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The Death Star strikes again. Word has come out that AT&T’s variant of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will come with a locked bootloader. We’ve stressed how bad a locked bootloader is plenty of times on this site, as it makes hacking/rooting the phone for customizable software much harder. News came down from Steve Kondik, Founder of…
Sunrise Calendar has proven to be one of the best calendar apps in the iTunes App Store, as it continues to make improvements. The orange themed application rolled out a new update (version 1.2) that brings a slew of much-needed features, including a phone call option with a single swipe, ability to ignore pesky invites,…
Vine, the Twitter owned video sharing app, is coming to Android soon according to co-founder Dom Hofmann. The hugely popular video sharing app launched a few months back, becoming one of the most downloaded applications in Apple’s iTunes App Store. The app is a joy to use as it allows users to create short video…
It’s a well-known fact that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 is in high demand. It’s in such high demand that all the major carriers have pushed back their release date of the fourth generation Galaxy. Even Samsung confirmed that the GS4 will be constrained at launch because of “overwhelming global demand.” As a result of…
Fandango updated its iOS app for iPhone and iPad. The upgrade brings a much-needed enhancement that lets iPad users scroll through photos & videos and view in full screen models. In addition users will also have the ability to take ability of Visa Signature account holders to buy tickets faster and receive special offers by…
Amazon is rumored to be working on its own TV set-top box, according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek report. It was inevitable that the wildly popular e-commerce company would be itching to throw its name in the fight to take control of your living room. Creating its own set-top box makes sense because of its growing content…
Nokia has decided to keep low-cost smartphones in rotation, with the announcement of the Asha 210. The Asha 210 is a QWERTY phone designed to target those who love physical keyboards, as the device closely resembles HTC’s ChaCha and Salsa handsets. And much like the two HTC offerings, Nokia has embedded a dedicated social button.…
Well look what we have here. The very popular Google Fiber service just released a mobile app for the iPad. The arrival of this remote app may have taken some time to hit Apple’s mobile operating system, but it’s finally here. Unfortunately, the app is restricted to those who own an iPad. The new app…
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox SmartGlass application to Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets. Us folks in the United States get first dibs, while our friends across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom will have to wait a bit longer. Now owners of the Kindle Fire family of tablets can indulge in SmartGlass’…
The battle between Apple and Google seems to be coming to a bit of a slowdown, thanks to the ruling of an ITC judge. The United States International Trade Commission ruled that Apple’s iPhone does not infringe on technology Google gained when it acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011. This whole thing started over the search…