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Back in February, Amazon announced its new virtual currency for Kindle Fire users, Amazon Coins, and is rolling out the virtual coins today. Amazon Coins are a way for Kindle Fire owners to make app and in-app purchases with ease. Kindle Fire owners have been gifted 500 Amazon Coins to get started with their purchases.…
If you’ve been holding out to get yourself a new Windows Phone on Verizon Wireless, then your wait is coming to an end. Today, the Nokia Lumia 928 was officially announced for Big Red, and it will be hitting store shelves on May 16th for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and new two-year contract.…
T-Mobile today has announced the availability of Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 powered Lumia 521, which will be exclusively available on T-Mobile’s network. The device will retail for $29.99 down with 24 monthly payments of $5 for qualified customers who choose a new simple choice plan. The device will be available online and in selected…
AT&T has announced today the launch of a new pre-paid, BYOD subsidiary called Aio Wireless. The new wireless service will offer unlimited talk text and data options with no annual contract. The service is launching in select stores Houston, Orlando and Tampa, with the service coming to other U.S. markets across the U.S. over the…
Nokia Asha 501 is the newest member of the company’s feature phone line-up. Sporting a pretty sexy look & feel for a non-smartphone device, the device runs the whole-new Asha platform, which is designed to “make the experience faster and more responsive.” At the same time, the platform also helps developers to create, publish and…
Staples today has announced details regarding the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4 in its retail stores. The retailer will offer the Galaxy S4 on a variety of carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile. Staples is offering the device for $199.99 with a two-year contract, with availability depending on the carrier. Currently, Sprint’s version of the…
One of the best Twitter clients around, TweetDeck is facing an untimely demise of its app on iOS, Android and AIR. Twitter had announced last month that it would be sending the mobile version of TweetDeck to the guillotine, but the desktop and web versions are still intact. Twitter is also cutting Facebook integration from…
Jon Rubinstein is a new member of Qualcomm’s Board of Directors, the company has announced. In his last position, he served as a senior VP of Product Innovation for Hewlett-Packard until January 2012. During Rubinstein’s tenure, HP launched the webOS-based Touchpad tablet, and before that – he was an executive chairman at Palm. Prior to…
Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) proudly announced that the 2014 Jeep Cherokee and Toyota Prius will offer in-vehicle Qi wireless charging. The former will get a factory installed Qi wireless charging pad located in the center console, featuring technology developed by Leggett & Platt. The Toyota Prius, on the other hand, is available with a specially…
InvenSense, which is the leading provider of MotionTracking devices, announced the IDG-2030 and IXZ-2030 dual-axis Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) gyroscopes. These components are made to eliminate the effects of hand jitter to achieve blur free images and jitter free HD video, especially in low light conditions. At 2.3×2.3×0.65mm, the IDG-2030 is the world’s smallest dual-axis…