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Spotify made a few big moves today, signing the iconic classic rock group Led Zeppelin to the streaming music service’s huge library, and offering users the ability to stream or “shuffle play” your Spotify music, favorite artists and customized playlists. Spotify will periodically insert audio ads into the mix, much like Pandora does. The move…
They are everywhere, we just can’t see them. Ghosts? Spirits? No, something way more interesting, cell phone signals. With cell phone penetration at an all time high in the United States and the world, the signals that are constantly being sent to and fro blanket the globe in an invisible cloak. But what if we…
The day has finally come for us to go karting with our favorite birds. Rovio today released its long-awaited Angry Birds Go! game to the masses worldwide. The new racing game mimics that of the super-popular Mario Kart games played on Nintendo game consoles. Angry Birds Go! is free-to-play and is available now for Android,…
While some of us can’t wait to get Ubuntu for Android, Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) would rather want us to buy a device that runs their own platform from the get-go. Alas, their effort to crowdfund the Ubuntu Edge failed despite raising a record-breaking amount of cash from Linux enthusiasts all around the world.…
ASUS has officially announced the PadFone Mini. The device we’ve seen leaked few days ago isn’t a powerhouse, but it does manage to deliver a solid bang for the buck. Specs wise, the Mini’s “phone part” rocks a 4.3-inch qHD (540 x 960 pixels) display, 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon MSM8226 chip, 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera…
It’s your lucky day if you hopped to get the hot-new Oppo N1. The device is now available from Oppo Style website, selling for €449 or $599, whatever works for you best. As you probably already know, what makes this device unique is its fancy 13-megapixel rotating camera that is not found on any other…
ZTE has managed to score 2.5 million pre-orders for its newly announced Nubia Z5S and Nubia Z5S Mini smartphones. Both devices will initially be available in China, but we do expect to see them launched all around the world in early 2014. In a press release, ZTE compares its success to the one of Xiaomi,…
Viber has updated its iOS and Android apps, and the main new thing is Viber Out. Yup, this means Viber users can now make low-cost calls to mobile and landline phone number, with tariffs that are lower than those Skype is offering. And many other VoIP services, for that matter. Initially, Viber Out is available…
Last week, Android 4.4.1 began rolling out to the Nexus 5 to address a few camera issues owners of the handset had been experiencing. Well, now Android 4.4.2 is rolling out to the Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and Nexus 4 devices. The Android 4.4.2 update is a small update that most contains bug…
Keeping up with the changing nature of social networks and microblogging, Twitter has updated both their Android and iOS apps today introducing a whole new look and feel as well as introducing some nifty features such as sending and receiving pictures in DMs and swipeable tabs available from the feed. DMs can now be easily…