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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- “Samsung’s reliability trends noted at the start of 2012 have held as we enter 2013,” stated David Milman, CEO of RESCUECOM. “Samsung’s reliability score is nearly double the score ofthe next nearest competitor, while Asus has made strong strides to reach and maintain second rank in reliability.” The computer reliability report scores for 2013 are: 1. Samsung (648)2. Asus (332)3. Lenovo/IBM (228)4. HP (124)5. Toshiba (118)6. Apple (76) 7. Dell (60) 8. Sony (54) 9. Acer (28) The Rescuecom Computer Reliability Report is a factual, unbiased review of today’s personal computer manufacturers. Rescuecom defines reliability as the physical reliability of the computers plus the after-the-sale computer support of the manufacturers. IBM/Lenovo has performed consistently well throughout 2012, accounting for less than 4% of the calls for computer…

NEW YORK - The Federal Trade Commission is offering recommendations for companies in the expanding mobile industry like Amazon.com and Apple Inc. on how to protect users’ privacy In a report published Friday, the FTC outlines guidelines that include advising companies to get people’s consent before using technology to track shoppers’ locations, consider offering a “do not track” mechanism for smart phone users; and developing icons that show the transmission of user data. For app developers, the FTC recommends they have a privacy policy and to make sure it is easily accessible through app stores. The agency also urges app developers to consider participating in self-regulatory programs, trade associations and industry organizations which it said can provide guidance on how to make uniform privacy disclosures. “The mobile world is expanding…

iOS #01 - What’s the Word By RedSpell Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - Temple Run 2 By Imangi Studios, LLC Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone #03 - EDGE Extended By Mobigame Category: Games Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04 – Ruzzle By MAG Interactive Category: Games Compatible with iPhone…

Infuriating and confusing smartphone consumers in the United States, the final week of January saw the enactment of a new law forbidding owners of handset devices like Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy from “unlocking” their phones—in other words, any customer who buys a fancy new smartphone tethered to a particular carrier’s plan is now stuck with that plan. While older devices purchased previous to the law that took effect on January 26th are exempt, removing a cellular carrier’s lock as of the end of January now carries the potential for rather draconian penalties. News of the law begged the question from consumer advocate groups; who really owns your mobile phone? THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT The new mandate regulating what consumers can and can’t do with their mobile devices has…

Apple dislodged Nokia in January for the first time as the most popular mobile vendor in terms of global internet usage, according to new mobile research from Stat Counter, the independent website analytics company. Samsung also climbed ahead of Nokia to take second place behind Apple on a worldwide basis Stat Counter’s research arm Stat Counter Global Stats finds that in January 2013 Apple led globally for the first time in terms of internet usage with 25.86%, ahead of Samsung (22.69%) and Nokia (22.15%). “It’s good and bad news for Apple,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “Apple has been handed the number one spot despite its falling usage share. A decline in Nokia usage from January 2012 to January 2013 means the Finnish company ceded the top spot to Apple.”…

Hidden “radio” buttons in Apple’s iOS 6.1 operating system suggest an Apple radio service intended to compete with Pandora and Spotify, Apple watchers say. The 9to5Mac site reported discovering a set of buttons and references in the software code to “radio,” a feature found in iTunes on Macs and PCs but not on the iPad or iPhone. The buttons’ existence is more evidence of Apple’s much-rumored radio service, which would allow people to stream music much like they do on Pandora, but with deep ties to Apple’s iTunes library, CNET reported Tuesday. Another button bearing the legend “buy” suggests the ability to make purchases of songs from within the radio feature, presumably from iTunes. Apple has reportedly been in talks with content owners to license music for an Internet-based radio…

LONDON --Over a hundred people have contacted the lawfirm that has launched a landmark privacy case against Google, declaring theirwish tojoin the action in the English courts afterthe internet giant circumvented the security settings on Apple’s Safari browser which allowed it to track online usage covertly. Less than a week after it was launched in the UK, 106 people have asked the lawfirm, Olswang, to bring a case on their behalf. Over 500 people have expressed their concern for Google’s behaviour by endorsing the Safari Users Against Google’s Secret Tracking Facebook page created to provide information to people affected. The Facebook page can be found at http://www.facebook.com/SafariUsersAgainstGooglesSecretTracking So far, Google has made no comment about the legal action. The claims centre around tracking cookies, which were secretly installed by Google…

There aren’t many areas of our lives that the Apple mobile industry hasn’t touched. Making our phones into technology centers was just the beginning. We know they aren’t done and know Steve Jobs had to have a lot last new thing they came up with was the iPad. We’re due for something new. The Apple Television they are supposedly working on has been in the news here and there for over a year, yet we have yet to see anything or even any unsunstantiated rumors about them nearing production or even a prototype. The only rumors we’ve heard lately state that Apple is having a hard time negotiating for content for it. One area where Apple hasn’t affixed their familiar “i” prefix is the auto industry. We haven’t seen any…

iOS #01 – Minecraft – Pocket Edition By Mojang Category: Games / Price: $6.99 Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 – Angry Birds Star Wars By Rovio Entertainment Ltd Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 – WhatsApp Messenger By WhatsApp Inc. Category: Social Networking / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone. Requires iOS 3.1 or later. #04 – CraftedBattle By C-Apps Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is…

SKYFALL The James Bond films are quite a franchise. Skyfall marked the fiftieth annviewsary of the franchise first going into production The 007 character, based on the books by lan Fleming, has been played by six different actors, with Sean Connery and Roger Moore returning to the film role that helped make them a house hole name. Skyfall stars Daniel Craig in the twenty-third film in the franchise and his third. In the storyline, James Bond and Eve are after a mercenary with a stolen computer hard drive that holds the details of undercover agents in terroror organizations. While Bond and the mercenary fight on top of a moving train, Bond is shot, Bond is shot, allowing the mercenary to escape. Bond falls into a river, and when his body…

I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE TAYLOR SWIFT HO HEY THE LUMINEERS WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN BRUNO MARS DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD (RADIO EDIT) [FEAT. JOHN MARTIN] SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN BRUNO MARS DAYLIGHT MAROON 5 THRIFT SHOP (FEAT. WANZ) MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS SUIT & TIE (FEAT. JAY Z) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE BEAUTY AND A BEAT (FEAT. NICKI MINAJ) JUSTIN BIEBER HALL OF FAME (FEAT. WILL.I.AM) THE SCRIPT US SAME LOVE (FEAT. MARY LAMBERT) MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS IMPOSSIBLE JAMES ARTHUR LANTERNS BIRDS OF TOKYO GET UP (RATTLE) [FEAT. FAR EAST MOVEMENT] BINGO PLAYERS HO HEY THE LUMINEERS WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN BRUNO MARS JUST GIVE ME A REASON (FEAT. NATE RUESS) P!NK I LOVE IT (FEAT. CHARLI XCX) ICONA POP EVERYBODY TALKS NEON TREES LITTLE…

Manufacturing giant Foxconn, a Taiwanese firm that makes the ¡Phone, iPad and other Apple products in China, plans to offer its huge workforce greater representation in trade unions dominated by company management and Communist partyfunctionaries. The announcement comes as Foxconn has found itselfdealingwith an increasingly restive workforce that has complained publicly about working conditions. Several workers at Foxconn, mainland China’s largest private-sector employer with 1.5 million workers, committed suicide in 2009-10 at the vast factory complexes where employees both live and work. The company has faced several incidents of worker unrest since then, plus an embarrassing admission of hiring underage workers In a statement Monday, the firm pledged to allow factory-floor workers to elect their own trade union representatives in a process free of management involvement. The move appears a…

Michael Dell on Tuesdayforged a $24 billion leveraged buyout of his namesake PC brand, the largest concession to date of competitive woes and PC industry miseries in an industry stricken with Apple envy. Runaway consumer attention on touch-based computers has sidelined interest in PC makers in recent years, slamming sales of those already lower-margin businesses. Just ask rival Hewlett-Packard. “I think everybody in the PC business has had Apple envy, and I would imagine Michael Dell would be no different,” Forrester analyst David Johnson says. CEO and founder Dell, who holds 14% of the company, has agreed to plunk down his ownership stake plus cash in the deal, which will keep him as leader. Dell says the transaction “will open an exciting new chapter” for the company. Dell shares closed…

HALF-INCH HEIST Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Price: Free Genre: Arcade Released: Jan 24, 2013 Version: 1.0 Size: 43.5 MB Language: English Seller: Mutant Labs Ltd. Have you ever played a title called “The World’s Hardest Game?” It was a casual title released some time ago that would test your focus, determination, and skills, subjecting you to a variety of increasingly difficult levels. You were forced to dodge tons of particles and obstacles in an attempt to make it to each level’s “goal.” The game was a pretty solid success and managed to capture the attention of a lot of action-arcade junkies. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a game of comparable design with a mass of quickly moving particles to dodge.…

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and SAN FRANCISCO, PRNewswire/-Macworld/iWorld 2013 (Twitter: @MacworldExpo; Event hashtag: #iFan13), the Ultimate iFan Event, wrapped upon Saturday at the Moscone Center, West Hall in San Francisco, IDG World Expo announced today. For three activity-packed days, an estimated 25,000 people experienced an Expo Hall showcasing almost 300 exhibitors and sponsors who launched hundreds of new apps, products, technologies and tools for all Apple-related platforms and took part in more than 60 engaging and informative Tech Talks and special events featuring industry experts, luminaries and Hollywood star power, such as Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Fred Armisen and will.i.am. Macworld/iWorld 2014 will take place February 1 - February 3, 2014 in San Francisco The success of the 2013 event once again demonstrates that Macworld/iWorld is the premier event for showcasing the…

RESEARCH FIRM: APPLE NOW BIGGEST US PHONE SELLER NEW YORK-The launch of the iPhone 5 and the declining popularity of non-smartphones have made Apple the biggest seller of phones in the U.S. for the first time, research firm Strategy Analytics said Friday. The firm estimates that Apple shipped 17.7 million iPhones of all kinds to U.S. buyers in the October to December period, meaning it accounted for one in three new phones. Samsung Electronics of Korea was close behind, shipping 16.8 million phones, including non-smart ones. Samsung has been the largest seller of phones to the U.S. market since 2008, Strategy Analytics said. NPD Group, another research firm, found that Samsung phones still outsold the iPhone in the quarter, by 31 percent to 29 percent. It tracks retails sales while…