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Procrastinating on your Holiday shopping? Don’t worry, App Santa is here with some amazing deals on 15 popular and insanely useful iOS apps. Here’s what App Santa is packing in his big red bag this Holiday season: Printer Pro – $2.99 Day One iOS – $2.99 Delivery Status – $2.99 PDF Converter – $2.99 Scanner Pro…
Motorola’s affordable Moto G is getting an early Christmas present. Motorola is rolling out the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update to global GSM and US GSM models beginning today. The update was promised to arrive early in the new year, but is landing a little early thanks to the hardworking team at Motorola Mobility.The update is…
The HTC Butterfly S is receiving a software update which began its rollout today. The update brings Android 4.3 to the table, as well as HTC’s Sense 5.5 UI. The update is a beefy one, weighing in at 750MB. According to MaximusHD ROM developer @LlabTooFer, the update carries version number 2.21.708.1, indicating that the update…
Ratchet & Clank: Into Nexus recently came out for the PS3, and now you can get in on the fun on your mobile devices too. Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus is an infinite runner that’s out now for iOS and Android! The mobile game ties in with the PS3’s Into Nexus if you log into…
While gold-colored smartphones are nothing new, they certainly seemed to catch on in 2013. Apple made a splash with their gold or “champagne” colored iPhone 5s, and Samsung released a curious gold-colored flip phone with smartphone innards, the Galaxy Golden. A few 24-carat gold encrusted smartphones released as well, with the HTC One and BlackBerry…
The Nike+ Running iPhone app was updated today with some new nifty features that take advantage of the iPhone’s built-in GPS and accelerometer. Now runners are able to select from various training programs that range in difficulty and receive daily workouts, reminders, and coaching tips. In addition a slight adjustment can be added for experience…
AMC today released its Yeah! app for the iPad. Those of you unfamiliar with Yeah!, the app is an online movie rental service that gives users access to a slew of “iconic films” that can be downloaded for 48 hours at a time. So what’s the big deal, you ask? Well the Yeah! app does…
After reporting a miserable third quarter showing losses of $4.4 billion and 56 percent in revenue decline, BlackBerry managed to give the latest news on BBM traction. BlackBerry announced that its messenger app has gotten over 40 million “newly registered iOS/Android users in the last 60 days.” The company failed to decipher what the total…
Verizon’s LG G2 is getting an update today, but it’s not the Android 4.4 update that we were hoping for. Dang. The update does bring some security fixes, adds a piece of Verizon bloatware and an improvement in video playback. The update brings Verizon’s LG G2 up to version VS98012B. Here’s the full changelog from Verizon:…
We’re seriously running out of taglines to describe the horror show that continues to play out in Waterloo, with BlackBerry unable to stop itself from hemorrhaging money. A couple of days ago we had a small glimpse into the doomsday numbers we were expecting today, as news spread that the company was letting go two…