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It looks like Barnes and Noble is the first tablet maker to get the Nexus 7 memo, as it’s looking to give potential customers $50 gift cards with purchase of its Nook tablet. This deal makes perfect sense because it’s just in time for the back-to-school sales to roll out, and it also undercuts the impressive…
Ready for some more tasty new iPhone rumors? Well, the folks over at BGR claim to have gotten word about Apple’s production plans. The Cupertino based technology company isn’t in the final production stage like many have speculated, instead the new iPhone is currently in the third revised stage called “engineering verification test” (EVT3), according…
Technology is getting the chance to input some positive change, as Washington state has decided to incorporate the services of Facebook. The Evergreen State soon will allow its residents to register to vote through the most popular social networking platform. Yes, you heard right. The way this works is the state will have an application…
Android has stepped its game up in the security department. The folks over at Ars Technica, has a report that Google’s new version of its mobile operating system, Jelly Bean Android 4.1, is the company’s safest version to date. Moreover, the platform was designed to protect users from malicious installations, thanks to the addition of…
Today Samsung announced its attentions to purchase UK-based CSR mobile connectivity and location technology along with the all important transfer of relevant patents. The cost of this acquisition will set the Korean-based manufacturer back $310 million, which is chump change to the maker of the Galaxy S-line. Sammy plans to use CSR’s IP related to Bluetooth,…
Just when you thought you couldn’t get your Instagram-on with the newly released Nexus 7 tablet, think again. The wildly popular photo sharing mobile application has updated its app (version 1.1.7) to support the Jelly Bean powered slate. Now, folks will not only get the chance to view post-filter photography, but the ability to utilize…
Sony is looking to get back in the US smartphone game in the worst way. Today the company announced three versions of its Xperia NXT smartphones, the Xperia S, Xperia P, and Xperia U for the US. The great part about is that Sony selling them unlocked through its own online store and retail partner Newegg.com.…
Yeah, we knew this was going to happen soon. Apple, faced with hacking issues to its in-app purchase feature on iOS, has resorted to its usual bullying tactics by pressuring the host of the original server (located in Russia) into dropping the service that is housing the hacking maneuver. What are we talking about, you…
Well, what do you know, another sighting of what seems to be the new casing on the iPhone 5 has surfaced. Let’s face it, this is the time of the year (iPhone launch time) when rumors run rampant; this is why we released our own Rumor roundup of what to expect in the next-generation iPhone.…
Good news, folks. It looks like the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III will get its bootloader unlocked after all. This policy changed after it was discovered how the largest wireless providers’ GSIII’s were the only versions in the United States with locked and signed bootloaders. The outcry from some customers was so vocal that it…