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RIM is finally coming to terms with the reality that BlackBerry is losing ground to iOS and Android. To turn itself around, RIM recently cleaned out its executive leadership and is now looking to hire a financial adviser to help it weigh strategic options going forward, says a Bloomberg report. Hiring a bank to help…
According to 9to5 Mac, some Apple stores are replacing white iPhone 4 handsets with a white iPhone 4S . This isn’t a company-wide replacement policy, but a local phenomenon that’s only happening in select stores which have exhausted their inventory of white iPhone 4 handsets. The iPhone 4S would be a refurbished unit, but that’s still…
A few days ahead of schedule, Nokia released a software update that’ll address the data connectivity issue plaguing some Lumia 900 handsets. The update is available through the Zune software on the PC and the Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac. If they prefer not to apply the update, Nokia confirmed that customers still have…
Chevron WP7 announced on Friday that it closed its Windows Phone 7 unlocking service. Run by Rafael Rivera, Chris Walsh, Long Zheng and the Windows Phone team at Microsoft, Chevron WP7 sold 10,000 unlocking tokens to Windows Phone owners in the two months it was active. The Chevron WP7 project let owners unlock their device,…
Verizon Wireless has announced that its expanding its 4G LTE network to nine new markets, which are heavily concentrated in California. The areas that’ll be getting LTE include Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Monterey, Sacramento, Salinas, and the San Francisco Bay area in California. The only outlying area is Reno, Nevada. All these locales will get LTE…
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto talked with the Edge and the conversation turned to Rovio’s smash smartphone hit Angry Birds. Miyamoto, who only casually follows smartphone titles, had good things to say about the bird-flinging game. “What I like about Angry Birds is that it has a traditional videogame [feel] to it, but also a very…
LogMeIn is one of the top remote desktop apps for iOS and Android. It lets you connect to and control your desktop when you are away from home. On Thursday, the company improved its remote control service with a new cloud storage component called “Cubby.” For users, Cubby will let them let take any PC or…
Google announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday and the company raked in $10.65 billion in revenue for the quarter. This is up 24 percent from the $8.58 billion it reported in the first quarter of 2011. GAAP Net Income climbed to $2.89 billion, up from $1.80 billion in Q1 2011. The company is now sitting…
Samsung announced the pricing for its Galaxy Tab 2 tablets and the pair have a remarkably low price that starts at $249. The 7-inch model has a 1GHz dual-core processor, 3-megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 1024 x 600 display, and Android 4.0. The 10.1-inch model shares the same basic specs as the 7-inch model, but…
I love it when people mix Legos with technology in a fun and intriguing ways. Above is an example of a Nokia Lumia 900 dock that’s made from the classic building blocks. It’s not a child’s toy, the Lego dock has a sturdy design lets you charge your Lumia and dock/undock hundreds of times. There’s no block list or building diagram, but the creator of this Lego model does provide some close-up shots at different angles. With a little…