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AT&T along with a team of tech companies, are joining forces to put an end to lawsuits involving LTE patents. This group includes the likes of Clearwire and HP. The new partnership allows a patent pool that’ll bring fewer lawsuits over the use of LTE technology, according to Via Licensing Corporation. In addition to AT&T,…
Rovio, the maker of the wildly popular Angry Birds game, has another notch on its belt it can brag about. Bad Piggies, the Finnish gaming company’s latest spin-off of the ill-tempered birds, just claimed the top spot in the iTunes App Store. The most impressive part about this news, is the game only needed three…
Well, gamers it’s finally here. Sony has released its long-awaited PlayStation Mobile Android application. The new app works as a portal to some of Sony’s gaming library, but it’s only available to “certified devices.” As a result, the company’s list of certified devices is limited primarily to Sony’s own Android phones and tablets, with the…
Nest, the company responsible for making thermostats cool, just updated its Android app with some welcomed improvements. The thermostat company made more back-end changes to its latest software, giving users extra comfort for programming the temperature in their homes on the go. The new update, allows users to finally be able to use the Nest Mobile application…
Believe it or not, the BlackBerry PlayBook is still alive and kicking. Research In Motion hasn’t forgotten about its tablet users, as the company rolled out an update. In version 2.1, users gain the support of some much-needed features, including SMS text messages, portrait view in email, calendars and contacts. The upgrade also brings Android App Player…
Today MoviePass launched its invite only service that mimics the Spotify and Netflix’s of the world. The new service allows users to use an unlimited subscription to US movie theaters through both an iPhone app and a reloadable card. This service is specialized around the debit card though. The way this service works is subscribers…
There’s a rumor circling that Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile, is looking to purchase MetroPCS according to a report from Bloomberg. An acquisition like this would definitely improve Magenta’s standing in the United States as it sits idle as the fourth largest carrier. Bloomberg’s unnamed sources claim that Deutsche Telekom’s board is due…
Well, more bad news for Research In Motion. The BlackBerry maker is losing ground to Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system, according to Kantar Worldpanel report. The report is based on latest smartphone sales data, which showed a mixed performance for the upstart OS. Windows Phone numbers dipped in the United States, but gained market…
AT&T announced it will be carrying the flagship handset of Sony called the Xperia TL. Now, many of us know this phone as the Xperia T, when the electronics giant officially announced it to the world a month ago. So it seems that the Death Star will get special branding for the device here in…
Man, you got to love the Android developer community. These smart folks are guardians to those left out of the loop when it comes to software updates. As a result, the incomparable CyanogenMod team is forgoing the ROM Manager app and bringing its OTA updater back from the CM5 and 6 days. This is huge…