Nokia Music for Lumia smartphones have been updated to bring many handy features to the mix. First of all, there’s the ability to “like” favorite artists to further personalize your music experience. The application will then also like artists based on your playing history and the contents of your music library. Then there are notifications,…
Microsoft forced to change SkyDrive name
British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) recently won a trademark dispute with Microsoft over the SkyDrive name. In a settlement released on Wednesday and picked up by The Verge, Microsoft said it will not appeal the ruling and will change the brand name for its cloud storage service. SkyDrive will continue to be used until the…
Tizen to emerge as a 5th largest mobile platform this year
Although we still wait to see the first Tizen-powered smartphone, ABI Research is predicting the bright future for the nascent platform. The research firm says that Tizen will emerge as a 5th largest mobile OS by the end of this year, after Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry. Other platforms like Firefox OS, Ubuntu and…
Asus Memo Pad HD launching at Computex 2013?
It looks like Asus may introduce a successor to its affordable 7-inch tablet Memo Pad at this year’s Computex, taking place in Taipei, Taiwan from June 4 – June 8. We still don’t have an image of the device to show you, but we’re hearing the upcoming Asus Memo Pad HD will rock a 720p…
EE rolls out new monthly 4G SIM-only plans, no contract needed
The EE was the king of the hill as the only show in town for 4G service. A few months ago its 4G network was 45 percent of the UK’s population. But times are quickly beginning to change with the emergence of other wireless providers and their 4G networks. EE, the first carrier to bring…
White House gets on Vine with Geordi LaForge and Bill Nye!
Even the White House has jumped on the Vine bandwagon, releasing a couple of the short format video clips today via it’s twitter feed. The White House Science Fair is today and President Obama, Levar Burton, Bill Nye the Science Guy and others joined some very sharp and hard-working kids showing off their experiments and…
Nokia increases Lumia device sales to 5.6M in Q1 2013
Nokia announced its quarterly earnings for Q1 2013 today, and the results are mixed. Lumia shipments continue to rise, but overall device shipments and net sales for the division are declining. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop had this to say about the quarter: We have areas where we are making progress, and areas where we are…
No More Skyrim DLC from Bethesda
Sad news for adventurers in the frigid Northern regions of Tamriel, Bethesda just issued a massive arrow to the knee in the form of a blog post entitled “Moving to our next adventure”. The post let Skyrim fans know there will be no more DLC coming out for the massive game. Later Bethesda marketing VP Pete…
This week @ Appscovery
Another week is behind us and one more time we have a list of apps that made the past 7 days. So without further ado, here’s what we’ve got: Trick your friends in a bar with Drinkify Buy Me Lite (Shopping List) Magic Crystals – free match three puzzle SPUN is the Ultimate SXSW Experience…
Juniper Research: 4G LTE service revenue to exceed $340 billion by 2017
Juniper Research is looking at the 4G LTE revenues in its latest report. According to them, the figure will surpass $340 billion by 2017 globally, up from just over $75 billion this year. Moreover, four years from now, LTE revenues will represent approximately 31% of total service revenues from all mobile services of all generations…









