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Windows Phone 8.1 to allow one-minute Live Tile updates, references to the next WP 8.5 found in the SDK

Windows Phone 8.1 to allow one-minute Live Tile updates, references to the next WP 8.5 found in the SDK

4 days ago, 02:45 | by Daniel P.
Microsoft is about to announce its Windows Phone 8.1 update next month, but it seems that the software...

More Galaxy S5 photo and video samples appear in a short review

More Galaxy S5 photo and video samples appear in a short review

4 days ago, 02:08 | by Daniel P.
A review of the Galaxy S5's abilities has popped up, presumably from a retail unit, and it is showing...

BlackBerry gets patent for temporary QWERTY keyboard overlay

BlackBerry gets patent for temporary QWERTY keyboard overlay

4 days ago, 01:55 | by Alan F.
A patent awarded to BlackBerry shows off a new physical QWERTY keyboard that also doubles as a touch...

Poll results: Can the HTC One M8 take the world by storm?

Poll results: Can the HTC One M8 take the world by storm?

4 days ago, 01:45 | by Chris P.
With less than 20 days left until HTC finally unveils its eagerly-awaited and hopefully much improved...

HP launches a 7.85-inch $170 tablet, the HP 8 1401

HP launches a 7.85-inch $170 tablet, the HP 8 1401

4 days ago, 01:36 | by Luis D.
It looks like HP decided to quietly launch an 8-inch tablet in the US. And a budget one at that, with...

BlackBerry CEO Chen talks to the White House, encouraging continued BlackBerry use

BlackBerry CEO Chen talks to the White House, encouraging continued BlackBerry use

4 days ago, 00:23 | by Alan F.
We've chronicled President Barack Obama's love affair with his BlackBerry ever since he first won his...

Sony Xperia Z2 to be launched in Korea before Samsung's Galaxy S5

Sony Xperia Z2 to be launched in Korea before Samsung's Galaxy S5

4 days ago, 23:59 | by Florin T.
Sony is trying to release its new Xperia Z2 in South Korea this month, hoping that this will help it...

AT&T uses carrier aggregation to quietly bring LTE-Advanced to the Windy City

AT&T uses carrier aggregation to quietly bring LTE-Advanced to the Windy City

4 days ago, 23:34 | by Alan F.
AT&T has used carrier aggregation, stitching together separate pieces of spectrum to offer LTE-Advanced...

Google working on a fix for Nexus 5 battery drain

Google working on a fix for Nexus 5 battery drain

4 days ago, 22:40 | by Alan F.
Suffering through poor battery life on your Nexus 5? A published report on Thursday states that Google...

Your Apple iPhone is less likely to suffer a cracked screen, but is more likely to be lost

Your Apple iPhone is less likely to suffer a cracked screen, but is more likely to be lost

4 days ago, 21:18 | by Alan F.
Device Insurer ProtectCELL said on Thursday that the Apple iPhone is less likely to suffer a cracked...

More details leak about “Action Center” with Windows Phone 8.1 notification space

More details leak about “Action Center” with Windows Phone 8.1 notification space

4 days ago, 21:03 | by Maxwell R.
We have seen a bit about centralized notifications for the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update, but...

Samsung uses YouTube video ads to promote the Galaxy S5, Gear 2 and Gear Fit

Samsung uses YouTube video ads to promote the Galaxy S5, Gear 2 and Gear Fit

4 days ago, 20:30 | by Florin T.
The Galaxy S5, Gear 2 and Gear Fit will all be released by Samsung starting April. The S5 smartphone...

Apple Store picking up share from Best Buy and others; San Francisco store gets green light

Apple Store picking up share from Best Buy and others; San Francisco store gets green light

4 days ago, 20:15 | by Alan F.
Ok, so Radio Shack is closing 1100 stores. And Best Buy has lost some of its leading retail electronics...

New app for Google Glass will be able to read your emotions

New app for Google Glass will be able to read your emotions

4 days ago, 19:30 | by Maxwell R.
San Diego based Emotient announced a new Sentiment Analysis prototype application for Google Glass...

Google Play 2nd birthday deals go live in the U.S.

Google Play 2nd birthday deals go live in the U.S.

4 days ago, 19:29 | by Michael H.
A couple days ago, we saw the Google Play Store in Australia start offering deals for the 2nd anniversary...

Jawbone lets you track your caffeine intake with Up Coffee

Jawbone lets you track your caffeine intake with Up Coffee

4 days ago, 19:15 | by Michael H.
The number one addiction in the world is caffeine. People just love to have their coffee. It is to the...

J.D. Power selects Verizon tops for Wireless Network Quality in 2014

J.D. Power selects Verizon tops for Wireless Network Quality in 2014

4 days ago, 18:32 | by Alan F.
On the heels of a report from RootMetrics that named Verizon's network the best among the nation's four...

Windows Phone 8.1 SDK updated, shows low-profile keyboard

4 days ago, 17:58 | by Maxwell R.
Microsoft sent out an update to the SDK for Windows Phone 8.1 and it reveals a new set of features as...

New Nokia Lumia 630 press render reveals five color versions

New Nokia Lumia 630 press render reveals five color versions

4 days ago, 17:48 | by Florin T.
The Lumia 630 could be officially announced in April, alongside its Lumia 635 variant. Both are expected...

Siri hack in iOS 7 allows third-party functionality such as Instagram and Spotify

Siri hack in iOS 7 allows third-party functionality such as Instagram and Spotify

4 days ago, 17:26 | by Maxwell R.
The first and only hack for Siri in iOS 7 allows it to work with third party applications, an area that...

Apple patent application shows how the Apple iPhone can summon help in an emergency

Apple patent application shows how the Apple iPhone can summon help in an emergency

4 days ago, 16:55 | by Alan F.
A patent application filed by Apple and released by the USPTO on Thursday, entitled "Mobile emergency...

HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610 priced in Europe

HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610 priced in Europe

4 days ago, 16:37 | by Florin T.
Both the HTC Desire 816 and Desire 610 were announced at MWC 2014, but the 816 will be released first...

Girl Develop It offering scholarships to Dev Bootcamp, prospective female developers apply

Girl Develop It offering scholarships to Dev Bootcamp, prospective female developers apply

4 days ago, 16:33 | by Maxwell R.
If you use any type of technological gadget today, you can thank a developer. If you use any type of...

Choose one of four Nokia Lumia models to win in U.S. based contest

Choose one of four Nokia Lumia models to win in U.S. based contest

4 days ago, 16:01 | by Alan F.
How would you like to win a Nokia Lumia handset, a Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet, an XBox One, a 50" TV and...

Findery is a social mapping app from the co-founder of Flickr

Findery is a social mapping app from the co-founder of Flickr

06 Mar 2014, 14:33 | by Alan F.
Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake has a new app available for iOS users called Findery. Called a "social...

Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-registrations now number 300,000 at T-Mobile

Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-registrations now number 300,000 at T-Mobile

06 Mar 2014, 12:59 | by Alan F.
Two days after Samsung introduced the Samsung Galaxy S5, T-Mobile announced that a record 100,000 people...

Soon to be AT&T's problem, Leap Wireless reports a higher Q4 loss thanks to MetroPCS

Soon to be AT&T's problem, Leap Wireless reports a higher Q4 loss thanks to MetroPCS

06 Mar 2014, 12:10 | by Alan F.
Customers of a certain pre-paid carrier are taking a giant leap away from this mobile operator. Care...

Citigroup: Apple to order 90 million units of the Apple iPhone 6 from Foxconn this year

Citigroup: Apple to order 90 million units of the Apple iPhone 6 from Foxconn this year

06 Mar 2014, 11:30 | by Alan F.
Citigroup Capital Markets has issued a report to its customers claiming that Apple plans on ordering...

Forget Samsung's

Forget Samsung's "designed for humans" slogan, LG says its G Flex is "the most human phone ever" in this creepy commercial

06 Mar 2014, 11:10 | by Florin T.
LG believes that the curved design and the self-healing back plate of the G Flex make it the most human...

Nokia RM-976, possibly the Lumia 630, appears at the FCC

Nokia RM-976, possibly the Lumia 630, appears at the FCC

06 Mar 2014, 09:49 | by Nick T.
Rumor has it that Nokia is about to launch its first dual-SIM Lumia model pretty soon. It could be known...

Samsung receives a patent for a force-sensitive touchscreen display

Samsung receives a patent for a force-sensitive touchscreen display

06 Mar 2014, 09:46 | by Peter K.
Samsung has just received a new patent for a "touch display apparatus sensing touch force". The South...

Eets Munchies, a cartoony physics puzzle, arrives on iOS, cake eating ensues

Eets Munchies, a cartoony physics puzzle, arrives on iOS, cake eating ensues

06 Mar 2014, 09:45 | by Peter K.
Eets Munchies is one of the latest Physics-based puzzle games to hit the iTunes App Store. This new iOS...

S Circle, a mysterious Samsung activity tracker, pops up at the FCC

S Circle, a mysterious Samsung activity tracker, pops up at the FCC

06 Mar 2014, 09:44 | by Peter K.
Samsung already announced the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo, and the Gear Fit wearables at this year's MWC....

HTC announces the Desire 310 – the company's first MediaTek smartphone

HTC announces the Desire 310 – the company's first MediaTek smartphone

06 Mar 2014, 09:43 | by Peter K.
HTC today officially lifted the veil off the entry-level HTC Desire 310. Just as we suspected, the successor...

Mystery biker that helped HTC CEO arrive at MWC found, behold his reward

Mystery biker that helped HTC CEO arrive at MWC found, behold his reward

06 Mar 2014, 09:42 | by Peter K.
The mysterious biker, who saved HTC CEO Peter Chou from running late to an important meeting at the MWC,...

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro LTE launched by Verizon, hefty price attached

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro LTE launched by Verizon, hefty price attached

06 Mar 2014, 09:41 | by Florin T.
Sporting a 12.2-inch display with 2560 x 1600 pixels, the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro is Verizon's largest...

AwesomeDial breathes life in your iPhone contacts, lets you group message them

AwesomeDial breathes life in your iPhone contacts, lets you group message them

06 Mar 2014, 09:31 | by Daniel P.
If you think the contact list on your iPhone is boring, don't add a couple of oddballs and celebs just...

Apple revealed as major customer of Pixelworks, supplier of high-quality video processing solutions

Apple revealed as major customer of Pixelworks, supplier of high-quality video processing solutions

06 Mar 2014, 09:26 | by Luis D.
Pixelworks, an Oregon company that specializes in high-quality video processing solutions, revealed Apple...

RAR is the Android version of WinRAR, available on Android for free

RAR is the Android version of WinRAR, available on Android for free

06 Mar 2014, 09:15 | by Peter K.
WinRAR, arguably the most popular file archiver for desktop PCs, arrived on Android devices. Dubbed RAR,...

How often do you use the S Pen stylus of your Galaxy Note 3?

How often do you use the S Pen stylus of your Galaxy Note 3?

06 Mar 2014, 09:06 | by Daniel P.
With the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung improved significantly on the winning S Pen formula, by introducing better...

Best alternative Twitter apps for Android and iOS

Best alternative Twitter apps for Android and iOS

06 Mar 2014, 08:59 | by Nick T.
With hundreds of millions of people in its user database, Twitter is still among the most popular social...

Blocks might let you assemble a modular smart-watch sometime in the future

Blocks might let you assemble a modular smart-watch sometime in the future

06 Mar 2014, 08:48 | by Luis D.
Like Project Ara, but for smart-watches. This is Blocks in a nutshell. It's a concept that will let you,...

Benchmark shows Huawei's octa-core Kirin 920 CPU breathing down Snapdragon 805's neck

Benchmark shows Huawei's octa-core Kirin 920 CPU breathing down Snapdragon 805's neck

06 Mar 2014, 08:02 | by Luis D.
Benchmarks of Huawei's latest SoC, the Kirin 920, reveal its performance is comparable to that of Qualcomm's...

Samsung Galaxy S5 price and release date

Samsung Galaxy S5 price and release date

06 Mar 2014, 08:00 | by Chris P.
Well, there you have it! The Samsung Galaxy S5 is no longer a mystery. At least for the most part. But...

Google updates its Android Text-To-Speech app with high-quality English voices

Google updates its Android Text-To-Speech app with high-quality English voices

06 Mar 2014, 07:22 | by Luis D.
Google has updated its Text-To-Speech standalone app with high-quality English voices and new language...

ABBYY FineScanner document scanning app for iOS goes free

ABBYY FineScanner document scanning app for iOS goes free

06 Mar 2014, 06:35 | by Luis D.
The ABBYY FineScanner document and photo scanning app for iOS is now free to download and use. Free as...

Using Isis Mobile Wallet can save you half of your NYC taxi fare

Using Isis Mobile Wallet can save you half of your NYC taxi fare

06 Mar 2014, 06:11 | by Alan F.
With cab rides still one of the easiest ways to navigate New York City, the costs of hailing a cab for...

Deus Ex: The Fall goes on sale for $1.39 on Android and $0.99 on iOS

Deus Ex: The Fall goes on sale for $1.39 on Android and $0.99 on iOS

06 Mar 2014, 06:02 | by Luis D.
Eidos' Android and iOS shooter, Deus Ex: The Fall, will be on sale for 99p until Monday, March 10. If...

Did you know that

Did you know that "silent" text messages can be used to track your whereabouts?

06 Mar 2014, 05:37 | by Nick T.
Smartphone ownership is on the rise globally, and in the U.S., in particular, 65% of households have...

Judge Koh completes $930 million damage award to Apple, but company loses bid for Samsung injunction

Judge Koh completes $930 million damage award to Apple, but company loses bid for Samsung injunction

06 Mar 2014, 05:37 | by Alan F.
With a flick of a pen, Judge Lucy Koh finalized the $929.8 million damage award due to Apple from Samsung,...

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