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T-Mobile confirms Google Phone, coming January 5th
According to TmoNews and their sources, T-Mobile has pretty much confirmed the release date and information about Google’s upcoming phone. The phone will be available through Google only, with T-Mobile acting as the service provider. On January 5th at 9AM, the phone should be available straight from Google. Here are the juicy details…- Support for the device including troubleshooting and exchanges will be managed by Google and HTC.
- T-Mobile will offer service support including billing, coverage, features, and rate plans.
Contest tests nation’s top hackers
Elite young hackers from around the nation competed in the U.S. Cyber Challenge — a national talent search for future cybersecurity experts. The idea is to recruit these youths to help defend the government against cyber attacks.
Source: CNN
Gmail: One button to merge them all
With Android invading the smartphone market worldwide, more and more users are beginning to rely on their Google Contacts to keep their phone numbers in order. This can be a pretty daunting task, especially when you have multiple instances of your contacts scattered all over the place. Up until now, the only way to fix this was to manually merge all instances of the same contact into one. This process could take hours for even the most skilled Googler.
Via the Official Gmail Blog, all that hard work can now be forgotten. Now, you can merge all duplicate contacts with a single click. Present in your contacts is a “Got duplicate contacts?” section. By clicking “Find duplicates” you can easily see a list of all contacts that appear more than once. You can then click “details” by each one to see a preview of what the proposed merge would look like. On the list, you can then select which ones you do or don’t want merged. It’s pretty simple, and works very well.
Your Google Contacts can be used on many different devices, and unlike many carrier supplied backup solutions, this one’s free. Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry are all supported via Google Sync. Using Google Contacts will ensure that you never lose your years worth of amassed names and numbers. Even if you lose your phone, Google has your contacts safely stored on their servers, waiting to be synced to your replacement device.
Source: Neowin & Official Gmail Blog
McDonald’s Canada adding free Wi-Fi
McDonald’s Canada is going to add free wireless Internet service at a number of its restaurants, following the lead of its U.S. parent company.
It says “Metro Vancouver is being considered as part of the initial roll-out of Wi-Fi in the months to come.” It’s expected McDonald’s will tie the Wi-Fi move to its sponsorship of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
McDonald’s already offers Wi-Fi at 11,000 of its 14,000 locations in the U.S. but now says it will be free of charge starting next month. It currently charges $2.95 U.S. for two hours of Internet service.