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Kim Dotcom, the guy behind the famous Megaupload services, is going for the music industry with its upcoming service called Megabox. The soon-to-be-launched website wants to pay artists directly when users stream their music, eliminating the middle man altogether. In the description of the video, Mr. Dotcom said: “This is what they don’t want you…
Since the launch of the IBM Simon in 1993, smartphone technology has reached levels that until recent times had only been dreamed about. Features such as wireless sharing, HD video recording and mobile internet are now commonplace and today’s average smartphone has more processing power than computers used by NASA to land a man on…
The increasing number of apps and games comes with a risk. Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach and aggressive advertising are some of the few threats facing vulnerable devices. According to ABI Research, between Q1 2011 and Q2 2012, unique malware variants grew by 2180% reaching 17,439. All this presents a fertile ground for…
International version of the Sony Xperia Ion already got its serving of Ice Cream Sandwich and now those of you who got the smartphone from AT&T are getting the same treatment. Guess the U.S. carrier wanted to test out the new software or something – we need to justify the delay somehow. Anyway, this isn’t…
Flexible touchscreen will remain technology of the future with Samsung delaying its production plans. Apparently the Korean company had problems with yields and will most likely start making these screens at some point next year. One industry official told DDaily that there’s still chance we see the first devices with flexible AMOLED touchscreens appearing in…
HP Home has the HP ENVY (model 17t-3200) 3D 1080p “Ivy Bridge” Core i7 laptop starting at $1249.99. The list price is $1849.99 – giving you a savings of $600 (after coupon code). The base configuration features a Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz Quad-core processor, 8GB DDR3, and 1TB 5400RPM HDD. Graphics features 1GB ATI 7850M GDDR5 Discrete Graphcis…
There’s a rumor going around that claims the Motorola RAZR HD and Maxx HD is being delayed because of antenna issues. The problem arises from the antenna location and size, as it makes contact with the edges of the device. If this rumor has any truth to it, then it’s bad news for Motorola fans. These…
AT&T announced on Friday that is adding three Android smartphones and one Android-powered tablet to its mobile device lineup. All four devices will work on the carrier’s growing 4G LTE network, which it is rolling out at a feverish pace. The four devices include the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet and the Samsung Galaxy Express, Galaxy…
If you bought an iPhone 5 and noticed when you get a phone call or text message while your phone is on silent that the vibration sounds different and in most cases louder than the iPhone 4 or 4S, you aren’t alone. It turns out Apple did include a new vibrating motor inside. I thought…
While we already knew it was on its way to the US, AT&T has come out and announced that it will be carrying the new Samsung Galaxy Note II in the coming months. While it’s likely the most interesting, the Galaxy Note II isn’t traveling along, and we can also expect the likes of the…