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Researchers at Belgium’s Ghent University have managed to produce a spherically curved LCD unit that may find its way into a contact lens. The super-thin LCD is made to handle projected images using wireless connectivity, promising to potentially usher new frontiers in communications, while at the same time making Google glasses look like they’re made…
BlueStacks, the PC and Mac software, that allows users to run Android apps on their computers has reached 5 million “organic” installs, which include only installs through the company’s website. That’s not a minor figure considering that we’re talking about a niche product, not every users necessarily needs. However, we’re willing to bet that’s just…
Back in August, we’ve told you about Archos’ game-centric Android device called GamePad. If you recall, it’s a 7-inch tablet with dedicated gaming keys on each side of the screen. Now it’s available from Archos and the initial batch has already been sold out. However, you can secure your unit for 129 GBP (around $207)…
Aside from using it to operate its own businesses like Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, Sprint also leases its network to third parties like Ting, FreedomPop, Republic Wireless, Voyager Mobile and Elevate. That, however, isn’t enough with the carrier now approaching Dish Network to help them establish their own wireless company using Now Network’s airwaves.…
Samsung is apparently getting ready to launch another member of its Galaxy series. The rumored Galaxy Grand DUOS (we guess a single-SIM version will also be released) may be unveiled in January 2013, sporting some rather unimpressive specs. From what we’ve heard, it will have a huge 5-inch screen that will unfortunately show WVGA (800×480…
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And just like that, Twitter drops its latest update that brings Instagram-like photo filters within the app. This comes after Instagram rolled out an update of its own, which included features such as a redesigned camera, a new photo filter called “Willow,” improved Tilt-Shift function and Foursquare integration to name a few. The new Twitter app…
The Android developer blog just announced some good news about Version 3 of in-app purchasing. Now this is some nerd stuff that has to do with a bunch of coding normal folks like us can’t comprehend. These improvements to the Play Store include the following: Streamlined code. Google says what used to take several hundred…
There’s been a lot of news this week about the online rift between Instagram and Twitter. This is after word got out that the photo sharing site planned to stop supporting pictures showing up in Twitter’s feed/timeline. Nevertheless, the Facebook owned company followed through with its plan and killed support for all its photos showing…