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Earlier this week, Apple pulled the Manhattan Declaration iPhone app from the iTunes app store for offending large groups of people. Well, it looks like Apple has offended even more people by revoking the application; the Manhattan Declaration earned the ire of some 7,000 iPhone users initially, but Christians have started an online petition of…
Google has just acquired the speech technology company Phonetic Arts and this could eventually lead to stronger voice support on Android handsets. According toe Phonetic Arts website, the company specializes in “technology that generates natural expressive speech, allowing computer games to say any sentence in any type of voice.” How will the search giant be…
The Droid 2 may be all the Android-powered smartphone you need these days. It’s packed with a speedy processor, the latest version of Android OS, and smartphone features to keep you busy for months to come. Today, we’re seeing that Motorola has apparently endowed the phone with the ability to self-destruct. As in self-destructing by…
A new report from comScore confirms what a lot of us already knew: the Google Android operating system is the fastest-growing platform in the United States. The comScore data says that Android grew from 17% in July to 23.5% in October, representing a 6.5% improvement. Those numbers were undoubtedly helped by the release of high-profile…
We heard about the Sharp Galapagos tablets a while back, but now they have been officially unveiled in all their Android OS-powered glory. Coming in 5.5 and 10.8 inch versions, Sharp is surely skipping the middle ground with no 7 incher in sight. The 5.5 inch version comes with a 1024×600 resolution, which is rather…
While many users are just now receiving Android 2.2 Froyo on their handsets, some are already anticipating the wake of Android 2.3, otherwise known as Gingerbread. People are expecting Gingerbread to make a huge splash when it goes live, but I, for one, don’t think it will. Earlier this year, I asked the question, ”…
Verizon recently announced its LTE network launch along with pricing and restrictions, and some journalists were quick to put it to the test. For the most part, results have been impressive. Download speeds are much faster, on average, than what both Sprint and T-Mobile are able to deliver on their respective “4G” networks. Wilson Rothman…
It looks like there’s a new kind of the Android heap, as a Gartner report says Samsung is now the largest Android handset maker thanks to the success of the Galaxy S lineup. Gartner said Samsung was able to capture 32.1% of the U.S. Android market, a marked increase from 9.2% of the market in…
Let’s say you want to be the next Rana Sobhany or Deadmau5 but you can’t afford the expense equipment to spin those disks (even the digital ones). Well, the folks at Algoriddim have your back as the new DJay iPad app turns your tablet into a monster music device. As you would expect, the DJay…
Things are moving right along for Windows Phone 7 as the platform slowly matures and gets new features and apps. This time it’s Chrome to Windows Phone 7, perfect for users of the Google browser who happen to own the new Microsoft handsets. After all, the speedy and clean browser is gaining popularity and market…