Nexus 4 returns to the Google Play Store
After a long, long wait, the much-loved Nexus 4 is back in stock at the Google Play Store. Google and LG have been experiencing some stock issues with the handset due to incredibly high demand, leaving...
View ArticlePhone unlocking ban cooks up White House petition
Just this past Saturday, it officially became illegal for anyone to unlock a smartphone without the carriers’ consent. Obviously, this fired up a lot of people, who argue that if they buy an...
View ArticleDish pulls out while DOJ steps in on Softbank/Sprint merger
The purchase of a controlling stake in Sprint’s business here in the United States has become a bit of a circus when it comes to companies stepping in with complaints here in the spring of 2013. The...
View ArticleAcer hints at budget quad-core tablets to take on Google and Amazon
Acer‘s budget-minded Iconia B1 tablet has been turning some heads, mostly thanks to its competitive $150 price tag, but it looks like Acer isn’t stopping there. The company has hinted at the prospect...
View ArticleiPad 5 to be smaller than usual, thinner bezel on the way
Earlier today, we pointed out some photos of what look to be the shell of the iPad 5 right up next to the iPad mini that we all know about. Nothing seemed too off at that point, until people started to...
View ArticleAmazon posts $21.27b revenue in Q4 2012 earnings, only profits $97m
As expected, Amazon made a ton of money during Q4 2012, proving that the holiday season is Amazon’s most wonderful time of the year. The company pulled in revenues of $21.27 billion, thanks mostly to...
View ArticleGoogle Nexus 7 and 4 tipped for spring refresh in White and HD
This week the Google Nexus lineup has been tipped to see a slight overhaul for its second coming, with hardware upgrades coming to the Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus 4 smartphone in large and small...
View ArticleHawken shows off excellent visuals in PhysX trailer
As far as free-to-play titles go, Hawken already looks pretty great. The game supports NVIDIA PhysX, which adds a bit more eye candy over non-PhysX games, including improved weapon and particle...
View ArticlePinterest shows off new site design, invites users to test it out
Pinterest has announced that it’s got a new site design in the works, and it’s looking for a select group of users to test it out. As detailed on the Pinterest Blog, this isn’t a massive site redesign,...
View ArticleZTE launches the Blade C smartphone in China
ZTE has launched a new handset in China, one of several the company announced and rolled out this year. The Blade C is its latest offering, a solid mid-range handset currently available in China and...
View ArticleNASA to launch Wallops Mission rocket this evening, live streaming now
Space enthusiasts on the east coast, keep an eye to the sky. NASA will be launching their Wallops Mission rocket sometime between now and 6:50pm EST. The Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket will...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 29, 2013
Welcome to Tuesday evening everyone. Today a purported case for the iPad 5 surfaced, and it has more than a little in common with the rear case for the iPad mini. We saw a leaked image of a white Nexus...
View ArticleDisney shuts down Junction Point after Epic Mickey 2 sales fall short
Disney fans have quite a bit to look forward to, but it doesn’t seem that a new game from Junction Point will be one of them. Disney shut down the Epic Mickey developer today, after sales of Epic...
View ArticlePentax unveils the WG-10 waterproof digital camera
The outside world is a dangerous place for cameras, fraught with drops and jostles and inconvenient wet environments, whether it be pouring rain or an underwater subject. As such, there’s no such thing...
View ArticlePentax announces the WG-3 and WG-3 GPS rugged digital cameras
Along with the WG-10, Pentax has also announced two other rugged camera models: the WG-3 and WG-3 GPS. Both models are waterproof and feature the highest depth rating in the WG series, along with a...
View ArticleApple TV shows up at the FCC as the smaller model A1469
An FCC filing has popped up showing a new Apple TV model smaller than the current version, dubbed model A1469. As far as design goes, not much appears changed besides the smaller dimensions, although...
View ArticleOlympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm f4-6.7 II Lens revealed
This week the folks at Olympus have shown off their newest iteration of an ultra-powerful machine: the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75-300mm f4.8-6.7 II Super Telephone Zoom Lens. Beyond the addition of...
View ArticleRuling: Samsung didn’t willfully infringe on Apple’s patents
The Apple – Samsung patent legal case has been a long one, and its far from over. Today, however, marked a rather significant moment, with Judge Lucy Koh ruling that Samsung did not willfully infringe...
View ArticleGoogle patent filing shows off multi-flash smartphone camera
Smartphone cameras have come a long way in a relatively short period of time, progressing from sub-1-megapixel sensors incapable of taking images in anything but the brightest locations to modern...
View ArticleSigma unveils four new Art lenses
Sigma has unveiled a handful of new lenses that will join the company’s current lineup of Art lenses, which are designed to be high-quality alternatives of the competition, like Canon and Nikon lenses,...
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