The iPhone 5 has a new connector on the phone’s base that instantly renders all accessories and chargers obsolete. An adapter that will work with many, but not all, current accessories starts at $30.
The New York Times said on Monday that it would make its articles available throughFlipboard, a popular app for browsing news and social media on phones and tablets. It will be the first time that the newspaper has allowed subscribers to get full access to its Web content through a third party.
Beginning Thursday, Times subscribers will be able to view articles, videos, slide shows and blog posts inside Flipboard, and nonsubscribers will be able to read a free sampling of articles.
Previously, The Times had made only parts of its digital content accessible through third parties. Denise F. Warren, general manager of The Times’s Web site, said it made sense to extend the publication’s reach through alternative channels now that it was shifting toward digital subscriptions.
Verizon and AT&T reported their quarterly earnings in the last week, and they told nearly identical stories: Both are making a ton of money just from mobile data - the fees we pay to access the Internet over their networks. Most people are paying for more data than they ever use.