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TechnoBuffalo pitted Siri on an iPhone 4S running iOS 6 against Google’s new Android 4.1 voice assistant running on a Galaxy Nexus. Jon Rettinger asked the two voice assistants common questions like what’s the weather and who won yesterday’s baseball game. The two platforms take different approaches to the feature, with Siri asking more questions to…
Today Gamestop announced that it will be selling Google’s Nexus 7 tablet in its stores. The world’s biggest video game retailer is offering the search giant’s flagship slate with a decent deal attached. Whoever rolls into the store can use the Gamestop trade-in program to grab themselves this Jelly Bean delight, as customers can use…
Adobe has officially announced that Jelly Bean won’t get the Flash support, though the software may continue to work. Starting from August 15th, the company will use the configuration settings in Google Play to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not…
Samsung’s Galaxy Note may soon get a competitor in the U.S. phablet market with a device that looks pretty similar (same) to the LG Optimus Vu clearing the FCC hurdle on its way to Verizon Wireless. Of course we could be wrong, but judging from the diagram above, it seems we’re right on target. To…
Yup, we know Samsung is working on a successor to its phablet device, Galaxy Note. The new rumor is that the Korean company will launch the new device in September to make it available for purchase before Apple starts selling the new iPhone. Moreover, it is said that the Note II will rock a quad-core…
Remember Skifta, that media sharing app we first spotted at the end of 2010. It’s now in version 1.5, bringing several handy features to the table, some of which have been demanded by its user base. The first thing you’ll notice is just how faster the application is. It’s like they’ve revamped the app from…
Springpad, which calls itself the “smart notebook app,” announced new Facebook integration features that apparently make organizing and sharing “likes” easier than ever. As that’s usually the case with Springpad, it will try to make your notes smarter, pulling relevant content from all around the web to show it alongside the stuff you and your…
The Endomondo Sports Tracker mobile fitness app has reached the 10 million user mark and to celebrate the big round figure, it is offering the PRO version of its app for only $1 through July 1st. Moreover, Endomondo is also sharing some cool stats alongside an infographic. Here are the highlights: Endomondo tripled its user…
On top of getting treated with skydivers and extreme bike riders to demonstrate Project Glass yesterday at day one of Google I/O, attendees left the keynote with a very generous amount of upcoming Google Nexus gadgets. Those lucky folk were the first to receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, which includes some nice across-the-board…
Dolphin Browser is going beyond its “business as usual,” introducing an open API to allow developers to run apps within the popular web browser for (available for iOS and Android devices). And right from the bat, they have first apps / add-ons to showcase, including Dropbox, Evernote, Pocket and Wikipedia, all of which users can…