Android activations hit 1.35 million a day: 750 million in all
This week along with the Earth-moving announcement that the head of Android for Google would be stepping aside, Google announced that they’d reached a staggering 750 million activations for Android...
View ArticleFacebook introduces cleaner look to Timeline
Facebook may have finally ignored the Timeline at the company’s most recent press event when they unveiled the new News Feed that’ll be coming shortly, but that doesn’t mean they’re not making changes....
View ArticleFTC: Advertisers can’t post deceptive tweets/mobile ads
The Federal Trade Commission is setting some new, and much needed, guidelines for advertisers. The FTC has updated its guidelines, which were initially released in the year 2000, to include new ad...
View ArticleiWatch concept is what the iWatch should be
A new concept has been released for Apple’s pending iWatch accessory, and we’ve got to say, it looks pretty acceptable. The concept was created by MacUser Magazine, and it shows a mini iPad mini...
View ArticleiPad mini interest has doubled in under 6 months
It appears that interest in Apple’s newest tablet is on the rise. According to a survey conducted by daily deals website TechBargains, interest in the iPad mini has risen to 33%, compared to 18% when...
View ArticleShould Apple Really Fear the Galaxy S4?
I remember a time, not long ago, when the idea that Samsung and Apple would be in a war for technology dominance seemed laughable. The companies were partners in chip production, Samsung’s products...
View ArticleReal Boxing Android Tegra Enhanced Review
This week the folks at Vivid Games S.A. have unleashed the biggest, baddest face-flattening Android game to ever grace the likes of the NVIDIA TegraZone: Real Boxing! While this game has been available...
View ArticleTwitter to launch standalone music app
Twitter is apparently looking to bring some music into its service. The company is getting ready to use We Are Hunted, a music discovery service it had acquired 6 months ago, to help build itself a...
View ArticleVerizon BlackBerry Z10 available March 28, pre-orders start tomorrow
Last month, BlackBerry (formerly known as RIM) unveiled the BlackBerry Z10, the company’s latest smartphone that looks to take on the flagship devices of other major mobile platforms. We already know...
View ArticleKyocera Torque Review
Rugged smartphones meant for the trailblazer and the survivalist in all of us certainly aren’t rare, but it’s not very often that we get to review one. Kyocera recently announced the Torque, a...
View ArticleGovernment orders Tim Cook to testify in price-fixing lawsuit
Apple CEO Tim Cook will be required to testify for 4 hours on the eBook price-fixing scandal the company was accused of. Apple is the last company, out of 6, to be testifying in this case. The other...
View ArticleMitsubishi i-MiEV Review
Electric cars generally settle into one of two camps: the outlandish, like Renault’s Twizy, or the discrete, like Nissan’s Note. The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, however, straddles both. Its “space jelly-bean”...
View ArticleMinecraft: Xbox 360 Edition coming to retail stores April 30 for $19.99
Minecraft has already been available on the Xbox 360 for quite some time now through the Xbox Live Arcade. It’s also quite popular on Microsoft’s platform, racking up five million downloads in 2012....
View ArticleBill could require colleges to give credit for 3rd party online courses
Darrell Steinberg, California Senate President pro Tem, has introduced a bill that would require public colleges and universities in California to give credit for online courses taken at 3rd party...
View ArticleComcast’s Xfinity Watchathon Week starts on March 25th
Comcast will be offering a treat to all of its Xfinity TV customers. From March 25th to March 31st, Comcast will give its TV customers an All-Access Pass to 100 TV series across all of its premium...
View ArticleAndy Rubin writes goodbye letter to Android partners
Andy Rubin leaving the Android team was definitely the most shocking news of the day. He was the person who started the entire movement, from mentioning it to Google back in 2004, to releasing the...
View ArticleLG announces Smart Video eye-recognition tech for Optimus G Pro
Looks like LG is going to be debuting its own eye-recognition technology, possibly to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S IV’s rumored eye-scrolling tech. LG’s new tech will be available for the LG...
View ArticleGoogle to shut down Google Reader and other services on July 1st
Google is just releasing shocker after shocker today. First with the announcement that Andy Rubin is leaving Android, and now with its announcement that Google Reader (and several other of its...
View ArticleMassive ALMA observatory inaugurated in Chile
The massive telescope ALMA, which stands for Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, went live back in October of 2011, snapping some images despite not yet being fully functional at the time....
View ArticleNintendo hit with $30.2 million in damages over 3D patent infringement
A New York federal jury found Nintendo to have infringed on a 3D patent with its 3DS handheld earlier today. As a result of the legal proceedings, the video game giant has been slapped with a $30.2...
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