One of the biggest news outlets in the country, The Chicago Sun-Times made a bold move yesterday, firing all of its 28 photographers in favor of freelance photographers and reporters using iPhones to capture photos for news stories. The move is reportedly being made to improve the company’s standing with its “digitally savvy” readers. Here…
HTC One Google Edition Announced – Coming to Google Play Store June 26th for $599
The HTC One Google Edition is finally official. The HTC One is one of the best, if not the best Android phone around right now, and now it’s getting the Nexus-like experience that we recently saw the Galaxy S 4 receive at this year’s Google I/O a few weeks back. “A special edition of the…
Rumor: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 getting improved 13MP camera
The latest rumor to churn out about the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is that it will get a majorly improved camera over the Galaxy Note 2. According to reports, Samsung is planning to throw in a high-quality 13MP shooter. That’s a significant upgrade from the 8MP camera on the Galaxy Note 2 and it’ll probably…
Flickr Redesigned, adds New Android App and 1 Terabyte Free Storage!
“We were talking about another company that dropped the e before the r, and we realized we wanted to make Flickr awesome again.” Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said before the redesigned Flickr‘s big reveal. Of course she was referring to Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr, which we reported on earlier today. But the redesign of Flickr, it’s lovely…
Apple has a $100 billion in the bank — what are they saving it for?
For over a decade, Apple has been known as the company who’s been leading the charge in product innovation. Now with the passing of Steve Jobs, many people question if the company can hold true to such a high standard. Strangely, Apple has sat idly by while Google continues to snatch up innovative start-ups such as Sparrow, Snapseed, Meebo,…
T-Mobile axing phone subsidies won’t be its death — let me tell you why
When T-Mobile finally struck a deal with Apple to bring the elusive iPhone to its network it essentially put an end to its issue with subscriber drop-off. Love it or hate it, the one thing people fail to realize is the importance of the iPhone to carriers, as it brings stability to a wireless providers’ roster of…
5 apps you get paid to use
Most people don’t realize there are plenty of legit reward apps that will pay users for simply using their application. Interestingly, you can collect points with the tap of a button on your iPhone or Android smartphone and redeem those points for gift cards, discounts, cash and electronics such as tablets, mP3 players or headphones.…
No LTE on the Nexus 4 is a middle-finger from Google to US carriers
This time of year, there are a few things us upper east coasters can expect. We expect the weather to get colder, trees begin to shed their beautifully colored leaves, pumpkins, and the unveiling of Google’s latest flagship phone. So when the search giant announced the LG Nexus 4, many folks were excited. However, once…
Dear Andy Rubin, phone apps on tablets suck
Apple kicked off its event today with its usual big number announcements. The mega tech company touted that it has sold 100 million iPads, received 200 million iOS 6 downloads, 300 billion iMessages sent, along with 36 billion iOS apps downloaded. In addition, Apple issued upgrades to all its Macs (except for the Mac Pro)…
Top five mobile commercials that’ll leave you saying WTF? (Round 2)
As promised, we’re back for the second dose of the Top 10 WTF? commercials in mobile. This week the spotlight centers on some more head scratching botches from our favorite carriers and manufacturers. T-Mobile MyTouch Slide commercial Let’s be honest, folks. Any MyTouch commercial could have made this list. This was a bad commercial because…









