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Popular endless runner game, Temple Run 2, is now available for both Android and Kindle devices. The game has been overhauled from the ground up in its latest version, which includes 3D graphics and improved gameplay. Temple Run launched on iOS and recorded an impressive 20 million downloads in just a few days. The original…
Nokia announced its quarterly earnings for the last three months of FY2012. In its earnings report, the Finnish company confirmed that it is done producing Symbian phones. As many people suspected, the PureView 808, with its groundbreaking camera technology, is the last Symbian phone that Nokia will produce. “During our transition to Windows Phone through 2012, we continued to ship…
Looks like Samsung is getting super-serious to repeat the success it had in the smartphone market with the tablets. Aside from launching the recently leaked Galaxy Note 8.0, the Korean company will also unveil new products, part of the Galaxy Tab 3 series. It is said that we should expect two devices, one boasting a…
Samsung Galaxy Note II users in South Africa got a neat freebie in the form of Garmin navigation. No longer will you have to use mobile data while trying to find some address as maps can be preloaded while you’re in a fast Wi-Fi hotspot. Then, when you need to navigate to some address, simply…
Apple announced its first quarterly earnings today for FY2013 and confirmed that it sold a record 47.8 million iPhones and a record 22.9 million iPads in the quarter. These numbers are up from last quarter, during which the Cupertino company sold 26.9 million iPhones and 14.0 million iPads. Apple also posted record quarterly revenue of $54.5 billion…
Paranoid Android has been around for a while, and it’s always been something I’ve admired from a distance. On the surface, the custom ROM may just seem like it’s a tablet version of the OS slapped onto Android phones, but it’s not. There’s a lot going on with the project and one of the coolest…
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably noticed that I have an almost unhealthy obsession with Niantic@Google’s Ingress. It might be extremely geeky, but it will definitely balance out your time playing video games while sitting on your couch. If you’re looking to play Ingress and still haven’t received an invitation to play yet, you can win…
The Huffington Post has a fascinating article about the history of Siri. While many remember the iOS app that kicked off the Siri revolution, many people don’t realize that the app had its roots in a Defense Department-funded project called CALO for a Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes. The project was developed in the…
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means it is time for the pinkification of our mobile devices. Some of the first phones to get the pink (and red) treatment are the Droid Razr M and the Lumia 822 from Verizon Wireless. Verizon confirmed that, starting January 24, the Razr M will be painted…
With a week left before its event, Research In Motion is ramping up the amount of available apps to boast about in its BlackBerry World store. Pressure is mounting for the Waterloo company to impress the masses with its newly revamped mobile operating system BlackBerry 10. MLB today announced that its ‘MLB At Bat’ app…