HTC first official: Facebook Phone unveiled
This week the folks at Facebook have teamed up with HTC to show off the first of what may be many Facebook Phones in what’s called the HTC first. This smartphone brings the full Facebook software...
View ArticleFacebook Home available April 12th, updates each month
Facebook just announced Facebook Home, an all-new start screen/home screen of sorts for Android devices. The company took some time to demo the new software, and show us all the cool goodies, but what...
View ArticleFacebook Home Cover Feed lockscreen detailed
Facebook Home brings a variety of features that make it more than just an app. One of the new features will be the new “Cover Feed”. Cover Feed will be the first thing you see when you open Facebook...
View ArticleHTC first available April 12 for $99
Facebook announced and showed off what they’re calling Facebook Home today, but that’s not all. HTC and AT&T also made an appearance, and the phone maker officially announced the HTC first, a new...
View ArticleFuture devices that will support Facebook Home
So who are the lucky people who get to try out Facebook Home first? Well it turns out that those of us who have an HTC One, HTC One X (X+), Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung GALAXY S4, or a Samsung Galaxy...
View ArticleFacebook Home app vs Facebook Phone: what’s the difference?
This week the Facebook Home Android homescreen replacement experience has been revealed, and with it no lack of questions on the part of future users. While many users will be downloading Facebook Home...
View ArticleFacebook Home run-down: everything you need to know
Facebook announced and showed off its new Facebook Home start screen/home screen feature for Android devices today, and there was a lot of new stuff that the social network went over, including...
View ArticleFacebook Home and HTC First Hands-on
It’s the Facebook phone… but it’s every phone. Facebook Home is here, and it wants to take control of your Android experience, a new software suite rather than a specific handset. Unveiled at Facebook...
View ArticleEE nabs HTC first exclusive in UK
The Facebook Phone will be coming to the UK with EE exclusively, this being the first time that EE has had an exclusive of such magnitude with the HTC first. This HTC first device will be available...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces weekly “Red Stripe Deals” on apps and games
We know you can never get enough of app deals, and Microsoft seems to be pretty adamant about that too, which is why they have announced what they’re calling “Red Stripe Deals,” where they’ll be...
View ArticleStar Wars: Episode VIII script subtly teased by Peter Jackson
We already know that Star Wars: Episode VII will be making its way to theaters in 2015, but what about Episode VIII? It hasn’t been announced yet, but we already know that Disney wants more Star Wars...
View ArticleFacebook Home will have ads (just not at first)
This week the Android user experience known as Facebook Home has been revealed, and with it, whispers of advertisements served to you front and center. Not unlike what you’ve seen with Kindle series of...
View ArticleApple patent suggests convertible MacBooks on the way
An interesting new patent has made its way through the US patent office, and it suggests that Apple is looking into convertible MacBooks of sorts, showing off the technology in a recent patent...
View ArticleFacebook Phone event sends stock up 3 percent
Investors appear to be cautiously optimistic about the announcements made today regarding Facebook and their new Android smartphone-based software experience. Stocks have jumped over 3% after the...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: April 4, 2013
Welcome to Thursday evening everyone. Today Facebook unveiled Facebook Home on the HTC first at an event in California. As a result, the social network saw its stocks jump 3-percent. Word was passed...
View ArticleChrome 27 Beta now available, promises faster speeds
Chrome 27 Beta browser has been released by Google, bringing with it some goodies for developers, as well as faster page loading to the tune of about 5-percent. Users who don’t mind dippingo into beta...
View ArticleApple’s iMessage encryption foils snooping, leaked DEA document reveals
iMessage is a convenient way for iOS users to swap messages, and it seems that extends to those engaging in less-than-honest dealings, particularly of the drug variety in this case. The folks over at...
View ArticleCuriosity rover communication moratorium in effect until May 1
March was an eventful month for NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, which experienced a variety of issues and delays, some due to problems with the rover itself and others due to conditions outside of...
View ArticleApple Store goes down as something new is rolled out
It seems the Apple Store is down, displaying the all-too-familiar cycling “We’ll be back” message in a variety of languages. This is the modus operandi that takes effect when Apple updates the store,...
View ArticleGoogle suffers another marketshare drop while Apple rises, says comScore
ComScore has released data on the US smartphone market gathered over a three month span that went to the end of February of this year, and it shows Apple and Google on the top of the their respective...
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