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The previously announced Samsung Galaxy Camera, an Android-powered touchscreen digital camera with 4G LTE connectivity, is on its way to Verizon Wireless. Though the Galaxy Camera was announced for AT&T’s network in November, its speeds were limited to HSPA+. The Verizon version is the first to ship with 4G LTE. This announcement doesn’t come as…
In an interview with Fortune, Google CEO Larry Page had a few interesting remarks to say about its biggest competitors, Apple and Amazon. He says that the intense competition between the three companies is ultimately harmful to consumers, calling it “a shame.” “All the big technology companies are big because they did something great. I’d…
You can finally check China off the list of countries to have not received any of the Nokia Lumia phones. Yesterday the huge country known as “the middle kingdom” got the entire Lumia roster of handsets including the low-end 620, the mid-range 820 and the high-end 920T. The sales director for Nokia China said that pre-orders…
Well, what do you know. Samsung is continuing its trend of sending out speedy updates, as the company begins pushing Jelly Bean to the International and LTE versions of the Galaxy Note II. The Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update brings along some interesting features, including: New notification toggles Customizable notification toggles Brightness slider can now…
Google Maps now lets users take advantage of NASA’s cool ‘Black Marble’ feature that display a series of images showing what the Earth looks like from space once the sun sets. This feature is apart of Google’s new Earth at Night service, which the search giant announced today. The new service is a global view…
Superstar CEO Marissa Mayer announced on the Yahoo blog a new mail client for iOS, Android, Windows 8 and the web. Mayer in the blog post explained to readers how the company has listened and grown from the mistakes of the past, adding “ You’ve told us loud and clear that you want fewer distractions when it…
Wi-LAN, a company known for its patent trolling, has filed a new lawsuit against Research In Motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Wi-LAN is suing the Waterloo company because it feels that RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,260,168, which relates to Bluetooth implementation. Devices that supposedly infringe on this patent include…
T-Mobile announced technology advancements in three additional major metro areas, including Atlanta, Seattle and Minneapolis, as well as few cities in the Silicon Valley and the surrounding area. Cities that got the network update include: Atlanta with the surrounding cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, Marietta, Covington and Conyers. Seattle with the surrounding areas of: Lynwood, Bothell,…
All those people fired from Nokia in the last couple of years present a great opportunity for other companies. Perhaps that’s why Huawei announced that it will invest 70 million EUR over a five-year period to establish an R&D center in Helsinki, Finland. The facility will initially focus on software development for smartphones, tablets and…
It looks like LG’s forthcoming Optimus G2 won’t be competing with the likes of Oppo Find and HTC Droid DNA/Butterfly, and will rather go for the folks looking to buy a phablet device such as the Samsung Galaxy Note II. According to Korean publication Asiae, LG’s next flagship will rock a 5.5-inch 1080p screen as…