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Former Googlers Maneesh Arora and Amit Sangani spent the better part of their careers working on the likes of the now-defunct Google Health, Adsense, and Adwords platforms while under Google’s employ. After leaving the Goog, these two engineers teamed up to develop MightyText, which they commonly describe as an application that combines Gmail and iMessage into…
Like its competitor HTC, LG is turning away from tablets and focusing on smartphones for its mobile strategy. Ken Hong, a spokesman for the Korean manufacturer, told Bloomberg that “We’ve decided to put all new tablet development on the back burner for the time being in order to focus on smartphones.” LG has made a…
There’s an image floating around the internets of an as yet to be released Motorola device that’s turning quite a few heads. Here’s what we know: This mysterious smartphone packs a 5 row QWERTY keyboard, it looks like it runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it doesn’t have any front facing buttons, and from the…
Google is now letting select group of developers respond to user comments posted on Google Play. As far as we’ve understood, this capability will initially be available to companies and individuals with the “Top Developer” badge with the plan to expand the scheme and let every single developer publishing an app in Google Play do…
We’ve been already telling you about Samsung’s SAFE (Samsung Approved for Enterprise) program, which is made to reassure enterprises Samsung devices are secure enough to be used in the corporate environment. Of course, the hot new Galaxy S III is joining this list and readying to fit into existing BYOD (bring your own device) policies.…
AT&T won’t be the only carrier in North America to get the Sony Xperia Ion, with some Canadian carrier(s) readying to join the party. The rumor is that an LTE-enabled model will be released in the country, hinting us that any of the three major operators could get it, including Rogers, Bell and Telus. Then…
During my 3-day vacation, Google Play informed me there’s a new update for Angry Birds Seasons, which — believe it or not — is the only Angry Birds game I have installed on my Samsung Galaxy S II. The reason is simple – I don’t want to get addicted to another game, hence I’m playing…
Almost missed this… Samsung Canada announced a week-long delay of the Galaxy S III launch in the country, citing overwhelming demand for the problem. The official wording goes like this: Due to unprecedented global demand for the highly anticipated Samsung GALAXY S III, with more than 9 million carrier pre-orders to date, the date of…
If you recall, the Denmark-based Lumigon unveiled a new phone at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – Lumigon T2. At that point, they haven’t told us how much the fancy-lookin’ device will cost though we knew it won’t impress geeks with its guts. The reason is simple – it comes with a single-core…
ZTE, the Chinese handset vendor that isn’t quite as popular as their closest competitor, Huawei, has just announced the Grand X LTE. As the name implies, this thing has 4G LTE connectivity. That’s provided courtesy of the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 inside. Strangely enough, He Shiyou, the Head of ZTE’s Handset Division, says: “We are the…