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British retail chain Tesco acquired e-book provider Mobcast for 4.5 million GBP, which translates into $7.15 million. The move is part of Tesco’s digital efforts to reach customers on their computers and mobile devices. To that end, the company also acquired streaming music service provider We7 in June, and movie service BlinkBox in April 2011.…
The anti-malware experts from McAfee said they’ve seen a 1.5 million increase in malware since the first quarter of this year. Moreover, they’ve also identified new threats such as mobile “drive-by downloads”, the use of Twitter for control of mobile botnets, and the appearance of mobile “ransomware”. According to McAfee, as PC malware writers master…
As many big companies, Canada’s TELUS is involved in the wider community by donating a portion of its profits to good causes. Over the years, they’ve been huge supporters of breast cancer research, and now they’ve extended their relationship with Free The Children to become a National Co-Title of the “We Day” initiatives. Under the…
Classic 2D shooter Duke Nukem Mobile may soon hit the AppStore, with Machineworks preparing to launch a Kickstarter project and raise funds to make that happen. The idea is release both Duke Nukem Mobile and Duke Nukem Mobile II: Bikini Project as a single title called Double Duke Deal. The game itself will be free…
Looks like T-Mobile will be among the first carriers in the U.S. to get the hot-new Galaxy Note II. The “about phone” screenshot from a mysterious handset marked as SGH-T889 has been caught in the wild, as you can see from the image above. As far as we know, this could be fake but why…
Nokia admitted that its Lumia 920 promotional ad contained video recorded by a DSLR and not its PureView camera as claimed in the video. According to a post by Youssef Sarhan, the Finnish company also faked some of the still photos in that video, too. Sarhan points to the still picture above that allegedly shows…
Google apps for iOS are being slowly but surely updated by Mountain View, and today the Gmail for iOS app was updated to give users the option to open links in Chrome for iOS instead of Apple’s Safari browser. The update moves Google towards providing Google Apps users an ecosystem within the bigger iOS ecosystem…
When the original Kindle Fire was released, it ran on an outdated version of the Android operating system. The move was expected, however, as Amazon built an extensive user interface atop the Android operating system so that the end-user would be presented with an experience that was truly Amazon’s. Still, we like it when a…
Amazon announced its new lineup of Kindle Fire devices today at an event in California. The retail giant expanded its portfolio from a single Android tablet to an incredible four. Now that the excitement of the announcement has passed, it is time to take a step back from the hype and let you know what the…
Get yourself an 8 inch Android tablet for only $49.98! Yes, you heard that right. $50 will get you an 8″ Android tablet made by Pandigital (sold by TigerDirect). Pandigital is a little known tablet maker that’s trying to make inroads by doing things such as partnering with GetJar. Although they have not become mainstream, it’s…