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With the Kindle Fire selling like hots cakes, you just knew Barnes & Noble would have to strike back with its Nook lineup. The company introduced an 8 GB version of its Nook Tablet with a $200 price tag to try and cool that Fire down (alright, that was bad). The latest Nook Tablet is…
It looks like Microsoft has completed a version of its Office productivity software for the iPad and the app is awaiting Apple’s approval and should be available in a few weeks, according to a report from The Daily. The Daily says that the Office for iPad app enables users to create and store Word, Excel…
Just about the time we expected, Research In Motion has made the PlayBook OS 2.0 software available to the masses over the air. With the PlayBook OS 2.0, I believe the BlackBerry tablet becomes a much better and usable device because it now sports native e-mail and calendar to go along with a bunch of…
The Tegra chipset has been primarily the domain of high-end smartphones but the just-announced ZTE Mimosa X shows that NVIDIA is serious about capturing all parts of the market. While it’s not as exciting as the quad-core Tegra 3 phones we’re expecting at Mobile World Congress 2012, the ZTE Mimosa X packs enough features and…
I’m a big fan of the Stitcher Radio app (I have over 800 hours of usage, it tells me) and the company just released an updated iPhone app which will guarantee that my friends know how much I dig it because it now includes integration with Facebook’s Timeline. Once you download the updated app and…
The Apple App Store has been a phenomenal success and the company is about to reach the 25 billion download mark. It wants to celebrate and reward one lucky fan out there: if you wind up downloading the 25 billionth app for the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, you could win a $10,000 App Store…
Ou pals over at BGR got their hands on what they claim to be iOS 5.1 and this new version of the Apple software includes a revamped lock screen and a more intelligent Siri. One of the cool new features of iOS 5.0 was the ability to double tap the home button on the lock…
We’re just a few weeks away from one of the best sports events out there and March Madness will be filling up TV screens and streaming for free on many computers. If you want to watch games on your smartphone though, you better be prepared to pay a few bucks. This is a bit of…
The Wall Street Journal is continuing its investigations into your privacy online and its latest piece suggests that Google is bypassing Apple’s privacy settings to track iOS users with mobile Safari. This isn’t the case, Google said in response. Basically, the report said that Apple’s iOS browser has some features in it which block advertising…
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants you to know how dangerous distracted driving is and he believes that limiting the capabilities of your phone while you’re driving can be a major step in helping to solve this issue. He and the government are proposing some voluntary restrictions which will disable some of your phone’s features while…