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Popular augmented reality browser Wikitude has been updated with several handy features, including the ability to scan your money and instantly get exchange rates. Yup, you can test it out with your dollars and euros and see how much they’re worth today. Alongside the app update — which BTW is now in version 7.5 —…
The folks at xda-developers have a knack with Android devices and have cracked open yet another locked down handset. The latest to fall is the Galaxy S III on Verizon, which is one of the only S III models in the US to ship with a locked boot loader. The ability to unlock the boot…
Discover customers can finally save their credit cards to Google Wallet. Earlier this month, the search giant announced compatibility for all major credit cards, but a couple of the card makers were slow in using the Save to Wallet API. Discover is the first major card company to publicly announce its intention to use the…
Sad story after sad story after sad story — that is the life of Research in Motion, otherwise known as RIM. What’s the latest sad story for the crumbling company? BlackBerry usage share in the United States has plunged down to just 1 percent. That is according to Chitika’s mobile web usage statistics. In fact,…
Thought that the new Google Play Store update only brought gift cards and wishlists to the table? You’d be wrong, as the 3.8.15 build of the Google Play Store also offers up the new Smart App Updates feature. Smart App Updates are just what they sound like. Well, in that it’s a pretty smart feature.…
Judge Lucy Koh overseeing the Apple and Samsung trial is beginning to get a bit irritable with the two companies in this trial. Apple’s attorneys got an ear-full from her today. After presenting the judge with a 75-page briefing including 22 possible witnesses Apple considered calling to the stand once Samsung’s presentation finished, she asked…
Are you a custom ROM addict and need to show your love of AOKP just a little more? Well, look no further than these AOKP t-shirts. The shirts are offered in a wide variety of colors, as well as a mono or full color versions. If you don’t know what AOKP is, it’s a custom…
Here’s an interesting twist on the remote access services that have been around for years. Instead of being able to control your laptop or desktop computer from your smartphone, the TeamViewer QuickSupport app provides a way to do the exact opposite: remotely control your Android smartphone from your computer. TeamViewer boasts that it is best…
We just recently saw the Samsung Galaxy S III running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on video, and now the official test build of it — and another video. If you’re holding onto one of the US versions of the handset, we’d suggest you wait this round out, as the build is for the international version,…
It doesn’t seem like too long ago that Instagram unveiled version 2.0 of its popular photo sharing app with a redesigned UI for snapping pictures, but the team has been hard at work and almost a year after that update, version 3.0 just hit Google Play and the App Store. With it comes a new…