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Sony Xperia Sola is at the FCC, allowing government-paid engineers to check out its guts and make sure it’s safe to be used by the general public. If you recall from our previous post on the phone, it’s an Android smartphone that finds its place somewhere between the Xperia U and Xperia P. The Sola…
Canada’s SaskTel will join the HTC One craze by adding the One S model to its portfolio in the near future. We don’t know when exactly that will happen, but my guess is you’ll be able to get your unit by the end of this month. And if you don’t live in SaskTel’s coverage area…
In its new report, Juniper Research is examining the mobile ticketing business, forecasting that the number of tickets delivered to mobile phones worldwide will more than quadruple to 23 billion by 2016, compared with 4 billion tickets estimated to have been delivered last year. The research company says that mobile ticketing solves key problems for…
By now you’ve probably realized Starbucks doesn’t want to wait for the contactless payments and is already allowing its customers to pay for their coffee with nothing but their phone. Savvy coffee drinkers obviously dig what the company is doing since it has thus far processed more than 42 million mobile payments, which are available…
Booking.com is launching what it says is the world’s first global last-minute hotel app for iPhone. In comparison, Hotel Tonight and Hotel Negotiator are focused on the U.S. market only, while Booking.com also covers other markets, including London, Hong Kong and Dubai. The application is expectedly very easy to use. One tap retrieves all the…
drinklobby is a new mobile app for iOS users, allowing them to explore the world of beverages, while also serving as a drinks recommendation engine and social network. The application also comes with the wish list capability, ability to “Check In” with a drink and photo, and see what other people are drinking through Drinks…
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto talked with the Edge and the conversation turned to Rovio’s smash smartphone hit Angry Birds. Miyamoto, who only casually follows smartphone titles, had good things to say about the bird-flinging game. “What I like about Angry Birds is that it has a traditional videogame [feel] to it, but also a very…
LogMeIn is one of the top remote desktop apps for iOS and Android. It lets you connect to and control your desktop when you are away from home. On Thursday, the company improved its remote control service with a new cloud storage component called “Cubby.” For users, Cubby will let them let take any PC or…
Google announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday and the company raked in $10.65 billion in revenue for the quarter. This is up 24 percent from the $8.58 billion it reported in the first quarter of 2011. GAAP Net Income climbed to $2.89 billion, up from $1.80 billion in Q1 2011. The company is now sitting…
Mobile technology is evolving in such a rapid pace, but with constant innovation comes patent trolling when gestures and functionality is concerned. Well, in the latest litigation suit, a Texas shell company says Apple and others have infringed on technology for basic smartphone gestures like dragging and “double tap.” Yes, you heard correct. The company…