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On August 12, 2009, Microsoft issued a press release saying that they’ll be “bringing Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft business communications, collaboration and device management software to Nokia’s Symbian devices.” Here we are, 28 months later, and it’s finally happened. If you own a Symbian Belle device then you should check for software updates. There’s…
Banjo, the service/app that allows you to know when your friends are near and see who’s talking about things you love, has a new Android app which will further enhance your “social superpowers.” Here’s what’s new in version 2.0: Revamped UI that enables you to quickly see what your friends have shared in the last…
SlingShot is one of those smartphone accessories asking for backers at Kickstarter.com. It’s an interesting and pretty affordable (costs less than $20) camera stabilizer accessory that’s primarily made for the Apple iPhone but can also work with pretty much any other smartphone, including the super big Samsung Galaxy Note. The device promises to “transform the…
Time to Enjoy launched an iPhone app, designed to help users quickly find local events. However, it comes with a twist – instead of presenting you with a map with event venues, it allows you to browse events by time and add all the things you want/can attend directly to your calendar, which can be…
Someone in Nokia’s marketing department is about to get into a lot of trouble. The company’s YouTube channel accidentally posted a video demoing a new product, the Lumia 610 NFC. Said video was pulled down immediately, but that didn’t stop the guys at Nokia Buff from downloading it to their local machine and then reuploading…
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Apple is working on a new version of iTunes and iOS. It does take a snitch however to get some information about what will make those two software updates special. According to 9to5Mac, work on iTunes 11 began well before iTunes 10.6 even hit the…
Roughly 8 months ago, Google announced their intent to purchase Motorla Mobility for $12.5 billion. Since then we’ve been waiting for governments around the world to green light the acquisition, and nearly everyone has signed off on the deal, except for China. Google’s official statement regarding the reasoning behind the purchase of Motorola Mobility has…
Samsung’s Galaxy Note may be headed to our favorite underdog carrier Sprint. This juicy tidbit comes from an advertisement spotted on Sprint’s website that appears to contain the Galaxy Note (the ad has been removed as of the writing of this post). Neither Samsung nor Sprint have announced that the device will launch with the…
Did you cringe when you heard that Facebook was going to buy Instagram? Apparently you weren’t alone. Over 1/3 of the tweets (35 percent) that referenced the acquisition were negative, with most people expressing anger and disgust at Facebook. Another 18 percent were from people in shock at the news and ten percent said they…
Nokia confirmed today on its Conversations blog that the Lumia 900 has a memory management problem which may cause the handset’s data connection to drop. There is a growing number of users who claim their handset loses its data connection and won’t reconnect even after a restart. Rather than ignore the problem, the Finnish company…