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It’s been an interesting last few days for Microsoft, as the company reported its first ever quarterly loss. Now, the software giant is rumored to be working on something special, such as the iOS and Android versions of its Microsoft Office suite of apps. These rumblings of a future launch of Office came from a…
Just when you thought Apple suing Samsung over this whole Galaxy Tab thing was over, think again. The mega tech company has gotten the German court to extend the ban on the 7.7-inch Galaxy Tab from being sold across the entire European Union. This news comes after the EU’s ruling that allowed Samsung to continue…
HTC, who invested 300 million into Beats Audio almost a year ago, has announced its intentions to sell nearly 25 percent of that stake back to the company’s founders, Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, for $150 million. It’s been reported for some time now that the Taiwan based manufacturer is struggling in the US smartphone…
Verizon is now offering its LTE version of the Galaxy Nexus for the crazy bargain basement price of $99.99 (or 100 bucks). Big Red’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus debuted in December, so it’s not at all a dinosaur in today’s smartphone market. I know, I know. By no means is this handset comparable to the Samsung…
Apple, for the past couple of weeks, has been dealing with a nagging hack, which allows users to “buy” in-app purchases without actually spending a dime. To counter the hacking problem, the Cupertino-based tech company tried a lazy approach, which resorted to pressuring the host of the original server (located in Russia) into dropping the…
Amazon has been in the rumor mill all summer. It’s been speculated by many, that the company is preparing not just a smartphone, but a larger Kindle Fire tablet within the next few months. Now, in the latest rumor, the e-commerce giant is said to be working on “bigger plans,” like the introduction of five…
One of Verizon’s upcoming phones, called the Samsung Jasper, has been spotted on Twitter. The mid-range handset (product number SCH-i200) will sport a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, with a WVGA (800 x 480) screen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the new Samsung TouchWiz Nature UX. That’s not too shabby in our book. If…
Thrifty Car Rental is the latest to join the hundreds of thousands of mobile applications in Apple’s App Store. Today the rental car company launched its new app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app is sparingly simplistic, offering a three-step process that allows users to make reservations at any Thrifty location worldwide. Furthermore,…
A few days ago, Apple fanboys got a treat when iOS 6 beta 3 for developers released, showing off more of what we should expect in the fully-baked version of iOS 6 this Fall. One of the surprise features discovered within Apple’s updated operating system is the ability to send audio from the Apple TV…
It’s no secret that Research in Motion is bleeding customers in the consumer market, while business customers remain somewhat steady. Well, steady is becoming a bit more uneasy, as companies worldwide are beginning to seek out greener pastures. In the latest major company departure, Australia’s Qantas Airways is dropping BlackBerry in favor of the iPhone.…