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Ahh, HSN, previously known as the Home Shopping Network. The name brings back childhood memories of chain-smoking grandmas sitting around, painstakingly waiting for another John Wayne collector plate to grace the screen. Well, it seems times have changed, and HSN is now selling modern electronics. So why am I so surprised that Nokia’s new Lumia…
The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is rolling out Wi-Fi and cellular service to 30 stations across the city, including stations in mid-town Manhattan, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle. The infrastructure was rolled out by Transit Wireless, which has a reseller agreement with Boingo Wireless, who provides the Wi-Fi connectivity. Transit…
Qualcomm is profiting handsomely from the uptick in smartphone sales over the last year, reporting a revenue jump of 24 percent from its Q2 2013 earnings report which was posted today. Qualcomm reported a cool $6.12 billion in revenue, compared to $4.94 billion from the same quarter of 2012. Qualcomm’s net profit grew at a…
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III owners are in luck today, as they will be receiving Samsung’s Premium Suite upgrade on their devices, with Sprint rolling out build MD4. While the Galaxy S III was updated in October 2012 to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but it lacked the Premium Suite upgrade that brings some of Samsung’s fancy…
A new concept video of iOS 7 in action comes to us today from Rafael Justino, who has put together a beautiful video of things that could make their way to Apple’s next version of iOS. While nothing is officially known about Apple’s next refresh to its mobile OS, Justino has based his animation off of…
For those of you who have been waiting for BlackBerry’s new Q10 handset, that wait is getting shorter. T-Mobile has announced that it will be carrying the keyboard touting Q10, with pre-registration starting on April 29th. Pricing and release dates are still TBD, but by signing up for alerts on T-Mobile’s website you will be…
Acer has unveiled the Liquid E2 today, a mid-range handset with dual sim capabilities targeted for the European market. The Liquid E2 is a follow-up to Acer’s previously announced Liquid E1, which is a dual-core CPU powered mid-range handset also destined for European markets. The Acer Liquid E2 will be touting a quad-core processor, a…
Last week, Facebook made some improvements to its Android Messenger app, bringing free VOIP calls to users in the U.S. Today a new groundbreaking Messenger update comes to us, featuring…drum roll please… CUTE CAT STICKERS! That’s right, Zuck and crew have been hard at work, creating super cute sticker packs that Messenger and Chat Heads…
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If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on an iPad or just want to upgrade from the older model that you are currently reading this on, you’re in luck today as Apple has reduced the price of its certified refurbished Wi-Fi plus Cellular and Wi-Fi plus 3G variants of the iPad 2 and iPad…