Tag archive: Detroit

Toyota has officially unveiled its Aqua compact hybrid car, set to be called the Prius C when it comes to the USA. It's the first spin-off of the popular Prius brand, and is similar in size to the Toyota Yaris. The concept appeared at the New York motor show back in April, then again as a leaked set of press shots in October. In-between time, the car lost the barking mad headlights and the steeply raked roofline, which made it look more… Read More

Recounted in full detail at the Bygone Bureau blog, Eric Smith found himself devastated after his long-time girlfriend confessed to cheating and broke up with him. At the time, Smith was prepared to propose to his now ex-girlfriend and had even obtained her perfect image of an engagement ring. Specific to her description of the perfect ring, the diamond was shaded canary yellow and set on a white gold band. After the breakup, the engagement… Read More

Detroit has been one of the cities hit hardest by the Great Recession. But a new project hopes to lift Motor City's spirits in the most awesome — if completely ridiculous — of ways: By building a sweet RoboCop statue. Like so many ideas these days, it all started with a tweet. Twitter user @MT sent a message to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing on February 7, which argued that, since “Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky” and… Read More

The 2010 Kia Shadow Dragon Soul is the third vehicle in a line of special edition Soul cars from Kia—and this time it features automotive tattoos. The sleek Shadow Dragon features a Soul-first leather-trimmed interior and crowd-sourced black dragon graphics “car tattoos.” And just in case inking up your car wasn’t cool enough the Shadow Dragon also includes the Audio Upgrade Package with its center speaker, subwoofer, external amp and those… Read More

AutoWeek’s editorial staff has named Ford's next-generation Focus the “Most Significant” vehicle of the 2010 North American International Auto Show. The next-generation Ford Focus made its worldwide debut this Monday, Jan. 11 at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. Ford has been receiving a lot of recognition for its new and old cars this week in Detroit at the auto show, with the Ford Fusion Hybrid midsize sedan… Read More

A new market research study from MultiMedia Intelligence ranks U.S. cities on the basis of how wide their residents have adopted in-home networking during 2007. Perhaps not surprisingly, San Francisco topped the survey results, with some 28 percent of households having adopted home networking technologies. San Francisco was closely followed by Miami at 27 percent, and Los Angeles at 24 percent. If you're wondering why other… Read More

Although it still hasn't been officially announced, U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile is widely expected to introduce the first mobile phone build on Google's Android platform next month, in the form of the HTC Dream. The potential problem with this scenario is that, while the Dream supports 3G data connectivity, T-Mobile is the number four mobile operator and only has 3G service up in a handful of markets. T-Mobile introduced 3G… Read More

A court case involving the Police & Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit and the General Retirement System of the City of Detroit has brought some interesting documents to light – ones that could prove very embarrassing for Yahoo boss Jerry Yang.  It appears that as early as January 2007 he and the Yahoo board turned down an offer from Microsoft, this one of a hefty $40 per share, and the documents would seem to… Read More

In a routine filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Yahoo has revealed that it is now facing seven lawsuits brought by groups of shareholders over its rejection of Microsoft's recent $31-per-share takeover offer. The suits allege Yahoo's board has breached its fiduciary duty to investors by rejecting Microsoft's unsolicited buyout offer; Yahoo rejected the offer on February 11, saying it significantly… Read More

There have been several incidents of lithium-iron batteries catching fire, but they’ve mostly affected laptops. On Wednesday, however, 12-year-old Henry Clay from Detroit found that hisSony PSP burst into flames in his pants pocket, Vnunet reports.   On Click OnDetroit, the boy’s mother, Sheila Clay, explained,   "He said it wasn't a gradual heat. It really started heating up. He's always been taught burn… Read More

A federal grand jury in Detroit has returned an indicted against so-called "spam king" Alan Ralsky and ten other on charges of international spamming and engaging in pump-and-dump stock fraud schemes. Other individuals included in the indictment include Ralsky's son-in-law and citizens of Russia, Canada, Hong Kong, California, and Arizona, along with one dual national from Hong Kong and Canada. The indictment covers 41… Read More

Guitar Hero III may be the franchise's latest star as far as fans are concerned, but in headlines, it's Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s that's stealing the spotlight – and allegedly a song. The Romantics, an 80s rock band featured in the game, have filed a lawsuit against Guitar Hero publisher Activision, claiming that the game infringes on their image and likeness. The battle is over the song “What I Like… Read More

Not only is Apple in hot water over the iPhone’s pricy battery replacements, it has also landed in court with rapper Eminem’s management. According to The Detroit News, the dispute concerns Eminem’s songs on iTunes, which the artist’s management say actually infringe on copyrights. Although Apple has been paying Eminem’s record label, Universal, about 70 cents per song for every download of his music, his… Read More

Leading online retailer Amazon and the National Hockey League struck up a content deal today in which users of Amazon's online video download service will be able to enjoy NHL videos for a fee. This new Amazon Unbox offering is available now. Under the agreement between NHL and Amazon, the Amazon Unbox service will begin offering three or more NHL games each week during the regular season and playoffs as well as classic NHL games.… Read More