something with SkyDrive, you know that the links it generates can be rather lengthy; that all ends today with a new link shortening service. Read more...

Weekend Poll: What is Microsoft’s best product?

Easton Royce — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:47:33 +0000

Happy weekend everyone! We like to do polls here at Neowin and this week's is asking what you think has been Microsoft's best product out of the five available options. Read more...

Apple changes iPad branding to Wi-Fi + Cellular

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:29:52 +0000

After complaints from other countries that the new iPad could not connect at 4G LTE speeds, Apple has apparently rebranded the iPad on its store as Wi-Fi + Cellular. Read more...

First Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs pictures leaked

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:14:26 +0000

The first photos of actor Ashton Kutcher in character as the late Steve Jobs have surfaced on the Internet as he begins filming the upcoming biopic of the co-founder of Apple. Read more...

Dropbox’s Dropquest 2012 begins; at least 1 GB of space

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:38:43 +0000

Dropbox has launched its annual Dropquest event, a multi-step scavenger hunt that will give everyone who participates and completes the quest 1 GB of free Dropbox space. Read more...

From The Forums: Using Windows 8 as primary OS

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:08:43 +0000

In our latest From The Forums feature, we look at how Neowin members may be using the preview versions of Windows 8 as their primary PC operating system. Read more...

The Pirate Bay calls Anonymous attacks censorship

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:02:00 +0000

The Pirate Bay website has posted word on its Facebook page that it considers denial of service attacks launched by groups like Anonymous to be just another form of censorship. Read more...

Bing extends lead on Yahoo in April 2012 US market share

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:18:08 +0000

The latest US Internet search results from Comscore in April 2012 show both Bing and Google making gains in market share while Yahoo continues to lose in the search engine race. Read more...

Clearwire: We will have 168 Mbps wireless speeds in 2014

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:48:08 +0000

Clearwire claims that in 2014 it will have the technology to provide its wireless customers with speeds of up to 168 Mbps using an LTE-Advanced technique called carrier aggregation. Read more...

Microsoft’s car of the future

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:43:03 +0000

Google might have a driverless car, but Microsoft's got a driverless cloud connected gaming powerhouse, a number crunching workhorse, and a jukebox, and it folds to boot - that's the concept, at least Read more...

Nokia 808 Pureview joins Lumia 800 in space

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:13:39 +0000

Nokia sent the new 808 Pureview smartphone, with its 41 megapixel camera, out into "space" via a giant balloon over Iceland where it took some incredible pictures. Read more...

Former Microsoft exec: We should not have launched the Zune hardware

Easton Royce — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:07:19 +0000

Robbie Bach, the former head of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, had admitted that in hindsight, the company should not have launched Zune as a hardware media player device. Read more...

Researchers create disposable touch-pads

Easton Royce — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:37:19 +0000

Researchers in France and the United States have created disposable touch-pads, bringing us all one step closer to the future depicted in some forms of media. Read more...

Affordable WiFi blocking wallpaper, Metapaper, revealed

Easton Royce — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:07:19 +0000

French researchers have claimed that they have come up with an affordable wallpaper called Metapaper that blocks WiFi signals while allowing for cell phone signals to go through. Read more...

Facebook updates privacy polices; adds more tips

Easton Royce — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:37:19 +0000

With less than a week to go before it launches its IPO, Facebook has announced that it has revised its privacy policy, which includes a Terms and Policies Hub and more. Read more...