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NQ Mobile Security Research Center, in collaboration with the leading cyber security expert Dr. Xuxian Jiang at North Carolina State University, started alerting Android users about the new malware called UpdtBot. Disguising itself as a system upgrade, it spreads via text messages that contain a link to the malicious application file. Once installed, UpdtBot registers…
That was quick – the world’s first 24ct Gold iPad 3 will soon be available in select stores in Dubai, London and Hong Kong. Company called Gold & Co. unveiled the luxurious product at a special event in the United Arab Emirates and has ever since started accepting orders at the Damas jewelers store in…
Visual voicemail app YouMail announced on its blog plans to drop support for BlackBerry and thereby end development for the platform at least until it starts showing signs of life again, but let’s be honest, the chances of that happening are slim. It’s a sad day for the folks at YouMail. The BlackBerry is what…
Thanks to the Google Shopping search, we know that US retailer J&R will soon launch the Asus Transformer Pad 300. It is said that the cheaper 16GB model will be priced at $379, with the keyboard dock selling for another $149, which is kinda steep. Then again, this is still preliminary (i.e. not official) and…
In its newest report, Juniper Research forecasts that shipments of mobile computing devices like tablets, ultrabooks and other notebooks will more than double over the next five years. Driving this growth will be tablets and ultrabooks, two categories that will make up for 73% of the total market by that time. At the heart of…
Are you a hardcore FPS gamer who has been enjoying the Call of Duty Elite app, but wish there was something on the market for Battlefield 3? EA has answered yours and many other BF3 fans’ prayers as they’ve just released an official EA Battlelog app for the iPhone. The Battlelog system in Battlefield 3…
Well, it looks like Meizu’s finally taking the wraps off its quad-core variant dubbed the MX Quad-core. This new device will sport a Cortex-A9-based, 32nm HKMG (High-K Metal Gate) quad-core Samsung Exynos chip. What’s even more impressive is the company claims this device will save up to 20 percent of CPU power consumption compared to…
T-Mobile is in some hot water with the United States government, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed that T-Mobile USA forfeit the amount of $819,000. This fine is due to the company “willfully and repeatedly” failing to comply with rules mandating each carrier offer a certain number of hearing-aid compatible handsets. Apparently, T-Mobile…
It looks like T-Mobile is reworking its ad campaign with Carly Foulkes, the T-Mobile Girl. Gone are the magenta and white dresses and bubbly personality, as a new picture posted on Twitter shows Team Magenta’s Foulkes in a new, darker light. T-Mobile recently sent out a tweet with the picture you see above, saying “It’s…
Today Sprint finally made the Samsung Galaxy Nexus official on its premature 4G LTE network beginning this Sunday, April 22. If you’re the impatient type, then you can get your hands on this phone earlier by way of pre-order starting now, those who choose to get handset now will receive it by Friday. The Galaxy…