Of all the so-called iPhone killer phones since Apple's ubiquitous device was released, Verizon's Google-powered Droid comes closest to fitting the bill, and, even giving iPhone devotes pause for thought. While the iPhone and its App store are still king, the gap just got closed in a major way. But about that keyboard ...
Beware stolen merchandise being fenced online, especially in time for holiday bargain seekers, the National Retail Federation advises.
Verizon’s ubiquitous “iDon’t” commercial has been peppering TV for weeks now. It makes two conventional mistakes in advertising. It’s not clear that it’s an ad for the Verizon Droid phone, a remarkable new handset made by Motorola and the first phone to ship with Version 2.0 of the Google Android mobile OS. It’s clearly designed to compete against iPhone. It's a fine fone. But the ads are another story.
T-Mobile subscribers are having problems sending text messages and receiving phone calls. It's not known how widespread the service outage is or what caused it.
For Bump Technologies, 3 million is a more significant number than 1 billion. The company that famously developed what was the 1 billionth iPhone application downloaded from Apple reportedly raised more than $3 million in its first institutional round of financing.
Why would people who live in inner-ring suburbs such as Berwyn, Evanston, Oak Lawn and Oak Park be able to obtain health-care insurance quotes that are 14.6 percent, on average, lower than their Chicago neighbors?
NEW YORK (AP) — Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals.
Van Giles, a free-lance public-relations consultant who lives in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, found health-insurance coverage through GoHealthInsurance.com for what he was willing to pay.
Web sites that compile deals, discounts and door-buster sales from major retailers are launching services to help shoppers find bargains. DealNews.com has launched its "Black Friday Guide" at dealnews.com/ black-friday.html, detailing rumored and published deals that retailers are expected to offer the day after Thanksgiving.
Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.
