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Mamma Mia! A ton of new information about the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat surfaced early today, thanks to Italian website Tutto Android. There’s a ton of stuff here to look at, so let’s get cracking! First off, the camera icon has a new placement on the lock screen. The icon now resides on…
Aereo has an interesting business model. It captures over-the-air TV signals using antennas and streams that content via the Internet to the iPhone, iPad and soon Android devices. Customers can also save programs to a cloud-based DVR service to watch later. The company announced this week that it was preparing an Android version that would…
Apple’s gameplan seemed simple enough: release two different models of the iPhone, a premium model, the iPhone 5s, and a colorful budget model iPhone 5c. Current iPhone owners would gravitate twords the iPhone 5s, while newcomers to the Apple game and customers in emerging markets would snatch up the iPhone 5c because, you know, everyone…
Just when you think BlackBerry is dead and gone, the Waterloo company surprises us as it continues to truck along. Yesterday, Rogers, Canada’s largest cellular provider clarified to its subscribers that it would in fact carry the next BlackBerry flagship smartphone, the Z30. However many U.S. retailers have yet to show the same commitment to…
The largest global event in Ingress history, Operation #13Magnus, is set to kick off tomorrow in LA and San Jose. There, Ingress agents from the Enlightened and Resistance will battle each other to claim the cities for their own faction. On the heels of the massive Operation #Cassandra, Operation #13Magnus is said to dwarf its…
Well here’s a juicy rumor! Samsung is said to be launching the Galaxy S5 in January, in an attempt to make up for falling Galaxy S4 sales. If this rumor holds any water, we could be seeing Sammy revealing the GS5 at CES in Las Vegas. But maybe not- Samsung has the reputation for throwing…
BlackBerry still has a stronghold of fervent customers in its home company of Canada. These customers recently raised a stink with Canadian wireless carrier Rogers, which was rumored to be snubbing BlackBerry by not carrying the new BlackBerry Z30. Rogers released a statement earlier this week clarifying that it will be selling the Z30 online…
Sony’s Xperia Z1 f, aka the Xperia Z mini has been announced, hitting Japan on the NTT DoCoMo network. The device will begin shipping in late December, and will come in four different colors; black, white, lime green and pink. The Xperia Z1 f rocks an aluminum frame and keeps many of the awesome specs…
Oh, the old Blue Screen of Death. Older Windows users are sure to remember the dreaded sign, which would lock up one’s computer and display a blue screen along with white text explaining a Windows error. We all thought those days were behind us, but apparently they are not. In a sick twist of fate,…
Sprint has begun pre-orders for the LG G2 today, for just $99.99 with a new two-year contract. Customers who pre-order the device will also receive a free black G2 QuickWindow case. The LG G2 is undoubtedly one of the most powerful Android handsets out there today, with a 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of…