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Well, folks, get ready for one of the best phones we’ve ever laid eyes on to land in the US soon. The Samsung Galaxy S 2 is hands down the best Android phone we’ve ever seen, with the specs that could make it the best smartphone ever made, and now its coming to Verizon Wireless…
Aside from all the iCloud and iOS news from WWDC, the 2011 Apple Design Award winners have also been announced at the event. The winners were selected in four categories – iPhone, iPad, Student and Mac. And here they are: iPhone Cut the Rope by chillingo Golfscape GPS Rangefinder by Shotzoom Infinity Blade by Chair…
The daily deals company Groupon is teaming-up with the travel industry site Expedia to create what the press release says is the “unprecedented offering” which will connect consumers with travel offers, while at the same time giving travel suppliers brand exposure among millions of shoppers. The new service, Groupon Getaways with Expedia, will offer consumers…
The WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will go on sale at noon on June 8 at the Best Buy’s Union Square store in New York City. The first 200 people to purchase the tablet will get a free leather case, valued at $29.99. Moreover, if you happen to be among the first 50 to commit…
Groupon has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is looking to raise $750 million and has hired Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and Goldman Sachs as its bankers. That figure usually changes (rises) from the first IPO filing papers and since we don’t know the number of shares…
T-Mobile announced two new affordable Android smartphones – Samsung Exhibit 4G and Samsung Gravity SMART, both of which should be available later in the month (June 8th?) for less than $100. The first of the two, which we’ve originally spotted in early May, is an all-touchscreen device that promises to bring Gingerbread to the masses.…
Rovio, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise, acquired the leading Finnish animation studio Kombo, for an undisclosed sum of cash and stock. Following the acquisition, Kombo will focus their production efforts entirely on Rovio properties. It is said that the acquisition of the Helsinki-based studio will strengthen Rovio’s animation production capabilities, with the long-term…
Parkmobile, which we usually know for their mobile parking payment services, is teaming-up with Liberty PlugIns (LPI) to allow electric vehicle (EV) owners to pay for charging using their mobile phones. Drivers will be able to use their phones and native mobile apps (available for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android) to pay for a charging session…
Sony Ericsson announced that Tommi Laine-Ylijoki has joined the company as Corporate Vice President and Head of Operations, reporting to President and CEO Bert Nordberg, from his new office in Lund, Sweden. Tommi joins the Swedish-Japanese handset maker from Nokia Oyj where his last post was Vice President of Materials Management. In total, Tommi Laine-Ylijoki…
Those of you who are looking forward to the HTC Sensation from T-Mobile may want to keep your eyes on Twitter tonight, as Magenta has just sent a very suggestive tweet out. Whether or not this will be a pricing and availability announcement or a full-fledged pre-order remains to be seen, but it may not…