Developer Aaron Straup Cope has released Parallel-ogram, a web app which archives your Instagram photos and likes to make it far easier to look back at them later. The app uses Instagram’s API to monitor all of your activity on th…
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Fisker reveals Atlantic concept: a smaller, more affordable plug-in hybrid
American car manufacturer Fisker unveiled its latest concept yesterday — a sedan smaller than the Karma, with the larger car’s styling and drivetrain. But, despite being a concept, company Executive Chairman Henrik Fisker st…
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Neil Young’s trademark applications point to forthcoming high-resolution music service
US trademark filings suggest that Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young is working on a high-fidelity digital download service. Back at the D: Dive into Media conference, Young bemoaned the quality of current digital music service…
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Amazon piloting in-app purchases for Kindle Fire
Amazon is piloting in-app purchases for titles downloaded from its Appstore, Bloomberg is reporting. The news comes courtesy of fitness app developer Skimble, whose CEO Maria Ly said that the service is currently in testing, and s…
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Shazam reaches version five for iOS, adds one-second tagging
Music idenitifcation service Shazam announced the launch of version 5.0 of its iPhone and iPod Touch app today, which significantly reduces the amount of time needed to successfully tag a track. The company’s saying that it can no…
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Arizona law amendment threatens to outlaw ‘lewd or profane language’ on the internet
Arizona House Bill 2549 is currently awaiting the signature of governor Jan Brewer, an amendment which would criminalize the use of “obscene, lewd, or profane language” through any digital communication, if done with the intent to…
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EU opens antitrust probe against Motorola following Apple and Microsoft complaints
The EU has announced that it is formally opening two antitrust investigations into Motorola Mobility, looking to determine whether Motorola has “used certain of its standard essential patents to distort competition in the Internal…
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Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi’s Japan Display merger begins production
Japan Display, the merger between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi’s small and medium-sized touchscreen LCD manufacturing divisions, began operations on April 1st. The relationship between the three companies was announced in August las…
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Sony Google TV hardware reaching Europe in September, says Les Echos
A report in French newspaper Les Echos has said that Sony is planning to launch hardware based on the Google TV media platform in France in September, suggesting that the manufacturer has slipped on the summer launch it promised b…
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Apple bows to EU pressure, clarifies two-year statutory warranty coverage
Apple has announced that its statutory warranty period in Europe will be extended to two years, following pressure from the European Union to comply with EU law. This doesn’t mean that two years of AppleCare now comes as standard,…
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