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As hostile as they are toward each other, Android and iOS continue to reign as a powerful team when it comes to dominating smartphone market share. In the second quarter of 2012, IDC found that combined they represent 85 percent of all smartphones shipped. Android has a gigantic lead, holding just under 70 percent of…
You don’t need me to tell you how incredibly cool programmable robots are. Robots like this can cost a person a boatload of cash if they don’t possess the proper technological know how to build one. Well, both of those worries have been taken care of with this project called Romo (no, not the starting…
T-Mobile is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Note, a 5.3-inch phone and tablet hybrid that debuted earlier this year in the US with AT&T. The Note includes a 1.5GHZ dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB onboard storage and a 1080P HD camera. It also runs on T-Mobile’s 4G HSPA+ network. Customers can grab the Note…
If you’ve waited for the T-Mobile version of the Galaxy Note, then you should stop shopping on T-Mobile’s website and point your browser to Walmart’s website instead. According to a report in TmoNews, Walmart is severely undercutting T-Mobile’s price on the Samsung Galaxy Note by selling the device for $349. The retailer is also selling…
Microsoft is on the hunt for talented people to join its ‘Surface Team,’ as a slew of job listings posted on the company’s Careers site. The Surface tablet has not been well received by Microsoft’s manufacturing partners, companies like Acer and Hewlett Packard have expressed its disapproval of the move. Meanwhile, other OEMs are on…
Multiple rumors have pointed to the iPhone being taller to account for the 4″ screen size, but we didn’t expect it would shed an inch or two around the midsection. A rumor out of Chinese newspaper Apple Daily (by way of blog Apple.pro) suggests that the iPhone will come it at a svelte 7.6mm thickness, a full…
For better or worse, shared data is all the rage these days. Verizon was the first company to offer the service in June, and AT&T is set to launch their own shared data plans later this month. Early comparisons of the two offerings revealed disappointing news for Verizon customers. While AT&T offered data packages up…
The most frustrating oversight in most document and note management applications available today is how inefficient it is to just get to the point where you can edit a document. In the likes of Google Drive, Evernote, and others, it takes no fewer than three clicks to get to the editor, which can be immensely…
Microsoft and Sharp have entered into an IP licensing agreement that will allow the Japanese company to use Microsoft’s exFAT file technology in Android smartphones. If you’re not sure what exFAT is all about, here’s a snippet from the press release explaining what’s it all about: exFAT is a modern file system that facilitates large…
Square just got a big boost with Starbucks adopting the company’s credit card processing technology. Under the terms of the deal, the coffee chain will allow its customers to use Pay with Square, Square’s payer application, at participating U.S. Starbucks stores later this fall, and find nearby Starbucks locations within Square Directory. In order to…