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Although tablets are still considered primarily as media consumption devices, they are steadily getting traction among the businesses. According to NPD In-Stat’s latest report, the most common business uses of tablets are email and calendar management, note taking, and presentations, with 77% reporting email as a common workplace use. When business tablet users are asked…
AT&T made it clear that it wanted T-Mobile’s spectrum holdings to help build out its 4G LTE network. Now that the T-Mobile deal has collapsed, the carrier is on the hunt to find more spectrum. According to the Wall Street Journal, AT&T is talking with a variety of companies including Leap Wireless, MetroPCS and Dish Network as it looks to increase its access to these…
Ever since the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was announced, it was said that it would come in 16GB and 32Gb variants, yet we’ve still only see the 16GB hit store shelves. Well, it looks like Samsung has dropped the 32GB version of the world’s first Ice Cream Sandwich phone altogether, with no reason as to why.…
In the world of phones, most go through many names before they hit retail stores and that’s exactly what we’re seeing with the HTC Endeavor and Ville. Both of these phones, no matter what they will end up being named, are something to get excited for. That said, a solid name always helps. The Endeavor’s…
Once Path issued an apology for violating users’ privacy by sending their address book information to its servers, people turned to and blamed Apple for even allowing this to happen. Apple has finally publicly responded by saying apps will soon require users’ permission to access contact data. “Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact…
Simogo’s previous game, Bumpy Road, was a game I couldn’t help but fall for as it delivered unique gameplay, great visuals, and some great music. Their new game, Beat Sneak Bandit, continues these three very important qualities in making a stand-out game giving more emphasis on the music by giving it a major role in…
A new study claims that hackers have moved their attention away from PCs and web sites to new targets: mobile devices, smartphones and tablets. This intrusion of personal information moved to mobile devices because of the explosive growth these unique electronics have garnered in the past couple of years, according to a new report from…
Verizon Wireless and AT&T today announced that they are expanding their 4G LTE coverage to new areas of the United States. Verizon’s 4G LTE is moving into Rapid City, South Dakota starting tomorrow, February 16th and AT&T is moving into Durham, North Carolina, effective immediately. Each carrier obviously promises faster data connectivity and download speeds…
Free-to-play has been a trend in mobile gaming for quite some time now and the next popular game to make the jump to the free-to-play realm is EA’s The Sims franchise. The game first hit iOS last month and EA has just announced the game has finally made the jump to the Android Marketplace. If…
Apple is in a bit of hot water with the government thanks to some privacy violations committed by popular social networking service, Path. Recently, the photo sharing company was caught with its hand in the cookie jar, as it uploaded users’ address books to its servers without permission and Congress sent a letter to the…