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The heads behind Google’s Android team updated the platform distribution numbers going into the month of October. As expected, adoption for the Jelly Bean operating system has continued to grow as it now approaches 50 percent of all Android devices (48.6% to be exact). Keep in mind, this doesn’t mean that half of all users…
And we thought BlackBerry pretty much completed the testing of BBM for Android. Think again. The Canadian company is rolling out another round of tests among select group of Android users who’ll get to see a new welcome screen, the persistent notifications in the status bar and a slightly revamped UI. In addition, the mentioned…
It’s almost official – Apple and China Mobile have found a mutual ground and soon enough, the iPhone will be available from the world’s largest mobile operator! As far as we’ve understood, China Mobile will launch one of the two new iPhones (or both) in late October or early November. The posters and other marketing…
ZTE may be gearing towards bringing the Nubia Z5 Mini to the United States, GforGames is reporting. During the International Communications Exhibition event in Beijing, the company’s executive mentioned something of this sort, pretty much starting the rumor-mill across the Interwebs. The smartphone we’re talking about here is a mini version of the big/regular Nubia…
A new Kickstarter project that has just reached its goal is going to change the way you interact with your pets while on the go. The Petcube is a little black box that you leave at home with your pet to keep him or her from scratching up the sofa while you’re away. Packed into…
The Shadowrun universe began as a tabletop RPG. But the compelling Cyberpunk world its creators built spawned several other properties, including some excellent video games. The separate Shadowrun games for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis brought deep Western RPG gameplay and gritty Cyberpunk story telling to console known more for colorful Japanese side scrollers.…
@evleaks posted a press render on Twitter this morning, showing the Nokia Lumia 929 in a nice white color, heading for Verizon. The device is expected to be announced at a press event on October 22nd, alongside a Windows RT tablet, the Lumia 2520. The Lumia 929 is rumored to be coming in two colors, black…
Last week the Humble Mobile Bundle 2 was unveiled. It included 6 great games for Android users. As usual, the Humble Bundle folks have sweetened the pot, adding 3 more games and an eBook to the mix! The Humble Mobile Bundle adds rag doll runner QWOP, side scrolling sword fighter God of Blades, much loved…
T-Mobile seemingly never runs out of great deals for new smartphones, and its latest promotion is about as good as it gets. Starting today, T-Mobile is offering up the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II, and the LG G2 for $0 down! While all four devices are drool-worthy, the Galaxy Note 3…
Having trouble finding your desired iPhone 5S variant in stock at Apple stores? You are not alone. Par for the course when it comes to new iPhone releases, the iPhone 5S has been hard to come by, especially the gold one. With 5S sales outshining the iPhone 5C, Apple has been having trouble keeping units…