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Apple is about to expand the reach of its iOS platform beyond smartphones and tablets. According to the recent Financial Times report, the Cupertino-based company has struck deals with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo; and will officially launch the platform next week. No other details are known yet, but if everything goes as planned – we’ll…
We’re sure plenty of you have spent a good amount of time playing Tony Hawk games on old gaming consoles at one point or another, but soon you’ll be able to kickflip and bail from your own smartphone. The latest title in the Tony Hawk game series is set to be a mobile exclusive, and…
Kendrick Lamar has just been added to the lineup of Apple’s first music festival, the iTunes Festival which will be held in Austin, TX on March 11-15th. The festival will be held at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. The five-day festival has already gathered a star-studded lineup, which spans every genre from hip-hop to…
Could selfies be leading to an increase in teen lice outbreaks? It’s an interesting proposition, but probably not. A report surfaced a few days back via SFist which claimed that an increase in teen head lice infestations was due in part to the popularity of selfies, particularly of the group variety. That may not be…
Ever wonder how people around the world access the internet? Sure, in most first-world countries, we have cheap and easy access to fast broadband, but there are still some countries that don’t have the luxury of using that 10Mbps connection. A new infographic showing how the world consumes the internet has arrived with some very…
Allwinner has unveiled a new octa-core processor that will soon be used in mobile devices, the UltraOcta A80. The processor is the world’s first ARM big.LITTLE octa-core heterogeneous SoC design that includes a PowerVR Series6 GPU. In layman’s terms? Our tablets and smartphones are about to get a heck of a lot faster. The UltraOcta…
T-Mobile’s JUMP! early device trade-in program has been given a few tweaks, allowing T-Mobile customers more flexibility when it comes to upgrading to a new smartphone. The program, which launched mid-2013 allows T-Mobile customers to upgrade their devices more frequently in exchange for paying a little bit more each month. Pretty much every major carrier…
Pico projector technology has grown by leaps and bounds, and could very well find their way into more mobile devices in the near future. Texas Instruments has released its new Pico chipset at MWC 2014, and its the smallest, most efficient Pico chipset to date. Known as the 0.3″ HD Tilt & Roll Pixel DLP…
Taking a page for T-Mobile, AT&T has announced the introduction of International LTE data roaming for U.S. customers who venture outside the border. This news comes just months after AT&T expanded its LTE data roaming to Canada, as well as the U.K. Today, AT&T has added SPain, France, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Switzerland,…
Lenovo has just announced a new premium app suite for iOS and Android users, called the DOit Series. The apps are intended to help you sync and share your information across your smartphones and tablets while providing securely and easily. The DOit app series includes: SHAREit – shares information instantly between multiple devices without network…