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More and more students are getting smartphones and tablets, both of which help them advance in their studies by combining many functions in many device. Similarly, a growing number of apps makes sure there’s an app ready to fulfill pretty much every student’s need. Smartphones (and tablets) are easy to carry around and are generally…
Earlier this week Bank of America customers on iOS were treated with an update on its mobile application, now it’s time for Chase to do the same. Chase bank updated its official app on Android to version 2.7. The new update ushers in a number of interesting features such as the ability to scroll through…
Just in case you were losing sleep without it, Foursquare updated its smartphone app with one not-so-new feature. The Nearby Friends view was removed with the release of the total Foursquare redesign a couple of months ago, but now it’s back. It acts as a filter for all of your friends’ activity to just display…
The Android tablet market is really heating up, especially with the launch of the Google Nexus 7. If you want a tablet with the capability of connecting to a docking station with a full keyboard, allowing for laptop functionality and increased battery life, you can’t beat the Asus Transformer line of tablets. Currently, the Asus…
Sony is getting ready to launch an Xperia tablet. We first got word of this a week ago, when details began to surface on XDA developers. Well, more information along with pics have leaked from the same spot again. Similar to the Tablet S, this new device will rock the same curved design that resembles…
While the world is currently awaiting CyanogenMod 10 and all its Jelly Bean goodness, the team has announced that it will be rolling out the stable build of CyanogenMod 9. Not only will this bring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to many supported devices, but it will now allow the CM team to focus on…
According to Engadget, Best Buy is gearing up to start selling the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Student Edition in time for the back to school season. This particular bundle includes the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 along with a keyboard and USB connector. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 includes a 7-inch WSVGA display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB…
Some Sprint customers in Boston are enjoying a boost in their network connectivity speeds thanks to early testing of the carrier’s 4G LTE network, says a report in PhoneArena. At least one Sprint customer in Boston is supposedly connecting to the carrier’s nascent LTE network and seeing download speeds of 6 Mbps and upload speeds of…
We reported just a few days ago that Sprint for no apparent reason started selling the 16GB iPhone 4S at $149.99 with a two-year contract, well below its standard price of $199.99. The 32GB and 64GB models got a $50 discount as well. Now Apple retail stores are getting on board with the price cut…
The search giant just updated its Google Translate application to version 2.5 on Android. The new update headlines a pretty interesting feature which allows the Google bots within the app to translate what you’re looking at. Translate can now understand what’s said on hand written text or something like a sign. With the new image…