While Apple’s iPhone launch event may not bring the wild skydiving and repelling stunts from the Google Glass demo, it will bring significant dollars into Apple’s pockets. Wells Fargo analysts have made the bold prediction that the next iPhone launch will be the biggest product launch in consumer electronics history. Bigger than any TV, Walkman,…
Archives for 2012
Songza, Instapaper and more: What’s on my iPad home screen and why
Like a snowflake, no two iPad or iPhone home screens are alike. Everybody has their own personal preference for setting up the apps on their iOS device and, of course, everyone has their own apps. Some are even so meticulous about the layout of their home screen that you’d think they’re furnishing a new home.…
Nexus 10 in works?
This time the juicy rumor comes from DigiTimes, which quotes industry sources that say Google is not only purchasing 7-inch touchscreen panels for its new Nexus 7 tablet, but also plans to place an order for 10-inch screens. According to the Taiwanese website, the search giant is sourcing one glass solutions (OGS) from multiple companies,…
Hot Deal: Sprint’s HTC EVO LTE 4G now just $49.99 on Amazon Wireless!
Stop the presses. Amazon Wireless is offering Sprint’s HTC EVO LTE 4G for just 50 bucks. That’s the price for new users as well as those adding a new line to an individual or family account, whereas folks who want to upgrade will have to pour out $100 more. As you may know, this particular…
Weekend rant: International Samsung Galaxy S III isn’t “future-proof”?
You may’ve heard that U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S III doesn’t come with a quad-core processor but with a dual-core one (Qualcomm Snapdragon S4) and an additional gig of RAM (for a total of 2GB). According to the Korean company, its engineers decided to take this step (add an additional 1GB of RAM)…
Pulse launches mobile content subscriptions for Premium Sources starting with The Wall Street Journal
Popular news reader Pulse has seemingly found a way to make some cash – by selling content subscriptions for Premium Sources. Initially they are offering 3 different paid channels from The Wall Street Journal – WSJ Water Cooler ($0.99/month), WSJ Political Report ($3.99/month), and WSJ Technology Digest ($3.99/month). At the moment, the new service is…
The most useful Google+ advice ever: How to quiet Events notifications
You’ve probably heard that Google+ now supports Events just like that other popular social network. The problem, however, are email notifications which are super-annoying, to say the least. God forbid someone invites you to an event via Google+, you’ll see the hell unleashing before your eyes. There are two problems here: Everyone can invite you…
BlueStacks launches its Android app player for Mac OS
BlueStacks, the company behind the software that allows users to run Android apps on their Windows PCs, is opening another front, having launched a version of its software for Macs. Still in public alpha, BlueStacks is free to download and comes with several apps from the company’s developer partners, such as HandyGames, Creative Mobile, HalfBrick,…
TELUS offering a $50 credit to users who aren’t able to buy Galaxy S III immediately
You’ve heard it before – Samsung has a sweet problem as it can’t produce enough Galaxy S III units. Canadian carriers are one of the “victims” of Sammy’s issues and as I’m writing this, they’re telling some of their customers to wait a little longer to get the new superphone. In other words, if you…
Acer A700 tablet with HD screen now available in Canada for $449.99
Acer’s all-new A700 Android tablet is now available in Canada, where interested folks can get the 32GB model in black or silver for $449.99. That cash gets you one of the best Ice Cream Sandwich tablets released to date that comes with 1920×1200 pixels LED-backlit display and NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. In addition, there’s…








