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There is nothing that makes you feel like you’re living in the future than using your smartphone to deposit a check. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to use your PayPal app to do just that. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, PayPal executives said you’ll soon be able to use your iPhone to take pictures…
So you rushed to Sprint a few weeks ago and nabbed the Samsung Epic 4G. It has that crisp Super AMOLED screen, WiMax capabilities, Android and, perhaps the reason you got the device, a physical QWERTY keyboard. Life is complete, right? Not so much. Several of you Epic 4G users started complaining that your upload…
Rumour has it VoIP service provider Skype and the ubiquitous online social network Facebook will be collaborating in the near future. The next version of the desktop app will reportedly be able to use Facebook Connect to log users in, after which they’ll be able to make voice calls, video calls, and of particular interest…
Received note earlier today from the good folks at Mobiata about a brand new app they’ve released for the iPhone and iPad. Called FlightBoard, the app gives you an interactive arrivals and departures ‘board’ for any airport of your choosing. Very cool! All you need to do is enter the airport you wish to track,…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Your phone is going to become your wallet. Yes, we’ve heard that for the last five to ten years but MobilePay USA is trying to tackle this issue using existing hardware and software and I think it has a real chance to succeed. Unlike some of the other…
If you’ve been keeping up with the news, it’s no surprise where Apple stands with the iPhone. It has been losing some market share to Android, Google’s rapidly growing operating system, but the iPhone is still special. The infographic above just shows where it stands in the U.S., and globally. Poor little Steve Jobs is…
We all know that a tablet from HP is coming early next year with the Palm webOS platform but we may have finally received confirmation that it will be called the “PalmPad.” During a conference call with analysts, HP vice president Todd Bradley said the “webOS-powered PalmPad” will launch in early 2011. Sure, he could…
Android isn’t unfamiliar with the military, so why not NASA? It looks like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have come up with a way for the Android-powered Nexus One to control a Senseta Rover. Coupled with Arduino and Bluetooth on board, the Nexus One may have felt right at home with its geeky brethren. It’s…
Best Buy is making its intentions about the BlackBerry PlayBook very clear – it wants to carry and sell the device when it comes to market. The PlayBook, RIM’s new tablet, is likely going to be a popular tablet with hardcore BlackBerry fanatics, so it makes sense that the huge electronics retailer would want to…
As the launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 grows closer and closer, the leaks just continue to spill out. DSL Report’s mobile speed test has unveiled another pair of devices from Samsung and HTC. The Samsung device is probably the i8700 which has been spotted multiple times. It appears that the device will be called…