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Today, Comcast announced its plan to roll out live streaming to all of its customers courtesy of its new AnyPlay service. The new service is currently limited to Xfinity HD Triple Play customers in Denver and Nashville, and more markets will be added in the coming months. The AnyPlay service which is accessed through the Xfinity TV…
The Boycott SOPA Android app takes political activism to a whole new level. The new app works in a creative way, as it scans barcodes and tells you whether an object’s manufacturer/publisher is a supporter of the very unpopular Stop Online Piracy Act. In order for the app to work users first have to install the ZXing…
Nik Software, the makers of the insanely popular photo editing app Snapseed, just announced that its app will finally make its way on select Android devices. Wait, there’s a catch. These “select Android devices” need certain requirements, like tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 2 or Tegra 3…
Samsung had a great 2011, a year which had the Korean-based manufacturer becoming the number 1 smartphone maker in the world. Now, the company is poised to surpass Nokia as the top cell phone maker in the world, a place Nokia has held for a remarkable 14 years. Samsung’s chief executive Choi Gee-sung is confident…
Qualcomm, the maker of the wildly popular Snapdragon processor chip, today announced a new chip for smart TVs and set-top boxes. The new chip is called the Snapdragon S4 (MPQ8064), and it features a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU. It will be featured in Lenovo’s K91 Smart TV, which is billed as “the world’s first smart TV running on the…
Visteon, a global automotive supplier, today revealed its plans to launch an in-vehicle wireless charging system sometime in 2013. The company will get the help of a major vehicle manufacturer and will become one of the first automotive suppliers to bring wireless charging into a vehicle. Similar to Palm’s Touchstone charger, Visteon technology eliminates the need…
Tired of being limited to just two mobile OS’s when it comes apps? Well, this may be a thing of the past. OpenMobile today announced its Application Compatibility Layer (ACL) technology that allows Android apps to run on any platform. This software ports more than 300,000 apps available for Android to devices running on other OS’s…
Corning, the maker of the wildly popular screens with the damage-resistant glass, has announced its latest creation, Gorilla Glass 2. This new version of tough glass is 20% thinner and will be featured on slimmer and sleeker devices slated to roll out from handset manufacturers this year. Users can expect the same old reliability with Gorilla Glass…
Sprint today announced its latest Android smartphone, the LG Viper, to join its family handsets. The Viper will be one of the first to use The Now Network’s forthcoming Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The device also sports Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 4.0-inch WVGA touchscreen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a primary 5.0-megapixel camera and front-facing VGA camera,…
SuperTooth, the maker of hands-free Bluetooth car kits, just announced two new products to its collection of audio accessories, dubbed the Disco2 Portable Speaker and the Crystal Hands-Free Speakerphone. SuperTooth is growing around the world and has obtained an impressive piece of the hands-free market share, according to the company’s VP. “With a presence in more…