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AT&T cracking down on customers using tethering, hotspot cracks

If you thought you were clever in tethering your smartphone or turning it into a Wi-Fi hotspot, AT&T might have some words about that. Per 9to5Mac, users have reported being kicked off their unlimited data plans for using free tethering apps such as MiWi for jailbroken iPhones or PDANet for Android handsets. AT&T is reportedly […]

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Adobe announce Edge 1.0 HTML 5 creation tool, offers preview for free

Sometimes you have to transition to the next thing. Per Adobe’s blog, Adobe has released a free public preview of Edge, a new motion and interaction design tool that lets users build Flash-style animated Web content using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Edge is planned for commercial release sometime next year and is designed to work […]

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Google works around Maps bug, quietly reposts fixed travel/arrival times

Well, this was a little awkward. Per PC World, Google has removed a service that predicted travel times with traffic from the browser-based version of Google Maps. Google Community Manager Daniel Mabasa announced the change in the Google help forum in response to a question from a user who noticed that ETA with traffic had […]

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Amazon announces new plans, unlimited space with Cloud Drive offerings

It’s the competition that keeps things interesting. Amazon announced Wednesday a promotion offering unlimited music storage to users who purchase a Cloud Drive storage plan, heating up competition before Apple’s fall launch of its iCloud and iTunes Match services. Per AppleInsider, the online retailer revealed three enhancements to its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player services […]

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Facebook announces Skype video chat integration, other changes to social networking site

If there’s a major tech news story of the day, this might be it. Per Electronista, Facebook at its special event Wednesday brought out Skype-based video chat. The approach lets Facebook members hold one-to-one video calls between each other without having to load a separate app; complete newcomers should be talking in 30 seconds, Facebook […]