In January Verizon revealed that it would be activating global roaming functionality in the Motorola Droid 4 and LG Spectrum, but it appears the HTC Rezound may also be on deck. Droid Life has a photo of a purported Verizon store product display tag, which specifically calls out the global...
Is the Rezound going global?
GameStop is looking at several new ways to make money, but here's the most interesting we've heard yet: after you trade in your used games, you might be able to walk out of the store with a GameStop-branded cell phone plan. GameStop Mobile is the...
T-Mobile isn't a fan of the concept of shared data plans, soon to be rolled out by both Verizon and AT&T. In a post at the company's Issues & Insights Blog, VP of marketing Andrew Sherrard says that consumers do not want, nor would they benefit from a 'one size fits all' family data plan model. "Do families really want to keep track of each others’ data consumption? We don’t think so," he...
This is hardly going to be the biggest Facebook news of the day, but the company has made it a bit easier to stop getting notifications for long comment threads or very active groups. If you check your list of notifications, you'll see an "x" button when you hover over each one. Clicking that will give you the option to turn off any further notifications from the group, event, comment thread, or app. Previously, you could only turn off a set of notifications by changing your general settings or by clicking through to the thread in question, making this a nice, if incremental, change, especially for frequent users. Right now, it looks to be web-only; Facebook has said that the tweak is meant to "modernize the UI and add some features which will help users more easily consume and curate their notifications."
Clear out that notification taskbar
Shares of Facebook were supposed to start trading at 11:05 am today, but NASDAQ delayed that, and speculation is that heavy volume and too many sellers has prevented an actual start to open trading.
Several pairs of buyers and sellers were reportedly matched at $45, quickly dipping down to $42, which is about 10 percent over the strike price of $38 established in yesterday's IPO. The goal of...
IPOs are an insider's game
ZTE has confirmed reports that that its Score smartphone has a security hole that allows anyone with the device's hard-wired password to access its root directory. Once in, it's possible to add, remove, or copy any data that you want. It's the sort of route into a device that manufacturers would use in development, and it's not clear if it was accidentally left in or not, although at least one...
You don't need to be a walking video game encyclopedia to understand why the plot of Indie Game: The Movie makes for such a compelling story. The Sundance award-winning documentary, which premiered in New York City last night, explores plenty of familiar themes about creative individuals struggling to make it in a highly-competitive industry. But the film's heavily-cropped focus on the relatively uncharted topic of independent video game development evolves into a unique and emotionally rich human drama, hurling viewers up close (at points, unsettlingly close) to four celebrated figures who...
Just over eight years after Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook in a Harvard dorm room, Facebook has officially gone public today. And, what better time to dig back into the company's history, as documented by everyone from The Harvard Crimson and The New Yorker to Zuckerberg himself? Whether you're figuring out whether to invest or want to see how the world's most popular social network has evolved, we've put together a special IPO day edition of the best writing about Facebook — and several notes from Zuckerberg himself. It's been a rich history, with countless privacy issues, rumors of corporate buyouts, the Beacon debacle, the...
The Optimus 3D Max is perhaps the most puzzling entry in LG’s 2012 lineup. Priced at €499.99 (around $635) SIM-free in the EU, it's something of a second flagship (behind the incoming Optimus 4X HD) for the Korean conglomerate, and as such represents a big risk. LG’s first 3D phone, the Optimus 3D, received only average reviews on its release last year. The company is sticking to its guns, however, and is back with another 4.3-inch 3D...
3D or not 3D, that is the question
In the latest of several buyouts, Facebook has acquired social gifting app Karma. The Karma team announced the news today on its blog, and Facebook has confirmed to GigaOm that it acquired both the team and the app. Fortunately, fans of Karma will be able to keep using it, unlike with now-dead...
If you're a Facebook user as well as a fan of staying on top of the ever-churning news cycle, you're going to love this. As you know, The Verge is able to track long, complicated news stories over time thanks to our StoryStream technology (part of the ingenious Chorus platform which powers all of...
Facebook just ended its first day of public trading at a price of $38.37, a gain of just .97 percent after opening at $38. The closely watched debut of the company saw little fluctuation throughout the day, hovering right around that $38 mark all...
Just hours ago, RIM and Motorola submitted an updated proposal for the design of the so-called 4FF nano-SIM, a smaller replacement for the 3FF micro-SIM used in many phones today (most notably the iPhone 4 and 4S). Debate between competing nano-SIM designs — one from Apple,...
The Listening Machine is an experimental art / music project by Daniel Jones, Peter Gregson, and the Britten Sinfonia chamber orchestra. The "machine" is an automated system which takes a selection of 500 Twitter accounts in the United Kingdom based around several different categories, such as...
Motorola has updated its timeline for Ice Cream Sandwich updates for a number of devices, several of which should see Android 4.0 within the next few months. In the US, both the Droid RAZR and RAZR Maxx are expected to receive ICS before the end of the second quarter, while the 3G model of the Xoom should see the update during the same period. Meanwhile a number of devices will be upgraded to Android 4.0 during...
SceneTap, the analytics and social app that detects facial characteristics to determine the age, gender, and number of patrons using cameras mounted in bars, has dealt with privacy concerns before, but it's never experienced the kind of backlash...
Dish is one of the few non-traditional entrants in the LTE market still left standing, and the TV company has been working with the FCC on terms for building out service in the so-called AWS-4 band where the company has a significant spectrum position. Dish stated on Thursday that not only is the...
Samsung has said that it's going to put more of a focus on its interchangeable lens cameras, and the company has just shown us its refreshed NX...
A UK man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for hacking a Facebook account. 21-year-old Gareth Crosskey reportedly committed the act last January, though details on his actions aren't...
Spectral Instruments is showing off an enormous 112-megapixel 1100-series camera sensor that has a dynamic range so great that it can photograph the sun and the stars simultaneously. To avoid noise...
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rang the NASDAQ opening bell when his company's stock went public earlier today, something else happened: his Facebook page automatically posted a status update. ...
While getting cash back when you buy a new phone might not be such a new idea, Virgin Mobile's delivering it in a novel way. With every Optimus Elite purchased between now and July 18th you'll...
To commemorate the momentous day on which Facebook finally starts public trading, Mark Zuckerberg has been invited by NASDAQ to ring the stock...
As the publication world is dragged, kicking and screaming, into the digital world, a lot of complex issues come up. One of the most important, especially for librarians and archivists (not to mention students of history looking to the future), is the question of preservation. Logic tells us that the move from physical, degradable old books to ebooks will be a positive one for the evolution of...
Microsoft is announcing the return of its buy a PC and get a free Xbox 360 deal for students this week. Students in the US who purchase a qualifying PC worth $699 or more at certain retailers will get a 4GB Xbox 360 for free from May 20th onwards. Canadian students will also be able to take...
