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One of the most controversial racing games of all time Carmageddon is coming to a smartphone near you. Moreover, the game will be free for iOS and Android users for the first 24 hours as a thank you gift to fans who recently backed the successful Kickstarter campaign for PC title Carmageddon: Reincarnation. Carmageddon was…
At the rate technology is going, we knew at some point we’d be able to do cool things like control our home appliances through our mobile devices. Well, there’s a new stove that actually allows you to control it by way of the Internet. A United Kingdom based Appliance Company by the name of AGA,…
Yesterday I wrote up a post calling out Eric Schmidt for inaccurately predicting that six months from December 6, 2011, Android development would surpass iOS development. I used a few examples off the top of my head over the past six months of apps that did end up expanding to Android after gaining success on…
A new survey from the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) paints a potentially troubling picture for Android. CIRP looked at new iPhone sales for the month of April, and found that a whopping 38% of new iPhones sold in the month were to people who already owned a smartphone. Nearly 1 in every 4 iPhones…
If you’re still somehow searching for the best location-based “check-in” application around for your Android or iOS device, we’re inclined to question if you know what you’re doing at all if you don’t have Foursquare installed. The application just got a sharp update that is very easy on the eyes, all while making it easier…
Announced back in February at Mobile World Congress, HTC’s One V is a “low end” Android 4.0 smartphone with a single core processor that’s targeted at people who want something that’s affordable, yet not a piece of junk. It’s already out in the UK and if you want it it’ll run you roughly $385. That’s…
Samsung is eager to repeat the success it had with the previous Galaxy S smartphone and is therefore cornering mobile operators all around the world as we speak. Parts of Europe already got the Galaxy S III, while the U.S. citizens will get it later this month with 5 major carriers — including Verizon Wireless,…
ASUS is showing off a docking monitor for the Padfone, allowing users to place their smartphone-turned-tablet into a dedicated place and access all of the apps on a big screen. The way I see it – that’s what the future holds, with majority of Office folks using their computers this way. After all, today’s smartphones…
Android tablets are getting better and cheaper with the day. We’ve been telling you that Google and Asus may team-up on the first Nexus tablet, offering a 7-inch device for less than $200. And now we have Acer joining the low-cost tablet party. At Computex Taipei, the Taiwanese company is showing off a sub-$200 7-inch…
Rovio, the Finnish company that brought you Angry Birds, has just tweeted that their latest space themed title has been downloaded over 100 million times. According to The Next Web, that milestone was achieved in just 76 days. Our back of the envelope calculations say that’s an average of 1.32 million downloads per day, which…