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Users of Google+ are all too familiar with the automatic photo syncing system, where pictures taken with your mobile device’s camera are automatically privately uploaded to your Google+ account for easy sharing. I’ve personally used the feature on numerous occasions, often relying on it for when I need to access a picture I’ve taken on…
If for some reason you want to buy a Kindle or Kindle Fire tablet from Walmart, your time may soon be running out. Walmart announced today their intentions to stop selling Amazon’s line of Kindle devices once its commitments and inventory run out, a move the retailer chalks up to its “merchandising strategy.” What’s unclear at…
T-Mobile will be preloading The Avengers movie on Samsung Galaxy S III, starting from September 25th. The no. 1 movie of the year and 3rd biggest release of all time, The Avengers will be virtually pre-loaded on all T-Mobile Galaxy S III smartphones in HD quality on the same day when it becomes available on…
AT&T and Sprint have started rolling out software updates for their respective versions of the Samsung Galaxy S III. AT&T is pushing out an 82MB heavy download (build version IMM76D.I747UCALH9) that comes with just a few noticeable changes — we think there’s more under the hood. For instance, the settings menu has been reworked as…
Two high-end smartphones have been caught at the FCC’s website. The first one is international version of the Nokia Lumia 920, which comes with support for five LTE bands used outside of the US and zero within. Hopefully, the U.S. specific model will follow soon so that AT&T could launch it on October 21st. The…
The hot-new Motorola Razr HD will apparently hit Europe by the end of this month. According to FrAndroid, two of the largest mobile operators in France, Orange and SFR, will start offering the Android smartphone in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, we still don’t have the price tag, but I would guess both carriers will…
Google will release an update to the Google Maps for Android application today, on the day that Apple will release iOS 6 which removes Google Maps from the platform. The updated Maps application bring additional features that make Android users lives easier, such as syncing maps across devices so that locations searched for on a…
After the Kindle Fire HD 7″ was released, it was discovered that Amazon detracted from the company’s previous developer-friendly attitude towards the original Kindle Fire. Amazon allowed developers to root the Kindle Fire, which was done fairly easily. This time around, however, Amazon not only locked down the bootloader on the Kindle Fire HD, they…
Samsung has just announced the Galaxy Note II, and it will be available to all major U.S. carriers by mid-November. This confirms the rumor that leaked out a week ago, which nailed the carriers who would receive the hybrid phone-tablet. The Korean based company claims the new Note will pack “some of the best capabilities…
Google announced that more than 600 new Twentieth Century Fox movies and TV shows will soon be available for rent and purchase from Google Play and YouTube. Fox’s new release Prometheus in HD is already out on the store, three weeks ahead of the Blu-ray, DVD and video-on-demand release. During the next few weeks, even…