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Yahoo! announced late on Wednesday that it is acquiring task manager app Astrid. The service that powers Astrid will continue to operate for the next 90 days and then it will shut down. The company will no longer accept new paid subscriptions and current paid members will receive a refund. Astrid debuted on Android and…
Google updated its Android distribution for the month of April. And nothing is a surprise. While Android 2.3 Gingerbread still holds the majority share of the pie, Android Jelly Bean is still climbing. Collectively, Android Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean hold over 55% of the chart you see above, meaning that there are more…
We took the time to review the Asus MeMO Pad Smart 10 last month and deemed it as a worthy Android tablet for those on a budget but didn’t want budget specifications. It looks like Asus is prepping a successor of its budget tablet with a few spec bumps of its own. The updated Asus…
Android tablet shipments took off last year, shipping more units than others in the tablet market, according to technology research firm IDC. According to IDC’s numbers, Android tablets shipped 27.8 million units in Q1 2013, which is a 247 percent improvement over Q1 2012. That leaves Android with a 56.5 percent share of the tablet…
Like many other handset-makers, Sony has always had a focus on its smartphone’s cameras. Unlike many other handset-makers, Sony knows its way around the area with its Cyber-shot, NEX, and DSLR camera lineups. So, when we hear that Sony is looking to bring a whopper of a sensor into an upcoming Android handset, we’re not…
Thanks to SamMobile, we now have some new rumors about Samsung’s Galaxy Note III phablet. The device is tipped to be touting a 5.99″ Full HD Super AMOLED display, an Exynos 5 Octa-Core processor, a Mali 450 GPU with eight cores and a whopping 3 GB of RAM. The device will be running the newest…
According to a new filing from the FCC, T-Mobile is planning on releasing the Sony Xperia Z on its network. We heard a rumor suggesting the device was making its way to T-Mobile last month, and the FCC filing nudges that rumor closer to reality. The FCC filing shows a version of the Xperia Z that…
The HTC M4 has been making its way through the rumor mill since last February, back when HTC’s One was still being called the M7. A new render of the rumored HTC M4, or HTC One Mini as it has now been dubbed, has been leaked today. The render shows us a device almost identical…
AT&T announced today that the LG Optimus G Pro will be coming to its network soon, with pre-orders for the device starting on May 3rd and device availability slated for May 10th. The Optimus G Pro will be available for $199.99 with a new two-year contract. Customers who take advantage of the pre-order will also…
I’ll admit it, I’m a huge Manga nerd. Heck, I was even so obsessed with Anime and Manga as a teenager that I took three semesters of Japanese (most of which I have forgotten, Gomennasai!) While nerding out the other day, I figured out a way using two to star in my own Anime adventures…