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The HTC One Mini has been rumored pretty much since the launch of the original HTC One and was finally unveiled almost two weeks ago. It’s the first time HTC has seen decent success with a smartphone in a couple of years now, so it only makes sense for the company to want to build…
A few months ago, we heard news of Google’s mysterious Babel project. At the time, rumors pointed to the service being a cross-platform chat solution. With the death of Google Talk and the release of the superior Google Hangouts service, many believed that Babel was dead, and had transformed into Hangouts. According to new reports,…
Starbucks customers in Silicon Valley will now be able to charge their mobile devices wirelessly. Starbucks is putting Duracell Powermat wireless charging devices in its tables at 10 Silicon Valley locations, which are compatible with devices that utilize the PMA wireless charging standard. “More and more customers are using Starbucks as their home base and…
Apparently, Samsung doesn’t have enough tablets on the market. A new leak from @evleaks states that the company will be releasing two new Android powered tablets with powerful innards and a resolution similar to that of the Nexus 10, with both tablets touting a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600p. According to the leak, the…
Apple has seeded iOS 7 beta 4 to developers today. The release comes one week late because Apple’s Developer Center was hacked last week and all the systems were shut down for a few days while the company worked to restore them. This delayed the release of the new beta of iOS 7, which typically…
More Android tablets have shipped worldwide than the iPad, according to a recent Strategy Analytics report. The report shows that Android had an increase in market share, and it managed to capture 67 percent of the 51.7 million units shipped (up from 51 percent of the market last year). Analyst Peter King added this: “Android…
We’ve no doubts Nokia wants to enter the phablet market. The company may just be waiting for Microsoft to update its platform, and include support for full HD screens and quad-core processors, both of which are slated to arrive in the forthcoming Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update. So what you can see above is apparently…
As part of what seems as a tech-savvy school reform (or at least enhancement), Los Angeles plans to provide all of the kids in its school district with a free iPad. The rollout started with some 35,000 iPads that were given to students in 47 school districts, the benefit that came with a $30 million…
InfoSonics unveiled a new member of its verykool family of smartphones – verykool RS90 aka Vortex. The affordable device — it will cost $279 sans any strings attached — rocks mid-range specs and ruggedized body with an ingress protection rating of IP67 (indicating that it is both dust proof and waterproof). In addition, it also…
On the heels of the Android 4.3 update, Sony announced on its blog that all of its newer Xperia devices will get their updates soon. Among the “affected” phones are Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia SP and Xperia Z Ultra, as well as the Xperia Tablet Z. Unfortunately, the Japanese company failed to…