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Google just announced via email to pre-order customers of the Nexus Q that it’s postponing the launch of the Android-powered streaming media player. After fairly poor reception, Google is taking some extra time to make improvements before it ships. “When we announced Nexus Q at Google I/O, we gave away devices to attendees for an…
Yahoo updated the IntoNow app for iPhone and iPad to version 3.0 and with it comes a generous amount new features that presumably aim to ramp up user engagement within the app. The one that people are probably going to have the most fun with is CapIt, which is essentially a meme generator. Once IntoNow…
Senior Vice President of Design at Apple, Sir Jonathan Ive spoke at the British Embassy’s Creative Summit about how more than once Apple considered trashing the iPhone concept before it eventually made it to market. There were a few design obstacles the company was beginning to think were impossible to get over. “We nearly shelved…
There it is, the 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook from RIM. It’s not a mockup; it’s the real deal. Someone from Vietnam got their hands on it and posted it along with a full gallery of other photos in the Tinh te online forum. Nobody knows when or even if RIM will ever launch the 10-inch PlayBook, but…
According to a report from the Wireless Smartphone Strategies service by Strategy Analytics for smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2012, overall shipments in the United States fell 5.4 percent from the year-ago quarter to just under 24 million units. Q2 had one of the slowest growth rates ever for the U.S. smartphone market.…
The battle between Apple and Samsung is still ongoing and it doesn’t look like the fighting will end any time soon. It’s beginning to resemble a 4th grade fight on the playground over who cheated playing four square. Originally Apple was winning the legal war hands down, able to swiftly convince judges Samsung was copying…
Next Issue is, in a nutshell, the Netflix for magazine subscriptions. You sign up for the Next Issue service, download the iPad app, and for a flat monthly fee you have unlimited access to the pretty decently sized magazine selection Next Issue currently offers. It’s that simple. Even though Apple launched Newsstand last year with…
Stamped, one of my favorite apps and what I personally named one of the best in 2011, is out with version 2.0 of its app. It’s completely redesigned and reimagined with features that give it new purpose and celebrity users like Justin Bieber, Ellen DeGeneres, and Ryan Seacrest to help reel in some more users.…
Sprint just announced its earnings for Q2 2012 — and I use the word “earnings” loosely. The carrier is reporting a net loss of $1.4 billion, a diluted net loss of $0.46 per share, and an operating loss of $629 million. It’s not all bad news for Sprint, though. Revenue for the quarter was $7.3…
Google updated the Nexus Q Android app with support for older version of Android. Specifically, any handset or tablet running Android 2.3.3 or newer now have access to the app for controlling the Nexus Q streaming box, er, sphere. The social mix feature gains some improvements in the update as well. On the flip side, the…