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Samsung today announced that it will bring the Galaxy S 4 mini to the United States sometime in November. The Samsung Galaxy S 4’s smaller brethren is hitting three of the four major wireless carriers stateside, including AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular. Although we don’t have any clue to what price this phone will…
Apple has just roll out a somewhat significant update to iOS 7. In version 7.0.3 sees the return of iCloud Keychain, a feature that promises to store and encrypt users passwords, payment information, etc., making it easier to fill in things on websites while browsing on Safari. Speaking of Safari, the mobile browser also added…
Apple took the stage to announce some impressive iOS 7 numbers today. The company said that 2/3 (64 percent) of its users worldwide are currently running its new mobile operating system, totaling out to 200 million updates. Other noteworthy tidbits include 20 million iTunes Radio listeners, 1 million apps in the App Store, 60 billion downloads;…
Boost Mobile today announced that it would be carrying both the iPhone 5s and 5c in the second week of November. Many smartphone users can snatch Apple’s flagship device through Boost’s budget-friendly shrinking payments plans, which gives folks unlimited talk and text with 2.5GB data for $55 a month. Unfortunately, in its press release, the prepaid…
An LG Chrome OS device may be coming to a store near you in the immediate future, according to a new report. A device running Google’s Chrome OS could be in the works thanks to filed trademarks for the names “ChromeOne,” “ChromeDesk,” and ChromeStation.” This suggest a couple of things. LG could have trademarked these three…
Facebook suffered a partial outage this morning effecting both its online site and mobile applications. Users were reported to be unable to post status updates, photos, or like random stuff. Trying to post status updates was a challenge, as FB users received a message explaining that there was a problem, and to try again later.…
The LG G Pad 8.3 is finally here in the United States, users can grab the device through Best Buy’s online store for just $349. The G Pad is LG’s first competitive tablet released in the market for some time. It comes with some respectable features, including a 8.3-inch full HD IPS display (1920×1200, 273ppi)…
Google Play Store is the latest KitKat Android 4.4 leak to hit the internet. The new Play store (version 4.4) rids itself of the crappy single menu in the top of the toolbar, instead it implements the “hamburger”-style slide-out navigation. This comes after rumors surfaced about Android’s upcoming KitKat update, which should bring integrated SMS,…
To no ones surprise, Verizon reported another successful fiscal quarter. Big Red, the largest cellular provider in the United States, announced today that it had earned $30.3 billion in revenue in Q3, a 4.4 percent jump over last year. The company it also seen a 30 percent increase in operating income at $7.1 billion. Verizon…
Android users can rejoice today as a new Netflix update rolling out slowly to devices as we speak. Version 3.0 supposedly fixes many of the issues people couldn’t stand about the app in the past, namely the laggy user interface and streaming. What Netflix customers can now expect on the new Android application is a…