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They say good things happen to those who wait, right? Well, if you’ve been holding onto a Motorola Xoom since it first launched, patiently awaiting its 4G/LTE upgrade, you’ve either remained steadfast, Xoom in hand, or you ended up grabbing the LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1. Those of you with a Xoom still kicking around, your…
We’re just a few short weeks away from CTIA, we’re expecting quite a few announcements within that time. While doing some digging on the CTIA site, someone tipped off GSMArena about some interesting finding within CTIA’s Hot for the Holidays Award Finalists list, which includes two unannounced devices. Could these devices possibly be either the…
Samsung continues to build out its Galaxy family with the announcement of the Galaxy Tab 8.9, and Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0. We’ve been waiting on the 8.9 to debut for some time now, but we’re certainly glad to see Samsung finally bringing its media players to the U.S. At this point in the game,…
Well, it looks like Google has taken another bite out of Apple, with its recent hiring of a Facebook iPad developer Jeff Verkoeyen. This brings to question if this move is from the long delayed release of the Facebook iPad app, which all users have been waiting for seemingly forever. It turns out that the…
Developer and publisher of social games 6waves Lolapps launched a $10 million fund to invest in mobile and social games. The new “6L Fund” was created with the mission to “give the world’s best and brightest independent mobile and social game developers’ access to funds to drive the next-generation of social and mobile games.” More…
While it’s hardly as interesting as Timeline, Mr. Zuckerberg announced at F8 the introduction of verbs when it comes to updating your status. The new feature sure doesn’t sound all that much but it may be perking up the ears of the creators of apps like Miso and GetGlue. GetGlue and Miso are popular applications…
Mobile ad marketplace Tapjoy launched Tapjoy Videos, which it describes as an “innovative mobile video advertising platform designed to provide advertisers with the reach, impact and brand building power of TV combined with the targeting and user engagement offered by Tapjoy’s extensive pay-for-performance ad marketplace.” Kinda too pitchy if you ask me. However they may…
Provider of mobile and location-based family safety solutions Location Labs launched Safely, touting it as the next generation of personal security software services that “enhance the safety of millions.” The new offering is actually a suite of services that leverages the widespread adoption of Location Labs’ mobile technology, which is being pre-loaded on millions of…
Adobe announced Flash Player 11 and AIR 3, both of which will be publicly available in early October. The new versions are made to enable the “next generation of immersive apps across platforms including Android, iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows, connected TVs and other platforms.” Among the new features included, we…
If end users can have their app stores, why wouldn’t developers get the same treatment? Appcelerator thinks this is the untapped market and has decided to do something about it. They used the CODESTRONG Developer Conference to launch its Open Mobile Marketplace, allowing ISVs and cloud providers to sell software and solutions across multiple mobile…