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Jump Games teamed-up with Playtone to launch the official mobile application for Tom Hanks’ multi-dimensional animated series, Electric City. Available for iOS and Android devices, the application comes with all available episodes from the sci-fi adventure series, an original RPG, digital comic books that talk about the founding of Electric City, behind-the-scenes sneak peeks and…
Samsung has just announced that they’ve purchased CSR’s mobile phone connectivity and location technology for $310 million. They’re also getting 21 patents in the deal. Never heard of CSR? They were founded in 1998 as “Cambridge Silicon Radio” and they’ve done things such as design Bluetooth, WiFI, and GPS chips. The thing is, no one…
According to a screenshot that was discovered by 9to5Mac, it looks like the ability to have a FaceTime call over a cellular connection, a feature that’s standard in iOS 6, is going to be switched off by AT&T. They’re either going to disable the feature completely or find some way to nickel and dime you…
The end of July is quickly approaching, and that means one thing: Companies are soon going to begin reporting their Q2 2012 financial results. Nokia is due to publish their numbers on Thursday, the 19th; Apple’s turn is next Tuesday, the 24th; and as for Samsung, they’re booked for next Friday, the 27th. According to…
Well what do you know – Verizon Wireless will soon launch the LG Optimus Vu. Not that we’re surprised or something — after all, we’ve seen the phablet getting FCC’s seal of approval three weeks ago and now the first shots of the Vu with Verizon branding have been caught in the wild. Anyway, we’re…
Google’s Nexus 7 is shipping in the UK with those who pre-ordered getting the Jelly Bean tablet as we speak. If you want to order the Nexus 7 now, you should look at retailers PC World or Currys, both of which are offering the 16GB model for 200 GBP, which translates into about $315. For…
The HTC HD2 remains one of the most hacker friendly devices out there. We’ve already seen this Windows Mobile phone running Windows Phone 7, MeeGo as well as various versions of Android. Like that’s not enough, eager hackers from the XDA-Developers community are now trying to cram the latest version of Google’s mobile platform on…
Proporta has teamed-up with National Gallery in London on a new range of iPhone and iPad cases featuring iconic works of art from museum’s collections. For a start, they’ve released 4 different products, including: iPhone 4/4S Trafalgar Square – Available for $19.95, this case features a postcard print from 1950s London as its design. iPhone…
One of the innovations that has specifically caught on amongst the mainstream audience is video watching on mobile and Internet. We have a new infographic to illustrate this trend, but before showing it to you, we want to highlight the key points related to online and mobile video watching: Close to 25% of all video…
Ape Entertainment keeps working on its mission of turning popular games into comics. After Pocket God and Cut the Rope, they’re turning to additional two titles – Fruit Ninja and Temple Run. The comics will first be released in the digital form as a mobile app (starting with the iPhone), though they may get a…