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Making good on its promises, the OLPC foundation has released its affordable XO Tablet in Wal-Mart stores today, priced at $149.99. The child friendly tablet is the only multilingual and Google Certified tablet for children on the market, and is loaded with free educational games, apps videos, e-books and more. “The XO Tablet is the…
Tennessee wacko, Chris Sevier is suing Apple over porn he viewed using the company’s devices. Sevier won’t rest until Apple ships its internet connected devices in a “safe mode” that will prevent users from easily accessing pornography. His 50 page complaint is now viewable online, and it’s about as insane as you might think. Above…
With its video service still in its infancy, Instagram has taken a note from Vine in debuting a teaser trailer for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic on its service. Vine, the Twitter owned six-second video clip sharing service, which has been around since January, showcased a teaser for the upcoming Wolverine movie back in March.…
It looks like Sony is making good on its promise to release its SmartWatch 2 to the world during the month of September, and according to UK retailer Clove, the device will be released on September 9th and will run for £100.00 (about $150). The SmartWatch 2 features a 1.6 inch 220×176 resolution display that becomes a…
iOS users are getting a nice little update to WhatsApp, the widely used free messaging app. The update includes some convenient features like the ability to send multiple photos to a friend at the same time and the option to backup your chat history to iCloud. It also includes URL schema support for third party…
We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about the LG Optimus G2 lately, which is looking to be an incredible device. Today a new leaked photo shows the position of the volume rocker, which is located on the back of the device. Aside from the sleek design, the G2 will supposedly be packing a Snapdragon…
The Little League World Series is adopting an interesting new method for keeping score of the games. Rather than using the traditional method of pen and paper, officials are moving on up to technology such as the iPad to keep track of the game. They’re getting 35 iPads all equipped with the free GameChanger score-keeping…
BlackBerry is facing some trouble. Just yesterday, we heard that a few U.S. carriers and retailers slashed the price of the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones to $49. A new report from Barron’s today claims that the company will be slashing production of the two BB10 devices, due to weak sales. One analyst, Stuart Jeffrey…
Usually we see teardowns from repair shops like iFixit, but today the latest hardware eye candy comes from Nokia. As reported by WMPowerUser, Windowsmania has obtained and released the teardown manual for Nokia’s flagship handset, the Lumia 1020. The teardown manual is available as a PDF and shows you how to disassemble the Lumia 1020…
iPhone owners who have been jonesing to play a little Pokemon or Mario on their devices without jailbreaking their devices are in luck today, as a new app called GBA4iOS makes it possible to run a Game Boy Advance emulator on an non-jailbroken iPhone. The app was created by Riley Testut, who exploited a loophole…