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After the iPhone app, Staples is going for the Android community and folks with tablets (whether it’s an Android-based one or the iPad). To that end, the company launched a native app for smartphones running Google’s mobile platform and a tablet-optimized website. First the smartphone app. As you can imagine, it puts Staples inventory at…
Samsung and Vodafone are organizing a neat sweepstakes, offering customers across Great Britain and Northern Ireland the chance to win a pair of London 2012 Olympic tickets. In total, the two companies will give away 91 pairs of tickets to just under 50 of the most highly sought after Olympic Games events, including the Men’s…
Like an extra incentive is needed to get the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Korean company keeps offering some free content to its users. Their latest gig involves giving away Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation through Samsung Apps store. That said, this may be Sammy’s way to trick users into tapping the Samsung Apps icon…
Yahoo thinks there’s money to be made in app recommendations, hence they’re using the power of its brand to make it easier for smartphone users to discover new applications. The newly launched Yahoo! App Search spans iOS and Android apps, though Android titles are at the moment more prominently placed on the site. You can…
You know it’s a pain to go through voice mail every day. Sure enough, you can detect some numbers and decide not to listen to them at all. However, there are others which you should/could listen, only to find out no action on your part is needed. Hence, Voice Mail to Text services were born,…
Microsoft said it would bring its suite of Office apps to mobile devices and the company is staying true to its word. Microsoft previously released it’s popular note-taking app, OneNote, for the iPad, iPhone, and, of course, Windows Phone. Starting on Tuesday, the app is now available on Android. The Android app lets you edit…
We’ve been tinkering around with the new Chrome Beta for a couple of hours now and we’re definitely impressed to see that Google has provided a slick browser that’s also easy on the eyes. Even in beta form, we can imagine that most people who try Chrome for Android will probably stick with it. We’re…
Contrary to the wishful thinking of many, Samsung confirmed it will not introduce the Galaxy S III smartphone at its March 22nd event in France. The vendor announced plans to hold a special event yesterday and it immediately sparked rumors for an unveiling of the Galaxy S II successor. Instead, a spokesperson for Samsung told…
We keep on hearing about this looming spectrum crisis and if you ask the carriers, the answer if for the government to make more spectrum available. But what if the real solution is to reduce the amount of carriers? A study from The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies (got all…
When the Chrome for Android beta dropped this morning for Ice Cream Sandwich, we heard a few complaints on Twitter that the browser doesn’t support Adobe’s Flash. Well, Adobe has already confirmed that it’s done with Flash on mobile, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Chrome doesn’t get it. In a blog…