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T-Mobile will be making it easier for users to buy things online and have it show up directly on their wireless bills but the Consumers Union is warning people to watch out because this convenience won’t come with the same types of protections you’d get with a credit card or debit card. Basically, the Consumers…
Who is TabCo? That’s the question that the company wants you to be asking and it just released another teaser video of its upcoming tablet which shows off its brand new operating system. We’ve covered TabCo before because we’re always interested to see new competitors in the rapidly-growing tablet space. So far, it’s just been…
You may have picked up a discounted HP TouchPad this weekend but if you didn’t, you may want to check out this preorder on Amazon because it shows that the next version will soon be coming out. The HP TouchPad 4G was announced last month and it should look nearly identical to the first webOS…
The FBI has hopped on the iPhone app bandwagon but this app stands out from the crowd because it could actually save lives. The Child ID iPhone app gives parents tools to help report if their child is missing. It may sound weird to fire up an app if your kid is missing, as many…
There’s some interesting data coming out of the latest Jumptap report, as the mobile advertising company has come up with some neat data about the advertising rates on Android, iOS and others. In particular, it’s fun to see which states tend to trend more toward Android or the iPhone. Of course, this data isn’t a…
HTC plans to make its Sense UI much more cloud-friendly with the $18.5 million purchase of the cloud-service provider Dashwire. “Cloud services are key to delivering the promise of connected services to our customers,” said Fred Liu, HTC president of engineering and operations, in a prepared statement. “People want access to all of their important…
The latest numbers from IDC are out and the research firm confirms what other firms have been reporting: Apple is now the largest smartphone maker in the world based on sales for the second quarter. Even without the help of a brand new iPhone, Apple was able to ship 20.3 million iPhones in the quarter…
If our review scared you off of the HP TouchPad with webOS you may want to give the tablet a second chance, as buying the device from HP directly this weekend will net you a $100 discount. The deal, first reported by PreCentral, says buying the 16 GB TouchPad directly from HP.com from Aug. 5-7…
We’re big fans of the Rdio service, so we’re happy to see that the music-streaming service now has a fully-featured iPad app. For those of you who don’t know, Rdio is a subscription music service which gives you access to millions of streaming or downloaded songs with a strong social twist. The iPad app takes…
Google made a big deal yesterday about how competitors like Microsoft, Apple and Oracle are using patent lawsuits to “strangle” Android but Microsoft is firing back and, quite frankly, making Google look pretty silly. Essentially, Google said that companies like Microsoft and other Android competitors were teaming up for a “a hostile, organized campaign” against…