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A Verizon Wireless employee that TechCrunch considers trustworthy confirmed to the publication today that Verizon has indeed blocked out vacation days for all of staff, meaning during these days no one is allowed to take a vacation. Guess which days those are. Yup, September 21st all the way to September 30th. September 21st has been rumored…
It’s quiet. Too quiet. Nexus rumors have been awfully few and far between this year, so it’s no surprise that plenty of people are beginning to think there may not even be a Nexus device for 2012. Wait a minute though, here comes a rumor seemingly contradicting that theory. There may not be one, not…
Sony confirmed yesterday a pretty badly kept secret known as the Xperia SL smartphone. Sony Mobile’s website proudly displays the features and specifications for the new device, including the touted dual-core 1.7GHz processor and ultra-high resolution 12MP rear camera. The Xperia SL features a 4.3-inch scratch-resistant touchscreen with a 1280×720 pixel resolution. The aforementioned 12MP…
Android has been known for being incredibly vulnerable to malware threats, but a new study from Kaspersky shows that the problem is getting worse instead of better. From Q1 to Q2 2012, malware threats targeting the platform nearly tripled from 5,441 to 14,923 — that’s over the course of just three months. Almost half, or…
Sad story after sad story after sad story — that is the life of Research in Motion, otherwise known as RIM. What’s the latest sad story for the crumbling company? BlackBerry usage share in the United States has plunged down to just 1 percent. That is according to Chitika’s mobile web usage statistics. In fact,…
Judge Lucy Koh overseeing the Apple and Samsung trial is beginning to get a bit irritable with the two companies in this trial. Apple’s attorneys got an ear-full from her today. After presenting the judge with a 75-page briefing including 22 possible witnesses Apple considered calling to the stand once Samsung’s presentation finished, she asked…
Here’s an interesting twist on the remote access services that have been around for years. Instead of being able to control your laptop or desktop computer from your smartphone, the TeamViewer QuickSupport app provides a way to do the exact opposite: remotely control your Android smartphone from your computer. TeamViewer boasts that it is best…
There’s no question we’re all overly dependent on our smartphones. If you use your smartphone on a daily basis (which you probably do) and you say that you aren’t dependent on it, you are just flat out lying to yourself. Well just in case we wanted all the specifics on just how obsessed we are…
It doesn’t seem like too long ago that Instagram unveiled version 2.0 of its popular photo sharing app with a redesigned UI for snapping pictures, but the team has been hard at work and almost a year after that update, version 3.0 just hit Google Play and the App Store. With it comes a new…
We’ve seen iPhone leak after rumor after leak after rumor throughout much of 2012 and while the iPad mini was always a possibility, the rumors were sporadic and rarely substantial — until now, that is. Ahead of the launch in September or October, finally the iPad mini leaks are starting to appear. This one happens to…