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Ever heard of TED? It’s a yearly conference where bright people get up on stage, tell a story that’s anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes long, and then everyone in the audience dies because they’ve just had their minds blown. Sounds awesome, right? If you want to go to TED, then just forget about it.…
All you can eat subscription services are growing in popularity, and it’s easy to understand why. Give Spotify $10 per month and you can listen to just about every song ever recorded. Give Netflix the same amount of cash and you can instantly start streaming thousands of movies or television shows. When it comes to…
According to TmoNews, T-Mobile is going to launch a device called the “Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q” on August 15th. No, we didn’t make name that up. As you can see from the photo below, it’s quite … nasty. Under the hood though it’s quite a capable device. There’s a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon inside…
Nokia’s Lumia 800 launched in the UK in mid-November 2011. Prospective buyers had three colors to pick from: black, blue, and “magenta”. Eight months later and American shoppers will now be given the option of owning a pink Lumia, but not the cute and tiny Lumia 800. Instead it’s the 4G LTE packing Lumia 900.…
The term “quad core” immediately brings two devices to mind: Samsung’s Galaxy S III and HTC’s One X. That has LG pretty pissed off. They were the first company to announce a quad core smartphone, the Optimus 4X, but it took them quite a few months to get it on store shelves. What’s worse is…
If you own a device that runs Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, and if you use Twitter as your primary means of consuming up to date information, then chances are you don’t use Twitter’s official Twitter app. Why? Let’s cut straight to the chase, it’s shit. Power users don’t get all the advanced features they’re…
Microsoft is doing something incredibly bold this year. They’re launching three new operating systems. Two of them you’ve already heard about, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The third is one that’s set to confuse consumers all around the world, Windows RT. What is it? It’s Windows 8, but made to run on ARM compatible…
Nokia has this really cool service for developers called “Remote Device Access”, RDA for short. Instead of making developers pay top dollar for smartphones to test their apps on, they can instead secure some time to remotely play with a handful of devices that sit in one of Nokia’s offices. According to GSM Arena and…
Google Wallet was announced in May 2011. It’s now been 14 months since the company said they would change the way we pay for things. Have they? Absolutely not. Then there’s ISIS, a mobile payments company setup by three of the four major American operators. They announced their intent to replace the calfskin bifold in…
Richard Kerris, Nokia’s Global Head of Developer Relations, recently sat down with Neowin and told them a few things that are worth repeating here. First, he confirms what many of us already know, that Verizon Wireless will be carrying Nokia’s Windows Phones. When? “It wont be long,” which is about as vague of an answer…