First, the good news: Starting today, anyone who’d rather stick to DVDs and skip the instant streaming can sign up for a new, $7.99 DVD-only plan. The bad news? Netflix has also decided to chuck its combined DVD-and-streaming plans, meaning that subscribers who...
Verbatim’s teeny-tiny new USB memory stick (perhaps memory “nub” is more like it) adds up to 4 GB of extra storage space to your laptop—and it’s so small, you may well forget it’s there. On sale now in 4 GB ($20), 8 GB ($30), and 16 GB...
Barely a month after unveiling an extreme makeover of its home page that provided “more focus” on instant videos while nixing the ability to sort them, execs at Netflix say they’re ready to change course—at least as far as sorting is concerned,...
Sometimes it’s the kindness of strangers—and not some newfangled GPS tracking system—that gets your lost iPhone back in one piece. So, here’s what happened. About three weeks ago, my wife and I had just finished visiting a friend in Manhattan’s East...
Probably the biggest question Google needed to answer about Google+, its ambitious new social network, isn’t “how” or “what,” but “why?” Why would anyone want to add another social network to their lives when we’re...
Lost track of how many apps you’ve invited into your Facebook account? You’re not the only one. Luckily, there’s a new (and free) service that’ll perform a quick audit of your various Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn apps and grade them based on...
Have a Sprint phone? Noticing that it’s taking hours or even days for text messages from your friends to show up? You’re not the only one. After weeks of complaints from annoyed customers, Sprint admitted to Wired that a “small percentage” of...
Chatter of a new iPad this year just won’t go away, and now they’re saying it’ll be called the iPad “HD”—or the iPad 2 “Plus,” take your pick. So, is the latest iPad buzz to be believed? Background: As I wrote in June after...
Fans of two of ABC’s legendary—and recently cancelled—soap operas are holding their collective breath after word that the long-running serials might land on the Web. The New York Post says it’s “learned” that “All My Children” (yes,...
Today’s the day when Verizon Wireless officially yanks its unlimited 3G data plan for new customers. (If you’re already signed up for Verizon’s unlimited plan, don’t worry—you get to keep it.) Verizon’s new smartphone plans are now...
