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We were honestly not very sure what to expect from the Fusion Garage Grid10 because the company’s previous tablet effort, the JooJoo, was not worth writing home about. After spending some time with the Android-ish Grid10 device, I think it’s clear to say that it’s better than you’d expect but it will still face numerous…
Our friends over at Hunch have put together an infographic about what your platform of choice says about you and, in general, it says that iPhone owners have more money, are well-traveled and are early adopters. Android users are generally more pessimistic, like The Walking Dead and are younger than iPhone users. Of course, this…
We’re still reeling a bit from today’s news that Google will buy Motorola for about $12.5 billion in an attempt to protect Android from patent attacks and the chance to offer an end-to-end product but it’s important to know what led up to this. Let’s take a look at Motorola’s recent dealing with Android and…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon VP Greg Heart have filed for a patent which would bring miniature airbags to your cell phone that would deploy when/if you dropped it on the ground. Weird? Yeah but it could soon be a common way to save your phone. Even the best of us will drop our…
What do you do if you’re a city and you’re trying to minimize the damage from a protest? Well, if you’re San Francisco and run the Bay Area Rapid Transit, you just disable cell service at a few stations. On August 11, there was a protest effort aimed at disrupting service at various BART stations…
It’s a beautiful Friday and there isn’t too much going on in the mobile land right now, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to find out what apps you wonderful readers are digging lately. Since switching to the iPhone, I’ve been on a real app kick where I’m engaging with these programs…
LightSquared is trying to build out a 4G LTE network using satellite bands but there has been a lot of concern over if its network will interfere with GPS. The company recently told the government that any potential interference is because other companies are not following the Department of Defense’s filtering standards. In other words:…
Rovio is hoping to turn Angry Birds into the next Mario and the company is looking to raise funds at a valuation of about $1.2 billion, according to a report in Bloomberg. Rovio had previously raised $42 million but it appears like it needs more cash to expand. On its ambitious schedule is a full-featured…
The folks over at MacRumors have gone above and beyond when it comes to rumor-mongering, as the company has taken the supposed leaked iPhone 5 cases and created some 3D models. Is this what the next iPhone will look like? The Apple iPhone 5 will reportedly be thinner than the current model, will have roughly…
The Opinionaided app has just been updated to include new features and the company has also announced it has received $4.3 million in funding to help with its goal of quickly helping users gather opinions. The Opinionaided app will allow you to do things like take a picture of you with a new shirt and…