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Opera Mini 7 is now available for Android and the latest browser promises a better web surfing experience on the go. The latest Opera Mini browser now lets you put as many Speed Dial icons as you’d like and these give you one-click access to your favorite sites. You can also look forward to improved…
The city of Chapel Hill, North Carolina has become the first city in the United States to ban all cell phone use while driving, according to a News Observer report. While several other cities and states have banned texting and handset calling while in a moving vehicle, Chapel Hill becomes the first to include hands-free devices…
If you use an iPad or an iPhone, the apps are great but the data always feels like it’s in silos. Transferring and accessing data from one app to another isn’t as smooth as it should be. Box is introducing its OneCloud mobile cloud to help businesses and users solve that problem. Box provides online…
Nokia has officially unveiled its first Windows Phones (2 of them) for China – Lumia 800C and Lumia 610C. The two phones are heading to China Telecom and are therefore changed to sing along their network. Yup – that “C” doesn’t just stand for “China,” but also for CDMA. As far as I’ve understood, aside…
Evernote has once again updated its Android app, making it even better. There are two main things included in version 3.6 – speech-to-text capability and widget enhancements. In order to dictate your notes, simply tap the new speech bubble icon in the toolbar above the keyboard and see the magic happening, with Evernote placing your…
We’ve already told you Amazon is working on new 7 and 10-inch Kindle Fire models. Well that may not be true, with some Taiwanese publications reporting the online retailer will rather launch three new tablets, two with 7-inch screens and one with 8.9-inch one. The rumor goes on suggesting one 7-inch model will come with…
Two of HTC’s new Android smartphones, One X and One S, are now up for pre-order at Vodafone UK. The Big Red carrier is offering both devices for free to anyone willing to commit on a somewhat expensive two-year contract. The One S is offered free of charge with a two-year contract on 36 GBP/month…
France will get LTE network(s) later this year, with the country’s leading mobile operator Orange announcing its 4G pilot for June, starting in the city of Marseille. The France Telecom-owned carrier has a combination of two frequencies (2.6GHz and 800MHz) for its LTE services, and will use the network infrastructure supplied by Alcatel-Lucent. Aside from…
Berg Insight is out with a new report, looking at the shipments of NFC-enabled devices. According to the research company, global sales of such products increased ten-fold in 2011 to 30 million units and are set to reach 700 million units in 2016, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 87.8%. At the…
Relatively popular news app (though not as popular as Pulse News), News Republic, has been completely revamped and now looks (and works) much better. Version 2.0 is available for iOS and Android-based devices, introducing a number of cool features such as: Completely new users interface which is ?simpler and cleaner New photo and video galleries…