Category Archives: Antenna

10 websites to watch in 2011

By doris | Published: January 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (Mashable) — There are more than a trillion URLs in Google’s index. Yes, that’s a one with twelve zeros after it. And Google crossed that milestone two and a half years ago. With so many sites on the web in 2011, how do you know which to pay attention to? Mashable’s [...]

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10 car gadgets gone wrong

By doris | Published: November 17, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com My first car was an early ’80s Volvo with a bald front tire. The only tech it had inside was a radio and a heater and I felt pretty fortunate that both were working. Plus, I got away with having a crappy car because during the whole “grunge” period, people kind [...]

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Apple gives free bumpers to all iPhone 4 owners

By doris | Published: July 17, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Today, as expected, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would offer free rubber “bumpers” to anyone who bought an iPhone 4 in order to fix the problem caused by the antenna’s design flaw. However, Jobs did not promise a hardware fix which would alleviate the problem without marring the phone’s aesthetic. “We’re [...]

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What Apple must do to stop the iPhone 4 bleeding

By doris | Published: July 16, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (Mashable) — It’d be an understatement to say that this has been a terrible week for Apple, and we haven’t even reached the halfway point. On Monday, Consumer Reports dealt a devastating blow to the iPhone 4 when it declined to recommend the device to consumers due to the antenna reception [...]

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Inventor of cell phone: We knew someday everybody would have one

By doris | Published: July 12, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — In 1973, Martin Cooper changed the world, although he didn’t know it yet. Cooper and his team at Motorola, the communications company, created maybe the only thing that runs the lives of business professionals and teenagers alike — the cell phone. It was the size of a brick and [...]

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Lawsuits filed over iPhone 4 antenna reception

By doris | Published: July 2, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.msn.com Two Maryland residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T over the iPhone 4 antenna design issue that has caused dropped calls and signal loss for some users. The plaintiffs are seeking financial compensation for their troubles, and the case also asks the court to prevent Apple from selling [...]

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