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Untappd, a social network for beer-lovers, has just updated their web app so that you can find a specific brew in your neighbourhood based on where people have checked in to a specific brew. This is thanks in no small part to the Foursquare and Gowalla integration Untappd recently added, but unfortunately the new feature…
[Update: We know you all have been patiently waiting for an update on this contest, but up until now, we’ve only confirmed 2 of the 3 winners for our Motorola XOOMs. As per our contest rules, we’ve been giving our last winners five days to claim their prize, and picking a new winner if that…
Sprint hasn’t been shy about what it thinks of the proposed AT&T, T-Mobile merger and it expressed displeasure again as the carriers filed for a spectrum license transfer from the Federal Communications Commission. In a note, Sprint Senior Vice President Vonya B. McCann wrote: “Today’s filing only reinforces the significant risks presented by AT&T’s proposed…
Not long ago, we showed you the Honeycomb lockscreen “Morph” that can be applied to phones running CyanogenMod 7, but here’s a concept that takes the idea to the next level. This lockscreen, when officially available, will work in both landscape for tablet devices, and in portrait mode for phones, giving Gingerbread devices a little…
Samsung and Verizon Wireless made the Droid Charge official today. The 4G handset was originally introduced during Verizon’s CES press event in January. The Droid Charge will join the HTC Thunderbolt in Verizon’s LTE handset portfolio and includes the following specs: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display 1 GHz processor Rear-facing 8 megapixel camera with LED…
Although Nokia said it would be hooking up with Microsoft in February to produce smartphones with the Windows Phone platform but the companies finally signed an official agreement today. The Nokia, Microsoft deal revolves around four major points. The first is that there will be a combination of complementary assets, as it won’t just be…
Skyfire‘s custom browser for Android is making the big leap to 4.0 today, adding a few more customization options to its Skybar, but the biggest change is that now you have to pay to use their signature pre-buffered video streaming. The feature saves on both data usage and time, which Skyfire claims will offset the…
RIM’s big show of the year, BlackBerry World, is kicking off early next month, and we’re already expecting them to announce the Bold Touch 9900 and the Curve 9860, but we may see yet another BlackBerry announced. The Curve Touch (the CDMA version of which is code-named Malibu), will be a lower-end alternative to the…
Following up on the BlackBerry PlayBook teardown from this morning, an Ottawa company has not only done their own disassembly, but also tallied up how much all of the parts cost. According to their bill of materials, the 16 GB version costs $190, the 32 GB version costs $205, and the 64 GB model $235.…
It’s another quarter and another record profit for Apple, as the company posted second-quarter revenues of $24.67 billion and $5.99 billion profits thanks to the success of the iPhone and the iPad 2. The iPhone going to Verizon didn’t hurt AT&T’s earning and it also greatly helped Apple for the quarter. The company sold 18.65…