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Hulu doubles paid subscriptions to four million in one year

Hulu announced some pretty impressive numbers at its advertiser event this morning. The streaming service provider said that it has managed to double its Hulu Plus accounts in the past year, up to four million. Hulu is showing growth despite it having no idea on what super company that’ll swoop in and buy them outright in the future. The streaming company also reported that its site’s revenue also hit a record for the first quarter of the year, albeit, Hulu didn’t give specifics on any numbers. Furthermore, customers can expect Hulu to … Read more

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Charles West

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 being sold with a locked bootloader

The Death Star strikes again. Word has come out that AT&T’s variant of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will come with a locked bootloader. We’ve stressed how bad a locked bootloader is plenty of times on this site, as it makes hacking/rooting the phone for customizable software much harder. News came down from Steve Kondik, Founder of CyanogenMod, as he delivered it by way of his Google+ page. Kondik didn’t endorse the GS4 on AT&T; he basically told folks to stay away from it. “I would not recommend buying this device on AT&T if … Read more

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Charles West

Sunrise Calendar app updated, brings phone call option, ability to ignore invites, and create events offline

Sunrise Calendar has proven to be one of the best calendar apps in the iTunes App Store, as it continues to make improvements. The orange themed application rolled out a new update (version 1.2) that brings a slew of much-needed features, including a phone call option with a single swipe, ability to ignore pesky invites, and the convenience to create events offline — perfect for when you lose reception traveling on the subway or train. Here’s the full list of improvements added in Version 1.2: Create events offline without a … Read more

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Charles West

Twitter’s Vine video sharing app coming to Android soon

Vine, the Twitter owned video sharing app, is coming to Android soon according to co-founder Dom Hofmann. The hugely popular video sharing app launched a few months back, becoming one of the most downloaded applications in Apple’s iTunes App Store. The app is a joy to use as it allows users to create short video clips at six seconds that can be shared with friends across different social networks. A simple but effective concept. Many Android users have been once again left out in the cold, but with this confirmation … Read more

vine-ios 2 months ago

Charles West

Samsung Galaxy S 4 now available at GSM Nation, limited supply

It’s a well-known fact that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 is in high demand. It’s in such high demand that all the major carriers have pushed back their release date of the fourth generation Galaxy. Even Samsung confirmed that the GS4 will be constrained at launch because of “overwhelming global demand.” As a result of this, securing the phone by way of pre-order has become extremely important. That’s why a couple of weeks back we told you that GSM Nation was offering pre-orders for the International Galaxy S 4. Remarkably, … Read more

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Charles West

Fandango for iPhone and iPad gets updated, brings new scrolling and Visa Signature features

Fandango updated its iOS app for iPhone and iPad. The upgrade brings a much-needed enhancement that lets iPad users scroll through photos & videos and view in full screen models. In addition users will also have the ability to take ability of Visa Signature account holders to buy tickets faster and receive special offers by saving their card. Unfortunately, the Visa feature is only available on the iPhone at the moment, and comes with better Facebook sharing options that folks create and sign into a Fandango account. Here’s a full … Read more

Fandango: 28% of tickets sold in May were bought using a mobile phone 2 months ago

Charles West

Amazon plans to launch its own video streaming set-top box?

Amazon is rumored to be working on its own TV set-top box, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek report. It was inevitable that the wildly popular e-commerce company would be itching to throw its name in the fight to take control of your living room. Creating its own set-top box makes sense because of its growing content in its Instant Video streaming service. Providing a direct option for consumers would allow the company to step away from depending on third-party platforms, such as Roku, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Android and iOS. BusinessWeek’s … Read more

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Charles West

Nokia targets BlackBerry users with WhatsApp QWERTY phone

Nokia has decided to keep low-cost smartphones in rotation, with the announcement of the Asha 210. The Asha 210 is a QWERTY phone designed to target those who love physical keyboards, as the device closely resembles HTC’s ChaCha and Salsa handsets. And much like the two HTC offerings, Nokia has embedded a dedicated social button. The only difference is the Finnish phone maker is offering distinct versions of the phone in certain regions of the world. For example, Asha 210 will bring Facebook integration to Europe and Latin America (similar … Read more

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Charles West

Google Fiber for iPad now available in the App Store

Well look what we have here. The very popular Google Fiber service just released a mobile app for the iPad. The arrival of this remote app may have taken some time to hit Apple’s mobile operating system, but it’s finally here. Unfortunately, the app is restricted to those who own an iPad. The new app does everything the Jelly Bean version does such as change channels, schedule recordings and start-up on-demand programming. Google Fiber for iPad is now available in iTunes, though, it can only be used by people in … Read more

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Charles West

Xbox SmartGlass lands on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, US only

Microsoft is bringing its Xbox SmartGlass application to Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets. Us folks in the United States get first dibs, while our friends across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom will have to wait a bit longer. Now owners of the Kindle Fire family of tablets can indulge in SmartGlass’ cool technology that shows a second screen companion application that works with an Xbox 360. In addition to a second screen, the app offers remote control functionality and added content for certain video, music and … Read more

FireHD-Movies 2 months ago

Charles West

ITC shoots down Google’s infringement suit against the iPhone

The battle between Apple and Google seems to be coming to a bit of a slowdown, thanks to the ruling of an ITC judge. The United States International Trade Commission ruled that Apple’s iPhone does not infringe on technology Google gained when it acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011. This whole thing started over the search giant trying to get an import ban on all iPhone 4’s for using Motorola’s technology. However judges seen it another way, by deciding to rule that the proximity sensor patent Motorola was asserting is invalid. … Read more

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Charles West