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Apple has released the details of its in-app purchase settlement program today, providing iTunes credit and cash refunds for those who qualify. The class-action lawsuit, which was filed in 2011 challenged Apple’s in-app purchase policies, which allowed minors to purchase apps, games and content to accounts without prior permission from iTunes account holders. Apple is…
Samsung announced that its new suite of Galaxy Tab’s will finally hit the United States in a couple of weeks. This comes after the company said the tabs were coming to Canada of few days ago. The Tab 3 series include 10.1, 8 and 7-inch tablets. All three of these tabs are up for grabs on…
Last week at the NBA Finals, Samsung and Jay-Z announced that Jay-Z’s upcoming album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, would be available for free for owners of a Samsung Galaxy S 3, Galaxy S 4 and Galaxy Note 2 who download the app and are one of the first million people to install it. The album…
The recently announced HTC Desire 600 is now available in China. The local version of the device — marked as Desire 606w — is selling for 2,499 CNY, the amount that translates into around $408. Interested users can choose between the black, white and brown models. Aside from China, HTC will also bring this mid-end…
AT&T has started rolling out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Pantech Flex. Few owners of the everything-but-popular device will get to benefit from all the improvements and tweaks introduced in this software release, including Google Now, fancier and actionable push notifications, and Project Butter enhancements. According to AT&T’s blog post, Flex owners will…
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has been leaked, again. This time the leak comes from China, showing the upcoming phablet from two different angles. We already know pretty much all there is to know about the Galaxy Note 3: it will pack a large full HD screen, super-fast Snapdragon 800 processor (or Exynos 5 Octa), a…
And yet again we have an “in the wild” photo of the upcoming iPhone 5S to show you. The new leak, provided by MacRumors, shows that the next Apple smartphone will add dual-LED flash to the mix to make for better photos when you take them in low-light conditions. MacRumors also noted that the main…
Mozilla won’t follow Google’s footsteps and launch its own-brand Firefox OS smartphones. In an interview with DigiTimes, the company’s SVP of Mobile Devices and President of Mozilla’s Asia Operations, Li Gong, confirmed that we won’t be seeing anything like the Nexus series. Rather the popular browser maker may work on “reference models” that could be…
We’ve already told you that AT&T might get the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3. Well, the version of the device (marked as SGH-i527) with all the right bands has been caught at the FCC, making the phablet ready to be sold on the U.S. soil. Aside from that, we’re still not sure when AT&T will start…
After the US and UK, Google Play Store gift cards are now available in two additional countries – Germany and France. Those of you interested to share some mobile app/content love with others can choose between 5, 25 and 50 EUR cards and let the recipient choose what he/she will be doing with all that…