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Google is apparently looking to unify its messaging services under a single brand, according to a report from Geek. With the likes of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and Apple iMessage both having huge success on their respective mobile devices, Google must be feeling the pressure to streamline its various methods of messaging. The company currently serves…
I was actually pretty excited to see the new Samsung Galaxy S4. I was looking forward to the launch for most of the day yesterday. Not because I wanted Samsung to fail, which I don’t. In fact, anyone who knows me well knows my opinion of Samsung is glowing compared to what I think of RIM.…
Some colorful new Samsung Galaxy S IV cases have leaked ahead of its launch tonight. Some other cases have leaked for the GSIV but these latest ones give the upcoming handset a different design. The credibility is there though because just a few days ago we reported about a video of the GT-i9502, the model…
The people over at Tinhte got their hands on a mysterious Motorola phone that hasn’t been rumored or leaked via imagery in any way, yet the device sat in someone’s hands for a quite some time for showcase. You’ll notice on the bottom in small print the device reads “Motorola Confidential Property.” That didn’t work out too…
It looks like someone let the cat out of the bag a little early. Engadget got its hands on what appears to be a leaked promo video for Google Now on the iPhone and iPad. The fit and finish of the video as well as its similarity to the Android version’s video suggests it’s legitimate as…
You might be seeing a lot of headlines around the web today along the lines of “Motorola X Phone specs leak out!” You also may have noticed that headline is nowhere to be found on IntoMobile. That’s because thanks to the nice work over at Droid-Life, the image and specs have been debunked. The image…
A new Indiegogo campaign called SmartAds is looking to substantially lower the amount of money you pay for a smartphone or tablet by paying you in return for a bit of a chore. How would you feel about having a smaller phone bill if it meant you had to look at ads on your lock…
AT&T released a somewhat unusually optimistic response to the U.S. Library of Congress’s ruling about the unlocking of phones. It states that under copyright law, mobile phone users are no longer allowed to unlock their device without complete authorization from the carrier to which they subscribe. As you might imagine, this sparked plenty of controversy…
Egnyte, a paid service geared toward “enterprise file sharing” across devices, did an experiment tracking which mobile operating systems a sample of 100,000 of its paying customers were using to access it. While Android’s market share remained at a standstill for the majority of 2012, the iPhone (iOS) has started thinning out Android’s slice of…
PC Magazine columnist John C. Dvorak conducted a driving directions test between Apple Maps, Google Maps, and the crowd-sourced Waze app to see which of the three performed best at least in his own area: California. It turns out that despite the controversy surrounding Apple’s contender, Apple Maps actually bested Google and Waze in Dvorak’s…