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Are you surprised to find that homes with higher household incomes tend to use the Internet more and also own more mobile devices than lower-income households? Shocking! Americans in high-income homes tend to do more online than their less-fortunate counterparts: pay bills, get news and are also more likely to own multiple mobile devices capable…
In early October, we caught wind of Motorola suing Apple over some alleged patent infringements. Later that month, Apple counter-sued Motorola for some patent infringements, too. It’s a patent-infringement-lawsuit extravaganza! This time, the International Trade Commission, or ITC, has agreed to look into Apple’s claims against Motorola. PC Mag reports: “The U.S. International Trade Commission…
Nokia is looking to seriously get back in the game after a few execs announced their departure this year. Stephen Elop, the company’s new CEO, announced the hiring of Jerri DeVard as the company’s new Chief Marketing Officer. DeVard’s job, basically, is to make Nokia a reputable or cool brand again. Right now, we all…
The ITU recently decided that two wireless technologies would be worthy of the 4G title: WiMax 2 and LTE-Advanced. Despite the decision, however, Sprint has continued to call its WiMax network “4G,” and surprisingly around that time T-Mobile decided to launch a massive campaign calling its HSPA+ network “America’s Largest 4G Network.” This week, at…
Yeah, I wonder that all the time myself — every night before I go to sleep, in fact. And today, I was delighted to find that someone put my question to the test. If 1,500 pounds worth of cell phones were plopped right onto a Chevy Camaro, how would the muscle car hold up? As…
Angry Birds has found itself on millions of handsets between the iOS, Android and Symbian platforms, and after all the death and destruction, a peace treaty was called to resolve the great avian/swine war. With all the talk of crashing through wood, glass and concrete and eggs being stolen, the birds and the pigs met…
Acer is stepping up its Android presence next year with tablets and a new 4.8-inch beast of a smartphone. For now, the Android handset coming from Acer doesn’t have a proper name yet, but on paper it looks pretty impressive. The near-five-inch display will have a 1024 x 480 resolution, 1GHz processor, 8MP rear camera…
So you wanted a Dell Streak, but you don’t like AT&T and would rather sit around for the next great, giant Android phone before taking that plunge. You’re in luck as the Dell Streak is now available unlocked here in the U.S. It also comes with Android 2.2 right out of the box, so you…
The knock-off market never ceases to amaze me, and of course the iPhone, iPad and other Apple products seem to be the most copied. I find it interesting to see what manufacturers looking to swipe someone else’s design will do with it. Sometimes I find myself thinking, “OK, that’s not so bad, actually,” while other…
If you’ve had to get your iPhone 4 serviced recently, you might have noticed a little change down by the connector: it very likely has 5-point Torx screws in it. If you aren’t the type inclined to go digging into your gadgets or tweaking hardware for fear of destroying something, it’s probably not a big…