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Well, it looks like an Apple store in Charlotte is the latest retail location to suffer from theft, as a total of 25 iPhones valued at over $16,000 was reported stolen, according to The Charlotte Observer. These iPhones were taken from Apple’s Northlake Mall retail store in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it’s believed to be orchestrated by an inside man. “The iPhones were…
Today marks the day the PS Vita has officially hit retail stores in North America and Latin Americas, and boy, has it been a long time coming since it’s original announcement back in January 2011. Now that the PS Vita has hit store shelves, I couldn’t help but tear open my PS Vita box and…
Calling all couch potatoes! Viggle is a new app for iPhone and iPod touch that actually pays you to watch television. The app determines what you are watching when you put your iOS device up to the TV and then gives you points to accumulate and unlock rewards. Viggle works similarly to IntoNow, an app…
Asus dropped some great news earlier today, as the company released the bootloader unlock tool for its wildly popular Android tablet: the Transformer Prime. This release only came about because of the outrage people displayed over the company launching the slate with the bootloader locked, as it prevented avid hackers from uploading custom roms onto…
Google added Flight Search to its list of services optimized for the mobile web. Android and iOS users can access Flight Search – which Google launched last September – as a desktop-exclusive search feature the mobile version may be a much more convenient way to identify flight schedules while traveling. Just like on a computer,…
LG’s upcoming X3 handset is bound to be a doozy of a phone, given that we’ve seen the specs pop up a few times now. Now we’re also hearing that the handset may be called the Optimus 4X HD when launched and it may even end up being the T-Mobile G2X successor later on. The…
ING Direct, has debut something cool for all you latte sipping San Franciscans (ahem, Marin), with the release of eight new iPad kiosks in its fresh ING Direct Cafe in downtown. This upgrade not only lets customers indulge in sugary soft drinks, but does away with the old boring way they get assistance with depositing…
This past Sunday, AT&T started tweakings its 4G network campaign to boast an interesting new detail: the carrier decided it now has bragging rights to be called the nation’s largest 4G network. A spokeswoman officially said it “covers more customers than any competitor’s 4G network and delivers great speeds up to four times faster than…
Microsoft has filed a formal competition complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility and Google because it says the companies are trying to use its patents to kill video as we know it on smartphones, tablets and on any web-connected device. In a blog post, Microsoft claims that Motorola and its soon-to-be owner Google…
The folks over at Storify have released a neat iPad app which enables you to tap into social media sources to quickly and easily tell rich, full stories. I think it’s a really cool service and you can see it in action in this post, “What’s your favorite Samsung device?” The basic appeal of Storify…