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Nokia has had an office in White Plains, New York since 2005. Roughly 300 people worked there, and their job was to make the Finnish handset vendor relevant in the United States. T....read more
Buffalo Technology recently started shipping the world's first 802.11ac WiFi router. It's notable because it can move data at 1300 megabits per second. If you buy that router and t....read more
Samsung can't get enough of Galaxy names. After we've seen them securing a number of trademarks in two batches, the Korean giant decided to take one additional step forward, and fu....read more
Someone needs to invent an equivalent to Moore's law for the rise of mobile technology connections. So far I haven't noticed a pattern, but I'm sure these things don't grow just li....read more
Parkmobile USA is bringing its mobile payment service to the citizens of Oakland, California. Best of all, the new service supports NFC-based contactless payments, allowing customers to wave or tap their phone on any of Parkmobile’s NFC-enabled stickers. Of course, existing payment methods also apply, so even if your phone doesn’t support NFC, you can pay for the service by calling a number (1-877-727-5718) or use Parkmobile’s app (available for the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry smartphones). To get started, you’ll have to register for free at their website … Read more
IPO won’t stop Facebook from its acquisition plans. After Instagram and Lightbox, they acquired Karma, a gift giving service that relies on the social network to make the [gift giving] “process” as seamless as possible. Using Karma, folks can send “perfect gift” to their friends and family either from Facebook or from their smartphone (iOS and Android). According to Karma’s announcement, their service will continue to operate as nothing has happened, though we do expect to see their service better integrated into Facebook in the future. As a result of … Read more
Stalker is a new iPhone app (Android version is in development) that allows users to discretely take photos of their surroundings. No flash and no shutter sound to give you away – as far as the rest of the world knows, you’re NOT taking any photos. Heck there’s a feature that disguises the screen as an innocent text message to stop prying eyes from looking over your shoulder. Of course, we hope you won’t be using this app for stalking other people; Zeta Agency (the app developer) says it’s made … Read more
Talpic is a new iOS and Android app (at least I haven’t heard of it before) that targets the ever-competitive multimedia sharing market. Their twist is to go beyond photos and allow users to also include sounds to the mix. Available as a free download, the application lets you view, listen, share and recommend pictures and sounds from your and other people’s lives. Pictures are divided into six different categories including Wow!, Mesmerizing, Cute, Funny, Heart Warming and Others; while Sounds’ categories include Funny, Inspire, Stories, Music, Cool and Others. … Read more
Smith Micro Software is bringing its Voicemail platform to the Boost Mobile subscribers on May 31st with the launch of the HTC EVO Design 4G. Using the new service, users are able to manage their voicemail messages like email, scroll through and listen to messages in any order, forward or reply to messages via email or text, and save messages directly onto the memory card. Moreover, Voicemail-to-Text transcription will also be offered for a monthly fee, allowing subscribers to read voicemail messages at school, at a concert, in a meeting, … Read more
Dish Network, the budget satellite television provider, has 40 MHz worth of spectrum in the 2 GHz band that they really want to use to deploy a wireless network. There’s a few problems though. First, that spectrum was originally intended to be used for satellite communication, so the FCC has to see whether or not Dish can use that spectrum for terrestrial use. Why? Because cell towers sprinkled around cities put out a hell of power versus a satellite farm or two in the middle of nowhere. Second, Dish wants … Read more
Penguin Books has teamed-up with Zappar to make the Penguin English Library “ready for the 21st century.” Using the Augmented Reality technology, readers will be able to bring elements of four of the books to life, including animations of Coralie Bickford-Smith’s illustrated covers, video, audio and extracts. Initially, readers will be able to access the extra content on novels Moby Dick, and Lady Audley’s Secret, with two further titles to come later in the year. The process is simple: download the Zappar app, locate the Penguin content in the menu, … Read more
Telmap Navigator is now available as a free download for Blackberry users in the UK, providing interested folks with local search, mapping and navigation services with in-car navigation with 3D moving maps, voice-guided instructions, a dedicated pedestrian navigation mode, and a postcode business and address search. In addition, the application also allows users to explore their surroundings with access to nearby restaurants, pubs and plenty of activities provided by TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet as well as ultra-local content from companies like Barclays Cycle and Ordnance Survey. Of course, social component also … Read more
Talk about a hot deal. UK phone retailer Phones 4U is offering the brand new HTC One X for free on a 36 GBP/month plan. And get this – it requires putting your signature on a 12-month contract with Vodafone!!! Usually this sort of deals come with two-year customer agreements so we’re kinda surprised delighted, especially when we know the One X is pretty much the best Android smartphone you can get at this moment (Samsung Galaxy S III is still not available). The plan that comes with this offer … Read more
GameStop, which most people know as the store that sells videogames, is apparently going to enter the mobile space according to Engadget. They accidentally launched a website for their upcoming MVNO (mobile virtual network operator), which has the amazingly creative name “GameStop Mobile”. What’s an MVNO? It’s basically a reseller. In this case, GameStop is reselling access to AT&T’s HSPA+ network. So what’s going to make “GameStop Mobile” special? They’ll have a variety of prepaid plans, with the most attractive being the unlimited talk, text, and 500 MB of data … Read more
Researchers at Samsung Electronics have “gotten rid of the biggest barrier in the commercialization of graphene” according to Park Seong-jun of the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. They created what they’re calling a “graphene barristor” which will enable them to eventually make processors that aren’t based on traditional silicon, but instead on carbon. Now if your head is spinning, let’s break things down a bit. Processors, like the one in your laptop or mobile phone, contain millions, sometimes even billions, of transistors. Transistors are nothing more than on/off switches that … Read more
It’s been more than nine months since Google announced their intent to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Why the hold up? Governments from several countries had to approve the deal before it could take place. Nearly everyone said OK several months ago, but one country decided to play hardball and become a pain in Google’s ass: China. Over the weekend they finally decided to let the search giant buy the company that invented the StarTAC and the RAZR, but under one condition. Google had to agree to keep Android … Read more
We did know T-Mobile will be one of the U.S. carriers to offer the shiny new Samsung Galaxy S III. Their specific version of the device, marked as T999, has not only crossed the FCC hurdle, but has also be spotted at Bluetooth SIG (while its Wi-Fi certificate has been issued before). What this means is that Samsung is finalizing paperwork for the Big Day, which will (as promised) take place at some point this summer. We’ve no idea whether the Magenta carrier will change the name of the phone … Read more
Excited about the Facebook IPO and all of the surrounding buzz? Need a financial news app for your iPad? You’ll be glad to know CNNMoney launched an iPad application, allowing users to keep up with the latest news, market overviews and stock alerts from a comfort of their sofas. Available as a free download, it comes with a clean and simple UI, using which you can easily sort and prioritize content based on your news preferences. Moreover, if you login to a CNNMoney account, you can use the app to … Read more
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