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We’ve just heard word that the Facebook app has been downloaded more than 100 million times from GetJar and this marks an important milestone for both companies. For GetJar, this just shows how much it is growing, as the company just had 50 million Facebook app downloads a few month ago. By many accounts, GetJar…
RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky has said CDMA iPhone production has been cut by a third in order to focus on iPads for the holidays. That means Verizon is still supposedly getting the iPhone, but only 20 (rather than 30) million of ’em. iPad production is said to be at around 40 million for…
AT&T is crowing about its mobile broadband network, as it’s pointing to independent studies which find its 3G network to be 20-60% faster than the nearest competitor. But will AT&T get left behind as Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon quickly move to 4G? The second-largest carrier said that a Global Wireless Solutions study checked out 400…
Last week we heard about Oprah’s new iPad app and didn’t think too much of it. Just another publication moving into the future and getting an iPad app. No biggie. But we didn’t think that the Apple tablet would be topping Oprah’s “Favorite Things” list, which is historically a pretty good list to get on…
Another year is upon us where we all magically transform into family-centric folks, cutting up the turkey and passing the stuffing on Thanksgiving – only to turn back into blood-thirsty animals on Black Friday who won’t hesitate to do what it takes to get your hands on a Zhu Zhu Pet. It truly is a…
For many people, this is the season for shopping until you drop and eBay is trying to help you survive the shopping season with a new Apple iPhone app. The eBay iPhone program finally takes advantage of the fact that the online auction site purchased RedLaser a few months ago and it integrates the barcode-scanning…
Your Apple iPad is quickly becoming an excellent remote control and TiVo will soon have an app out which will let you control your Premiere DVR boxes. This isn’t the first or last remote control app we’ve seen, but the TiVo iPad app has some added visual flair which may make it stand out. As…
According to a report in The Korea Herald, Samsung confirmed it has now sold 600,000 Galaxy tab devices in the tablet’s first month of sales. The tablet first debuted in mid-October in Italy and is now available in 30 countries worldwide including North America, Europe, and Asia. According to the report, the Galaxy Tab is popular beyond…
The LG Optimus M finds its way to MetroPCS this week for just $230, contract free. The Android 2.2 handset takes a different design cue from the rest of the Android handsets we’ve seen out there, and the metal accents and overall design is very much what we’ve come to expect from LG. Personally, I…
Even with some of the Black Friday deals out there, Amazon can sometimes still offer a lower price than brick-and-mortar stores. With the new Amazon Price Check iPhone app, the online retailing giant is trying to give shoppers more options for checking out prices on the go. The Amazon Price Check iPhone app is sort…