Author Archives: Erik Jensen

Apple Sells Over 2 Million iPads

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Erik Jensen

In just about two months, Apple has made what must be a record in the tech industry, reportedly selling two million units of their uber-popular iPad. And amazingly, the majority of those numbers came from domestic sales as the iPad … Continue reading →

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John DiMaggio Voicing the Joker in ‘Batman: Under the Red Hood’

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Erik Jensen

Warner Home Video has issued its first press release in connection with the upcoming straight-to-video release of ‘Batman: Under the Red Hood.’ Available for pre-order now, but due to release on DVD and Blu-Ray July 27, 2010, the story deals … Continue reading →

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Retail Giant Wal-Mart Drops 16GB iPhone Price to $97

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Erik Jensen

Beginning today, retail juggernaut Wal-Mart is slashing the price of Apple’s 16GB 3GS iPhone to just $97 with a standard two-year contract. The new lower price will save consumers just over $100 off the normal $199 price-point. Apple is widely expected … Continue reading →

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Google’s Launch of Encrypted Search an Industry First

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Erik Jensen

On Friday, Google quietly rolled out a new beta feature for it’s core search service, dubbed ‘Google with SSL.’ While a post on the official Google blog implied that while this new secure connection would eventually be made available on … Continue reading →

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Huge Announcements from Google’s I/O Conference Day 2

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Erik Jensen

Day two of Google’s annual developer’s conference proved to be quite a bit more exciting in terms of new announcements. As I said earlier, day one was all about HTML5, Wave and open-source video codec, VP8. Today, Google announced the … Continue reading →

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Google’s I/O Developer’s Conference Kicks Off With HTML5 and Web Video Announcements

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Erik Jensen

In San Francisco yesterday morning, Google’s big developer conference I/O made a series of somewhat predictable announcements to the some 5,000 developers in attendance. Given the internet giant’s preference for cloud-based computing and open standards, it came as no surprise … Continue reading →

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CBS May Air Twitter Sensation ‘$#*! My Dad Says,’ Shatner to Play Lead

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Erik Jensen

With over 1.3 million followers, the popular Twitter account ‘$#*! My Dad Says‘ would seem a natural for a book deal, but a network TV show? No double take is necessary, because not only has the hardcover version of collected … Continue reading →

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Facebook, Under Fire for Privacy Concerns, Launches New Security Feature

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Erik Jensen

Given the storm of bad press and user revolts Facebook has been suffering since announcing their “Open Graph” feature to better spread its data across the web, it’s rather puzzling that the company would announce an unrelated new security feature. … Continue reading →

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