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Apple’s popularity is on the decline, and the company knows it. Internal documents from 2013 straight from the Cupertino company reveal that Apple is well aware of the company’s shortfalls. The slides were released as part of evidence in Apple’s ongoing patent battle with Samsung. Re/Code spotted the slides, which were submitted as evidence by…
Texting and driving is dangerous business, and we all know it. A new PSA from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration takes just 30 seconds to scare you into never picking up your phone while driving again. The ad’s debut coincides with the kick-off of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The ad begins with three…
In just a few days on April 11th, the Samsung Galaxy S5 will land on retail store shelves. The Gs5 can be purchased online right now if you’re super antsy and need Sammy’s new flagship, but if you are looking to pick up the GS5 on a mobile carrier, Target’s got you covered. The U.S.…
Forget the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 and 805, some new mobile processors are coming that will blow away any other processors out there today. Qualcomm announced the 64-bit Snapdragon 808 and 810 processors today, which will provide incredible connectivity while blasting through processor intensive apps and services. That means that Android powered tablets and smartphones are…
Super popular messaging app WhatsApp is changing it up a bit, moving into a new phase which sees the company working with carriers to provide prepaid SIM cards which provides access to WhatsApp without eating up a customers’ mobile data allotments. WhatsApp is now offering a €10 SIM card from E-Plus which gives customers unlimited…
As I’m sure you all know, HBO Go crashed last night, denying millions of people access to the season four premiere of Game of Thrones. GoT wasn’t the only season premiere last night, though. Mike Judge’s new half-hour show that takes on the tech scene, Silicon Valley debuted right after GoT on HBO. In case…
Motorola (or that’s Lenovo?) is working on the successor to its popular Moto X smartphone, EVleaks is reporting. The upcoming Moto X + 1 device will likely build on top of the current model which we learned to love due to its slick interface and voice commands. That said, we’re not sure what else could…
Just the other day, Verizon Wireless has started accepting pre-orders for the Samsung ATIV SE, the Korean company’s first Windows Phone device in years. That model, however, is still shipping with Windows Phone 8 and will get the platform update (to Windows Phone 8.1) later in the year. Meanwhile, we may see the other Sammy…
After many rumors and leaked photos, we’ll finally see the Huawei announcing the Ascend P7 on May 7th. The event will take place in Paris, France, hinting us that outside China, Huawei expects to sell a ton of these in Europe. From what we’ve heard before, the P7 will build on top of the last-year’s…
Microsoft is apparently working to make Windows Phones compatible with hi-res 2K screens and next-gen chips. In fact, a Windows Phone device marked as Qualcomm LiQUID has been caught at GFXBench, and from its listing we learn that it will come with a 2K / QHD screen and Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip. Unfortunately, the listing…