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The video ringtone company Vringo, which has been recently merged with patent trolls of Innovate/Protect, announced that it has acquired a portfolio of over 500 patents and patent applications from Nokia. Under the terms of the deal, Vringo will compensate Nokia with a cash payment and certain ongoing rights in revenues generated from the patent…
It was back in March of last year when Digia acquired the commercial part of Qt from Nokia. At that time, we predicted the other half (Qt developer tools) will follow shortly and voila – it’s happening now. The Finland-based software company (Digia) said that it intends to “quickly enable Qt on Android, iOS and…
Legendary Pitfall! is back and is ready for download through Apple’s App Store. However, instead of boasting 2D look and feel — to remind us on the “good ol’ days” — it’s a 3D game with Temple Run-like dynamics. You’ll be racing through jungles, caves and native villages while avoiding a number of different obstacles,…
We’ve already told that Canada’s Bell is gearing toward launching the Motorola Atrix HD. Now we think we know the date thanks to MobileSyrup‘s ninjas. According to a leaked document, the carrier will start selling Moto’s baby on August 14th, offering it for $49.95 on a three-year contract or $599.95 outright. As you may know…
After phones, tablets and TVs – Android’s next destination are digital cameras. The rumor is that one of Nikon’s upcoming devices, Coolpix S800, will run Google’s mobile platform, allowing its owners to install apps on it. The forthcoming camera will apparently be launched later this month, featuring a 25-250mm lens, 3.5-inch OLED display, along with…
According to the latest ABI Research’s report titled “Facial Recognition for Mobile Devices”, almost 20% of smartphone shipped this year will include facial recognition capabilities. What’s more, in five years’ time, shipments of smartphones and tablets with the technology will increase to 665 million annually. At the moment, only Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and…
General Imaging (GIC) unveiled ipico, a hand-held projector with a patented pop-up connector that turns the iPhone or iPod Touch into a “genuine social media tool.” The compact device works without cables and in order to use it, all you have to do is slide your iPhone/iPod Touch into it and you’re ready to share…
Direct TV just updated its app for the iPad. The new update adds some respectable enhancements to the way you watch content on your iOS tablet. Users can expect improvements like search functions, which like Google Instant, shows results as you type. Furthermore, people can also expect the addition of multitasking, as this allows users…
Owners of the international Droid RAZR need to rejoice. Motorola is finally rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) updates to the overseas version of the phone. Starting now, all the people who own the HSPA-based RAZR (the XT910) can expect some ICS goodness in their life. We don’t know exactly which countries are receiving…
We are huge fas of the Google Nexus 7 tablet and we think that at $200, its a more functional device for the money (retail prices) than the current Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook Color. But at a sale price of $74.99, a Nook Color eBook Reader would be hard to pass up…