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Greg Sullivan, a senior marketing manager at Microsoft, told PCMag yesterday that Windows Phone 8 devices will eventually be upgradeable to the next major version of the Windows Phone OS, presumably Windows Phone 9. This is an important statement to make because of the many disappointed Windows Phone 7 customers who after buying a phone, found out…
A San Francisco startup called Koozoo has released an app today that puts a fresh face on mobile video apps. The App creates a network of streaming smartphone cameras by Koozoo network users, providing an always on connection to the feeds. The app works on smartphones, provided they have Wi-Fi access, enabling those piles of old smartphones…
Google just made life a little easier for iOS YouTube users who love watching cute cat videos on the big screen. Google today released an update for its iOS YouTube app that adds the “Send to Tv” feature, which allows users to pair their iOS devices with certain smart TVs and set-top devices with the…
eBay is expanding its eBay Now instant delivery service to all mobile devices, a feature that was previously only available for iOS users. The new mobile friendly web-based version of its Ebay Now service will enable users across all mobile platforms to have items delivered with expediency to their doorsteps. The eBay Now service allows users to order…
One of the compelling features of HTC’s One handset is Zoe, a photo collage feature that records video along with photos and then mixes them together into a collage with background music. It sounds gimmicky, but we were impressed with the feature when we reviewed the HTC One earlier this month. Now that the One…
HTC confirmed via a comment on their facebook page today that a few HTC devices will be getting an update which will essentially be a stripped down version of Sense 5. Owners of the HTC One X, One X+, One S and HTC Butterfly will be getting the update at an undisclosed time sometime in…
Earlier today, Samsung tweeted a teaser image that suggests it has more than just a press event planned for its big Galaxy S IV unveiling. The poster invites people to join Samsung in Times Square on the same day and at the same time the company is holding its press event nearby. We don’t know…
Falcon Pro developer Joaquim Vergès is in a tight spot. His popular Android twitter client is booming, but he has hit the dreaded 100,000 Twitter token limit. Twitter set this limit last year to discourage developers from creating twitter clients that are too similar to its own clients. Vergès has petitioned Twitter to boost his token…
Apple’s iCloud service is down this morning in an outage that is affecting 50% of all iCloud users. According to Apple’s system status webpage, the downtime is affecting all aspects of iCloud including Mail, iTunes Match, account logins and more. This is the second outage affecting iCloud and other Apple online services in a week.…
NASA has spoken, and its words could have never been clearer; the legend of the Nexus One will live on. In space, nonetheless. NASA had chosen the Nexus One to be the first smartphone in space, using this smartphone as the brains of its new micro-satellites as part of the “PhoneSat” program. The aim of the program…