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Yesterday Apple confirmed the dates for the upcoming WWDC and 10 hours later the event was sold out! You may think that’s awesome — and we do somewhat agree — but if this is the case, Apple may need to move WWDC event to some bigger venue or organize two such events. This is a…
appMobi enhanced its mobile app ecosystem solution with the addition of four mobile web services. Without further ado, here’s what they got: 1Touch Frictionless Payments – Allows for in-app purchases within apps or websites through a secure mobile wallet on the device and a few lines of HTML code. Unlike Apple’s and Google’s solutions, appMobi…
Looking to root your new Motorola Xoom, but don’t want to go through the command line? Luckily for you, there’s a nifty little Android app that will allow just that, with little know-how of command line or Android hacking required. Of course, by using this method, or any other for that matter, you take full…
The CyanogenMod team has unleashed the third release candidate for CyanogenMod 7, the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread-based custom ROM. We’ve yet to see the new RC hit ROM Manager, and it’s only available for select handsets at the moment, but it will likely be available for all compatible devices in due time. CyanogenMod has a reputation…
When Google decided to come out and say that they will be withholding the Android 3.0 Honeycomb source code, it likely didn’t sit too well with some would-be porters, or those looking to install a custom ROM based off of the software. While it claims that porting Honeycomb to other devices may result in a…
Social gaming networks are going crazy these days. Already we’ve seen OpenFeint and Scoreloop announcing their plans to support mobile game developers and now Tapjoy is joining the party, too. The company announced a program for independent developers to turn their social, mobile and tablet games into popular, profitable titles. Tapjoy will help fund the…
The LG Optimus 2X is one beastly piece of hardware. The spec sheet on the handset reads like a sexy dream, and is one of the few dual-core smartphones you can purchase today. Well, if you were wondering just how easy it would be to hack the device, you’ll be happy to hear it’s already…
Looks like Sony Ericsson was inspired to do some good with their first Android phone, the Xperia X10. The handset that was never supposed to go past Android 2.1 OS will now receive Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread in the end of Q2 or early Q3. The news isn’t completely amazing, however, as the update will be limited…
Today RIM announced that they’re expanding the developer ecosystem not only with a native SDK that high-end game developers have been toying with privately on the PlayBook tablet, but also two app layers to run legacy BlackBerry apps, as well as Android 2.3 apps, as speculated at great length. Android apps will be found in…
So you went ahead and got Verizon’s first 4G LTE phone, the HTC Thunderbolt, eh? The phone is great, but you want to do more, do you? Well, below is a tutorial for rooting the device and unlocking the bootloader. This is by no means for someone who doesn’t know what they are doing. If…