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After being yoinked from the BlackBerry App World, Kik Messenger now has their development effectively frozen, as Research In Motion has revoked their access to the software development kit, and stopped push services for the app, effectively killing its usefulness for existing users. The developer doesn’t mention any reasons, and RIM’s statement on the issue…
Yeah, I wonder that all the time myself — every night before I go to sleep, in fact. And today, I was delighted to find that someone put my question to the test. If 1,500 pounds worth of cell phones were plopped right onto a Chevy Camaro, how would the muscle car hold up? As…
One of Gameloft’s most popular arcade driving series is getting another sequel as the company announced this week that Asphalt 6: Adrenaline will be hitting the iPhone next month, with an iPad release scheduled shortly thereafter. The teaser trailer that was released by Gameloft shows we can expect much more of the classic Asphalt gameplay…
At this point, we’re considering any date to be the official announcement of Android 2.3, or Gingerbread. We’ve been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for some morsel of information, and once we saw this, it looked like the pieces may indeed be fitting together. Mr. Android, aka Andy Rubin, will be making an appearance at…
The holiday shopping season is almost upon us and that means retailers are getting ready for the Black Friday (the Friday following Thanksgiving) craziness that comes with super shopping deals. They’re also making it easier to navigate Black Friday this year with iPhone and Android apps that put various deals in the palm of you…
Angry Birds has found itself on millions of handsets between the iOS, Android and Symbian platforms, and after all the death and destruction, a peace treaty was called to resolve the great avian/swine war. With all the talk of crashing through wood, glass and concrete and eggs being stolen, the birds and the pigs met…
Acer is stepping up its Android presence next year with tablets and a new 4.8-inch beast of a smartphone. For now, the Android handset coming from Acer doesn’t have a proper name yet, but on paper it looks pretty impressive. The near-five-inch display will have a 1024 x 480 resolution, 1GHz processor, 8MP rear camera…
So you wanted a Dell Streak, but you don’t like AT&T and would rather sit around for the next great, giant Android phone before taking that plunge. You’re in luck as the Dell Streak is now available unlocked here in the U.S. It also comes with Android 2.2 right out of the box, so you…
RIM has just updated their bundled mapping app, BlackBerry Maps, to include data for Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand, the Philippines and Taiwan. Additionally, map data now includes a smattering of points of interest on the map, so you can see handy little icons where hospitals, universities, police stations, subway stations, shopping centres, parking,…
The knock-off market never ceases to amaze me, and of course the iPhone, iPad and other Apple products seem to be the most copied. I find it interesting to see what manufacturers looking to swipe someone else’s design will do with it. Sometimes I find myself thinking, “OK, that’s not so bad, actually,” while other…