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Still patiently awaiting for Carbon, the sexy Twitter app that’s been demoed enough times on video but has never seen an official release on Google Play? Well, you’re going to have to wait longer for that one, but another app named Carbon was announced today from ClockWorkMod. Carbon is a simple backup and restore application…
Thanks to the advent of Kickstarter, many interesting and innovative products are making the jump from prototype to reality. Kickstarter funded products made a big splash at CES this year, while some big name vendors were absent from the show altogether. A new Kickstarter funded project from Lomography is bringing a new twist to analog…
With the scores of e-readers and tablets sold last holiday season, there’s no doubt that the era of printed reading material is on its way out — at least to some degree. One of America’s first bookless libraries has been proposed in Bexar County, Texas. After reading Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of the late Steve…
By now, you’ve probably heard that Android users tend to spend less than iOS users, and while the gap in that trend may be closing, who doesn’t love a good sale? That’s where AppSales come in. This is an application that not only allows you to see what applications are currently on sale, but also…
Despite facing intense pressure from the competition and even just critics to deliver a solid new product that will patch up the holes in RIM’s sinking ship, the company is off to somewhat of a good start filling its app marketplace with BlackBerry 10-ready apps. RIM gave developers a few incentives to get their apps…
Groupon is joining the likes of Square and PayPal by entering the mobile payment scene by offering an update to its Groupon Payments app. The new update provides users a 3.5mm-based card swiper which allows merchants to accept credit cards with a minimal fee. Groupon merchants using Android devices will have access to some new…
Microsoft is hard at work with strengthening their mobile platform Windows Phone, as the company patented a new technology. The Redmond based software giant patented a technology called “Inconspicuous Mode,” a setting that could put a mobile device into a stealth-like mode. This is a feature that’s best suited for places like movie theaters, meetings,…
One technology that’s been in the works for a while is curved glass displays. Samsung has shown off standalone flexible glass panels in the past, but this year the company finally embedded this technology into a working device. While at CES, Anandtech spotted these sweet-looking screens in a handful of prototype devices that Samsung had…
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple cut its orders for iPhone 5 components due to lower-than-expected demand for the flagship handset. Sources for the Wall Street Journal claim Apple notified suppliers last month that it would need about half the components that it had previously planned to order. The Cupertino company slashed orders for…
ASUS unveiled a new tablet, one that’s not as sexy as Nexus 7, but it does cost less. The newly announced MeMO Pad will hit select markets later this month, selling for just $149. That price, however, brings “worse than Nexus 7” screen which can display resolution of just 1024×600 pixels. In addition, this little…