As the entertainment industries move from an analog to a digital world, traditional media outlets continue to scramble to regain lost revenues. A perfect case in point are radio stations, who run the risk of losing listeners due to rising sales of both MP3 players and smartphones, which are becoming miniature home theaters. Some portable devices currently integrate FM radios, but if the National [...]

How you drive, where you drive and the weather conditions through which you drive an electric vehicle can change the vehicle’s range (how far the vehicle can go on a single battery charge) dramatically. That’s because batteries perform less than ideally in extreme hot and cold weather. For example, earlier this year former GM front man Bob Lutz said he only got 28 miles worth of [...]

If you’re a devoted subscriber to a print magazine, but you just got an iPad and want to read the digital edition instead, the only option to date has been paying full newsstand cover prices all over again for the same content. Now, though, Apple has relented, and free digital access for traditional subscribers should arrive for many in the near future. Time Inc. is the publisher that finally [...]

Nokia today announced the purchase of Motally, Inc., a San-Francisco-based mobile-analytics company with eight employees, for an undisclosed amount. Motally’s current tracking service, which supports iOS, Android, BlackBerry and web applications, will be adapted for Qt, Symbian, Meego and Java applications, although Nokia says current Motally customers and platforms will continue to be served. The [...]

In a move that’s not a complete surprise, Apple will be shutting down the Quattro Wireless mobile ad network it acquired at the start of this year. Effective immediately, Apple will no longer accept any new ad campaigns via Quattro, and will start phasing out existing campaigns. Instead, it will focus solely on its iAd service. Even though the iAd experience has had its issues, the iAd [...]