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Companies who pay celebrities to tweet about their device need to do some screening before turning these folks loose on the internet. In yet another well-intentioned, but embarrassing tweet, Spanish tennis player David Ferrer crooned about his Galaxy S4 using an iPhone. The tweet said Ferrer said was “configuring S Health on my new #GalaxyS4…
Verizon is getting into the cloud storage game by releasing its Verizon Cloud app, which provides users a convenient way to back up and store their digital life. The app allows Verizon customers to choose files to be uploaded into the cloud, such as text messages, images, videos, music and documents that can be accessed…
Rovio has announced yet another title in its super popular franchise, Angry Birds. This time around, social media integration will play a major role. The game will be connected with Facebook, and players will be able to challenge each other and share rewards through the social media giant. From Rovio’s announcement: Challenge your friends in…
Kim Smith is probably best known for her role as the lead designer on Valve’s critically acclaimed first person puzzler, Portal (I recently wrote a bit about its sequel here). But she’s also worked on the Left 4 Dead series while at Valve and, most recently, Quantum Conundrum or Airtight Games. Today Kim Swift and…
These days, it’s not easy to fulfill all Galaxy S4 pre-orders… Because of limited supply, Best Buy is asking some (though not all) users to wait for 2 to 3 weeks to get their shiny new gadget. Here’s the email electronics retailer is sending to users who pre-ordered Sammy’s super-phone: We’re sorry, but the fulfillment…
Looks like Huawei is set to regain its crown as a maker of the world’s thinnest smartphone. The newly leaked Huawei P6-U06 has been caught at China’s equivalent of FCC and boy are we looking to try it out the second it’s out. First of all, we like how compact this phone is, packing a…
Asus Fonepad is now available in the UK and you can grab it for 179 GBP, which is roughly $277. The 7-inch tablet that also acts as a phone comes with Intel’s mobile chip, 1280×800 pixels screen, 1GB of RAM, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, and 16GB of built-in storage. We can’t really imagine running around…
HP’s attempts at the tablet market have been sad at best, but it looks like the company may attempt to right the wrong it’s done to the tablet market by making a device people may actually want to spend money on. The rumored tablet, the Slatebook 10X 2, looks to be a high-end Android tablet…
A new video prank by ImprovEverywhere hits on one of the most annoying and dangerous developments associated with the rise of the smartphone; clueless looking pedestrians staring at their devices as they navigate city streets. Sure, it can be annoying trying to dodge seemingly clueless people, but we are all guilty of this behavior. And…
Vine, a Twitter owned video sharing app, has been updated with some more goodies to play with. The video application now includes @mentions and the long-awaited support of front-facing camera on all mobile devices. This is an awesome feature for those of you who are vein and like to see yourself on camera, kidding. Seriously,…