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We reported just a few days ago that the Samsung Intensity III sliding keyboard phone would launch on Verizon Wireless, but that it was unclear when exactly that would happen. Well, the time has come because Verizon is selling the new Samsung handset starting today. The design of the Intensity III is composed of 80…
Like a snowflake, no two iPad or iPhone home screens are alike. Everybody has their own personal preference for setting up the apps on their iOS device and, of course, everyone has their own apps. Some are even so meticulous about the layout of their home screen that you’d think they’re furnishing a new home.…
AT&T apparently asked Research In Motion in 2010 to kindly build a competitor to the iPhone, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The dirty deed took place while Apple’s iPhone was still exclusively available on AT&T in the United States. “We work with all device makers to bring the best products to market…
Foursquare is announcing today what it’s calling the “next evolution” of third-party developer integration: connected apps. 25,000 developers were using Foursquare’s API up until now, but it was never able to be tied together with the Foursquare app itself — the features were all by their lonesome in a separate app. Starting today, Foursquare is…
On top of getting treated with skydivers and extreme bike riders to demonstrate Project Glass yesterday at day one of Google I/O, attendees left the keynote with a very generous amount of upcoming Google Nexus gadgets. Those lucky folk were the first to receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, which includes some nice across-the-board…
Google is launching apps for one of its most popular services along with one of its newest services today for iPhone and iPad: the Chrome web browser and Drive. Kudos to Google for doing a fantastic job maintaining the look and feel of Chrome for the desktop with Chrome for iOS — it looks nearly…
Vic Gundotra announced on stage at Google I/O the release of the Google+ app for Android tablets and the iPad. The design principles of the standard Google+ app for Android smartphones and iPhone are kept with the tablet version. It’s very nicely designed and easy to navigate. Hangouts work as expected and they will look…
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus just got a major price cut in the Google Play store. You can get your hands on one of the best Android devices on the market right now unlocked and contract-free for just $349. Best of all, for that low price, it comes preloaded with the latest version of Android announced…
At Google I/O 2012, the company is introducing the next version of Android, 4.1 “Jelly Bean” as well as something it calls Project Butter. This release is meant to make Android devices much more silky smooth during use. Lots of small refinements are present across the board in Jelly Bean and the most notable one…
Placecast unveiled an interesting solution to mobile payments today called ShopAlerts Wallet. It’s an HTML5 mobile web app that consumers can use to find local offers from various brands, plus process payments and store credit cards, tickets, and other payment information. ShopAlerts Wallet isn’t a direct app that users can navigate too. Instead, Placecast makes…