For September 12, 2009

- Palm Pixie announced
- Apple’s Rock and Roll Event
- AT&T releasing HSPA 7.2 in six markets

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/09/09/att-announces-2009-hspa-7-2-network-upgrade-plans/

- AT&T says MMS coming to iPhone September 25th. No official word on tethering

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/09/att-says-mms-coming-to-iphone-on-september-25.ars

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574

- T-Mobile and Orange merge in the UK

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a5rlH.Mm55_Q

- Lawsuit route proves lucrative for Tivo

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2009/tc2009098_760023.htm

- Microsoft gets stay for Word

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?=23848

- Facebooks “enhances intelligence” but Twitter “diminishes it,” claims psychologist

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6147668/Facebook-enhances-intelligence-but-Twitter-diminishes-it-claims-psychologist.html

- Twitter makes changes to terms of service

http://twitter.com/tos

- IEEE stamps “approved” on 802.11n Wi-Fi standard

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091109-80211n-approved.html?hpg1-bn

- Picks of the week
Alex: AP news app
Lizette: the new TweetDeck
- Joke of the week

http://www.ajokeaday.com/ChisteAlAzar.asp?

For September 5, 2009

- Nokia releases a ton of new stuff
- AT&T announces improvements to network
- Gmail down for two hours, nudges past AOL Mail
- Bill to give president control of the internet
- Picks of the week, and a whole lot more!

Nokia releases a ton of new stuff
- SDK for Ovi application platform
- N97 mini, X3 and X6 music phones
- Pricing for Booklet 3G

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10345495-94.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10331767-266.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10315916-1.html?tag=mncol;txt

AT&T announces improvements in NYC and other markets – 850MHZ
And those who think Verizon is going to do better with the iPhone… behold the wrath of Alex!

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/09/02/atandt-announces-850-mhz-3g-coverage-improvements-in-new-york-city-and-other-markets/

http://technestreport.com/blog/2009/08/25/think-verizon-will-do-a-better-job-with-the-iphone-think-again/

Gmail down two hours… the world grinds to a halt!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10323837-265.html

Gmail nudges past AOL in total email users

AOL hires ad agency to refresh the brand

Facebook apps on their way out – replaced by Facebook Connect

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10323364-250.html

Bill to give President control of the internet

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html

TomTom iPhone app is here! Is it worth it?

Domain tasting limits have been working!

http://boingboing.net/2009/08/15/domain-tasting-scam.html

Picks of the week:
Alex: Panabee – panabee.com
Lizette: Toy Slate

Joke of the week:

http://www.4degreez.com/jokes/Tech-Related+Jokes/984686126/joke.html

For August 22, 2009
- Apple responds to FCC regarding Google Voice
- Microsoft not so truthful about netbooks with Linux
- Microsoft and i4i – the Word patent dispute
- Google’s Android now has a built-in podcast catcher
- Picks of the week
- And a whole lot more

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com

For Friday, August 21, 2009

- Facebook to launch Twitter app
- Microsoft to keep Windows Mobile 6.5 around after 7
- Twitter launches Pro accounts
- Wolfram Alpha strikes deal with Bing

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com

For Thursday, August 20, 2009

- Qwest discontinuing wireless service
- Verizon tests 4G LTE network in Boston, Seattle
- Archive coalition to give short URLs long lives

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For Tuesday, August 18, 2009

- Google loses share to Yahoo/Bing in July
- MySpace close to acquiring iLike
- Chrome to have bookmark syncing. Will Google relaunch its bookmark service?

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com

For Monday, August 17, 2009

- Samsung launches TouchWiz SDK from cross-platform apps
- Dell smartphone prototype in China
- Microsoft says it’s up to users to kill of IE6. Won’t do so until 2014

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com

Today on the show:
- Apple: Snow Leopard, September music event, etc.
- Picks of the week
- WordPress vs. other blogging platforms
- Microsoft Word injunction, Nokia partnership, Zune HD
- Digital music sales revenue vs. physical media
- And a whole lot more

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com

For Friday, August 14, 2009

- Justice Department defends massive file-swapping fine
- RockMelt browser rumors
- Security firms discover botnets on Twitter
- Apple and AT&T sued for lack of MMS

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com

For Thursday, August 13, 2009

- Next version of Office for Mac to include Outlook. Yay!
- Is Microsoft missing out on user feedback 2.0?
- Apple to host music-related event in September?

For full show notes, please visit shownotes.technestreport.com