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Microsoft reportedly readying cross-platform streaming music service
Posted On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: boygenius, microsoft, music, rumor, services, Streaming, streaming music, windows 8, windows-phone, woodstock, xbox, zune
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to unveil a new streaming music service at the annual E3 conference later this year.

Amazon said to be inflating streaming library size [updated]
Posted On Friday, April 13, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: amazon, amazon prime, boygenius, movies, netflix, services, Streaming, streaming library, streaming video, tv shows
Online retail giant Amazon is said to be stretching the truth regarding the size of its streaming content library when reporting numbers to the public. According to a report from Fast Company , the “17,000 movies and television shows” Amazon claims to offer Amazon Prime customers is inflated by roughly 10 times. Amazon Prime members have free, unlimited access to Amazon’s streaming content catalog, which can be viewed using a number of devices including a Roku set-top box and Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet.
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Google Drive leak suggests 5GB of free cloud storage
Posted On Friday, March 30, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: android, boygenius, google drive, Launch, mobile, rumor, services, smartphones, storage, tablets, web
Rumors surrounding Google’s cloud storage service are
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Apple to pull the plug on iWork.com
Posted On Saturday, March 10, 2012 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: apple, boygenius, closure, cloud, discontinue, icloud, iwork, services, upload
Apple on Friday announced that its iWork.com service will be discontinued on July 31, 2012. “After July 31, 2012, you can no longer publish new documents to iWork.com from any iWork application on your Mac or iOS device,” the company wrote on its website.
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iMessage to only work on Mountain Lion following beta period
Posted On Saturday, February 18, 2012 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: apple, beta, boygenius, imessage, lion, messages, mountain lion, os x 10.7, os x 10.8, services, software
Apple on Thursday unveiled the next major version of its desktop operating system, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion .
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Free, legal Siri port now available for iPhone 4 and other iOS 5 devices
Posted On Tuesday, December 27, 2011 By temp. Under BoyGenius Tags: apple, boygenius, ios 5, ipad, iphone, iphone 4s, ipod touch, jailbreak, mobile, services, siri, siri port, software
News of a new untethered jailbreak solution for all iOS 5.0.1 devices other than Apple’s iPhone 4S and iPad 2 emerged this morning, and iOS users now have another reason to take advantage of the hack. IOS developer
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Republic Wireless ditches limits on its $19 unlimited plan
Posted On Monday, December 26, 2011 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: boygenius, fair use, mobile, mvno, republic wireless, services, sprint, unlimited data
Republic Wireless, a Sprint MVNO that launched in November , announced late last week that it is ditching its “fair use threshold” and is now offering a truly unlimited talk, text and data plan for $19 a month. When the carrier first made its debut, it advertised “unlimited data” but said it reserved the right to kick customers off of its network if they abused the unlimited data offering and exceeded the usage outlined in its fair use policy
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Apple details international launch of iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud
Posted On Friday, December 23, 2011 By admin. Under 9to5Mac, BoyGenius Tags: 9to5mac, apple, boygenius, international, itunes in the cloud, itunes match, services, software
Apple recently posted a support page with information about the international rollout of iTunes Match and iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes Match is now officially available in 17 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
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Google Wallet hacked to run on Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus
Posted On Friday, December 16, 2011 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: android, boygenius, galaxy nexus, google, google wallet, hack, mobile, samsung, services, verizon wireless
We were able to successfully get Google Wallet running on the HSPA+ version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus without too much trouble, but the big news over the past few weeks was that Verizon would be blocking the app from its version of the hotly anticipated handset.
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Google Wallet hacked to run on Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus
Posted On Friday, December 16, 2011 By admin. Under BoyGenius Tags: android, boygenius, galaxy nexus, google, google wallet, hack, mobile, samsung, services, verizon wireless
We were able to successfully get Google Wallet running on the HSPA+ version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus without too much trouble, but the big news over the past few weeks was that Verizon would be blocking the app from its version of the hotly anticipated handset. Well, if you don’t mind rooting your phone and following a relatively simple guide, there’s now a way to get Google Wallet functioning just fine on Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus. It’s going to most likely violate Google Wallet’s terms of service, but we got it up and running on our review unit with no problems.
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