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Instagram, the incredibly successful photo-sharing app for iPhone, is finally headed to Android but there’s no word on when it will land. The app debuted in the App Store a little over a year ago, and up until now has remained exclusive to the iPhone. In that short amount of time, Instagram has been able…
Have you ever noticed an odd trend with the names of Android smartphones? There’s the Samsung Epic 4G Touch, HTC Evo Design 4G, Samsung Galaxy S II 4G, Samsung Captivate Glide, LG T-Mobile myTouch Q, and so many more. Do you see any similarities? Yes, the names suck. Introducing the Android Phone Name Generator. It’s…
In a rare occurrence, AT&T and Sprint have come to an agreement to begin their own legal battles in court after an upcoming trial between AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice. Both carriers decided they don’t want to interfere with the case, which will begin on February 13, 2012. The U.S. Justice Department originally filed…
The Android Market hit a humongous milestone this past weekend, as it passed the ten billion app download milestone. It has come a long way since the end of 2008 and Market downloads are now happening at a rate of one billion per month. Google didn’t announce the lucky Android user that made the prestigious…
Verizon is making an effort to say that it’s not blocking Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus, but the mobile payment service still won’t be on the first U.S. Ice Cream Sandwich device. Verizon states a case for itself in a very vague manner: “Google Wallet is different from other widely-available m-commerce services. Google Wallet…
After extensive coverage of Samsung‘s war with Apple overseas, there’s a bit of a twist today: the legal battles don’t always involve Samsung and they aren’t taking place overseas. Welcome back to the legal battles between HTC and Apple. On December 14th, the smartphone manufacturer may face a giant ban against U.S. imports. If so, it…
Not too long ago, a very large sum of people were afraid to shop online due to fears of credit card theft and other reasons. Not only are most of us now comfortable with shopping online, we’re going on shopping sprees on our mobile devices more than ever, according to a new study from comScore.…
Listen, I understand it’s tough. That new H1Siri port is out and it brings Siri to your iPhone 4. You really don’t want to spend the money to get an iPhone 4S just so you can talk to your phone. Instead, you’d like to have it on your mint-condition iPhone 4 for free. I get…
Speculation arose last night that in addition to Android using Carrier IQ to track users’ actions, iOS also had it implemented. Today, Apple has released an official statement for clarification: “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any…
We’ve never really liked preinstalled apps on Android phones but now that North Carolina State University researchers have revealed a major flaw in some on-board Android apps, we hate it even more. The researchers said these vulnerabilities can allow for the sharing of your potentially sensitive information without your permission. Malicious apps could tap into…