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Sprint wants to take advantage of the app craze that is still looming, with everyone and their mama launching their mobile apps. To that end, the Now Network partnered with Magmito to allow its small business customers to build customized mobile applications, and “market their businesses and communicate with key stakeholders.” The easy-to-use web-based service…
Things are not going well for Australia’s VHA, a 50/50 joint venture of Vodafone and Hutchison Whampoa (which we usually know for their Three brand). The third-largest mobile operator in the country is struggling to compete with Telstra and SingTel’s Optus and has apparently started looking for buyers. According to The Australian report, the company…
Firemint is one of those developers that takes quality over quantity. It’s one of the most successful mobile game publishers and it doesn’t get its money from flooding the App Store with a number of different titles. Rather their strategy is to release only a few carefully prepared games which are played by millions. Some…
If you’re in Canada and want to grab yourself the Galaxy Nexus, you may care to know that your smartphone of choice is now available for free on three-year contracts from select operators, including Rogers, Bell and Fido. At the same time, Virgin Mobile’s and TELUS’ units are available for $39.99 and $79.99, respectively. Best…
According to a test conducted by CNET, the new third-generation iPad’s battery life does not seem to falter from the iPad 2 despite the addition of a much more power-hogging display. It even bests the Asus Transformer Prime, which is one of the best Android tablets in terms of battery longevity. CNET tests all tablet battery…
Apple hinted that it broke a record for iPad sales this weekend and now the company confirmed it sold three million iPads since the tablet launched on March 16th. That’s three million iPads in a little less than four short days. To put that in perspective, the iPad 2 sold one million during its launch weekend…
AT&T announced that the new third-generation iPad exceeded all previous one-day sales and activation records this past Friday, the day it went on the market. Straight from the press release: On Friday, March 16, AT&T set a new single-day record for its iPad sales and activations, demonstrating robust demand for the new iPad on the…
The updates finally seem to be coming in at a regular pace for Activision’s iOS zombie murder simulator, Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies after its initial release late last year. Last month, Activision released an update that added some new weapons as well as having the option of purchasing in-game currency through IAP. Now…
We have great news for you Twitter power users out there, as the wildly popular social media site plans to revamp Tweetdeck for its devoted base of hardcore users. Resurrecting Tweetdeck slightly strays away from Twitter’s recent “mainstream” approach, and puts the focus back where it should be — you, the user. Apparently, the folks over at Twitter…
Remember Dell’s feeble attempt into the mobile space when it released its failed 5-inch Android tablet called the Streak 5? And when it killed the Streak 7? Well, the giant hardware maker of computers isn’t giving up easy, as the company sees Windows 8 becoming a big part of its future. In an interview with…