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The Swype virtual keyboard has been updated to beta 3.25 with a couple of handy new features. The most flashy of them are new gestures that are made by tracing from the Swype key in the bottom-left. Trace up to A to select everything in the current text box, trace to C to copy it,…
[Update: We have chosen commenter “Ktoler77” as the winner of the Asus Transformer prize pack. Ktoler77 has 48 hours to respond to our email. Once they respond, this giveaway will officially be over and we’ll proceed to ship out their prize to them.] The end of Summer is fast approaching which not only means I…
It’s back to school season and for a lot of parents, that means buying your kid a laptop or new computer to help them do their homework. This is especially important for kids going off to college because it’s nearly impossible to be a functional student nowadays without a computer. But tablets are increasingly becoming…
This may not be much of a surprise since HP killed webOS but the company said that the Pre 3 handset won’t be coming to the United States. Yes, webOS is quite dead. If you remember, we first got our hands on the Pre 3 at an event in February and it looked like a…
When the iPhone 3GS was released, an 8GB version of the 3G became available for dirt cheap. When the iPhone 4 was released, an 8GB version of the 3GS was also released for a much lower price. So, let’s see here, there is a chance that the iPhone 5 is coming soon–does this mean we’ll…
It’s 2011, and it’s a surprise that many merchants are still using big, clunky cash registers that look no different than they did 20 years ago. The Apple iPad, however, is slowly changing all of that. If you’ve been in any relatively decent-sized city over the past year, and walked into a major retailer, you…
Mobile app ad agency Inneractive recently released an infographic detailing some data they’ve gathered after dishing out ads across multiple platforms. While some, like iPhone and Symbian, were more or less split evenly, Android app usage leaned towards male with 61%, and BlackBerry eked towards females with 59%. The infographic also dives into which app categories…
Microsoft isn’t too happy about Motorola and its Android phones, so it’s taking the manufacturer to court. If you remember not too long ago, Microsoft is receiving licensing fees from HTC for the latter’s Android handsets. Now Microsoft is alleging that Motorola is infringing on seven of its patents, and may ask for an injunction…
Early this morning, RIM announced three new smartphones (the BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360, and 9370) that on the outside look exactly the same, but have a few subtle differences under their respective hoods. You might recognize this as the Curve Apollo and Sedona that we’ve been seeing in leaked shots for the last couple of…
While the jury is still out on whether a tablet can replace a laptop, it is clear that tablets can be very useful for students. Whether it’s for reading text books, using specially-designed educational apps or just consuming web and social media contact, a tablet can be a valuable part of a student’s arsenal. Let’s…