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Microsoft has taken the wraps off of Windows Phone 8.1 this morning at a three-hour keynote event at Microsoft’s BUILD conference in San Francisco. The update brings a new Action Center to Windows Phone devices, as well as Windows’ Siri and Google Now competitor, Cortana. Windows Phone 8.1 is expected to begin rolling out to…
So that rumor about Amazon releasing a streaming TV box? Turns out its true. Amazon revealed the Fire TV today, a set-top streaming media box that also doubles as a game player as well. Fire TV will offer all of the streaming content we’ve grown to love, such as Netflix, Hulu and of course, Amazon…
Google has yet again released its report on active Android devices and their software versions. As one would expect, KitKat has continued to grow and now accounts for 5.3% of all devices accessing the Google Play Store. For those who count, that’s more than double the previous count when KitKat was running on just 2.5%…
Lenovo unveiled a new range of affordable tablets. The A-series devices come in three different flavors, with screen sizes ranging from 7 to 10.1 inches. Unfortunately, the Chinese firm failed to go into details, though we do know that all of these will rock quad-core chips. Here are the highlights; A7-30 – Armed with Dolby-enhanced…
Huawei is getting closer to the Ascend P7 launch as we have two in-the-wild photos of this phone to show you. Brought to our attention by the good folks of G4Games, this smartphone will supersede the Ascend P6 adding a faster processor, better 13-megapixel camera and bigger, 5-inch full HD screen to the mix. It…
Apple has launched TD-LTE versions of the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display in China. The new devices join the GSM/CDMA and Wi-Fi only variants, and are made for China Mobile users. Speaking of which [China Mobile], it is the world’s largest carrier (obviously) one of Apple’s biggest partners. The TD-LTE iPad Air…
HTC will soon start rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for the original HTC Butterfly. The firmware is in development as we speak and should be out in the next few weeks, or months. This release, unfortunately, doesn’t include the brand-new Sense 6.0 but you still get a more-than-decent Sense 5.5 which, among other things,…
This week BlackBerry is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its BlackBerry World storefront. To mark the event, the company is offering 10 premium apps for free, 5 for BlackBerry 10 and 5 for legacy BlackBerry users. BlackBerry 10 apps are as follows: Tilt Scan to Text InstaVenue Uno Doodle Jump BlackBerry OS apps: Iron Man…
HTC will most certainly be expanding the All New One family of devices with additional models. We’ve already heard that the new One Mini is in development, and now 3G.co.uk is telling us it will be out in May. Their source, inside a UK retailer, also said that we should expect a bigger (than the…
Finally, an Android app we’ll actually use! A new app/game called Burpy is here, allowing you to challenge friends and even strangers to a burping competition! I know, it sounds like a lame April fools joke, but it’s real! Now that baseball season is here, I’m sure you’ve all got some serious burping in your…