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Hasbro doesn’t like how Asus is calling its brand-new Transformer Prime tablet. The toy maker has a trademark for the “Transformers Prime” brand and think what the Taiwanese company is doing is illegal. Hence they’re suing them in a federal district court. From what we’ve heard, Hasbro holds the mentioned trademark for toys, board games,…
US Cellular is adding its first Huawei device to the offering. The Ascend II already got a dedicated page at the carrier’s website, though at the moment you can only sign-up for e-mail updates. The Android-powered smartphone will start selling online next week and will hit stores in early January. Specs wise, we’re talking about…
If you’re planning to travel this weekend, Skype may have a nice gift for you. The popular VoIP service is offering free Wi-Fi access in select airports across the U.S. thru December 27th. More precisely, a free hour of Internet access will be available in more than 50 airports using Skype WiFi. To get started…
Spotzot, the deal targeting platform that powers many of the top shopping applications and web sites, is teaming-up with two of the leading mobile apps for mall shoppers – FastMall and Point Inside, which join existing apps like ShopSavvy, Shopkick and CardStar. Spotzot searches through thousands of sources everyday for in-store and online promotions and…
Kik Messenger is expanding its service into other, third-party apps with a brand new API. As a result, a whole new category of applications is emerging (Apps That Kik) that enable Kik users to discover and download new stuff right inside Kik Messenger. Kik’s idea is to help developers “achieve immediate growth and momentum” using…
Good news for the pinball-lovin’ crowd who at the same time dig the popular Nordic God. Yep, Thor now has its own stage on Zen Pinball iOS and Zen Pinball THD for Nvidia Tegra powered mobile devices, which is available as an in-app purchase for $1.99. There are 9 realms to “go through” to defend…
It was back in July when we told you ZeptoLab is working with Ape Entertainment to launch Cut the Rope-themed digital comics. Now the application is live, featuring the lovable Om Nom and his story. It [story] goes like this: The Cut the Rope: Comic series begins in a quaint little town where opportunity sometimes…
According to a new report (PDF download) from Berg Insight, good times are ahead for the mobile marketing industry. The company suggests that the total value of the global mobile marketing and advertising market will grow from 2.6 billion EUR in 2010 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37% to 17.2 billion EUR…
Super-popular annotation and drawing app for Android and Mac is now available for iPad! As you can imagine, it takes advantage of the large screen Apple’s tablet rocks to allow you to do much more. You can work with existing photos, screenshots, maps (very cool), take a new photo (if you have the iPad 2),…
And we thought the Acer Iconia Tab A200 will be an affordable tablet? It may turn to be the case but not in Russia where, according to Mobile-Review, it will sell for 14,990 rubles (about $470). Yep it’s the same 10.1-inch device with a dual-core processor we’ve seen getting FCC’s seal of approval in October…