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Apple has hired Kevin Kenney as a “Senior Composites Engineer“. Previously he had spent the past 14 years making carbon fiber bikes as the President and CEO of Kestral Bicycles. Kevin has worked with Apple in the past as a consultant, and he even helped contribute to an Apple patent that was…
Something weird is going on with Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt. A number of users have reported a problem regarding the phone’s ability to keep a 4G LTE connection even in very good coverage zones. Users from all around the States — including Ft Lauderdale, Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis, Fremont, Irvine, Phoenix, Jacksonville and Los Angeles — noticed…
We had seen the BlackBerry Torch 2 in a series of product rendering shots and leaked roadmaps, but today we get to see the real thing up and running. It’s running OS 6.1, and the few shots show options for Bridge (to share e-mail, contacts, and other PIM apps to the PlayBook tablet), as well…
Symbian is no longer open source, according to Nokia, and the source code is only going to be available to a number of select collaborators. Apparently, Nokia has received more than a few inquiries as to what it means by “open” and “open source,” so it decided to clarify that today. Nokia says on it…
Going to huge tech conventions and conferences like CTIA 2011 is a rough life. You wake up very early every single day to hit meetings, keynotes to live-blog and hot hardware to track down. Then you’re walking a few miles every day as you trek the showroom floor in search of cool new gadgets, accessories…
An Apple patent that was filed back in October 2009 has just become public. It describes a future potential screen technology that combines both electronic ink, as made popular by the Amazon Kindle, and traditional LCD, as seen in practically every mobile phone and tablet to ship in the past decade. The…
For the less technologically adept, the thought of jailbreaking an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad might be a little intimidating. A quick glance at Craigslist will prove that there are plenty making a pretty penny off of that intimidation. Kevin Lee, a George Mason University senior, certainly didn’t think that helping a few friends and…
If you’re a fan of the HTC Thunderbolt, like we are, you’re probably wondering where all the ideas and creativity behind the smartphone came from. There’s a lot that goes into making a smartphone, so to show you what went into making the Thunderbolt a reality, HTC has posted an inspiring video that gives you a close-up…
Yesterday there was some news hinting that the upcoming T-Mobile G2x may debut a bit sooner than we were expecting – the G2x is basically the US variant of the LG Optimus 2X with support for all US 3G frequencies. Turns out, both rumors were right. Starting next Friday, you can grab one of the…
Microsoft isn’t shying away from Apple’s products, as it has just released a Bing iPad app and this program is actually pretty darn cool. The Bing iPad app is similar to the iPhone version but it has been optimized for the larger screen. As you would expect, you can quickly do searches from the top…