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Annyeong Chingu. I’ve been in Seoul for the last few days visiting friends, checking out the sites and meeting with some of the largest companies in mobile. Needless to say, it’s been an interesting time and smartphones and mobile technology have played a large role so far. Korea is somewhat rare in that most of…
You remember the GroupMe Grill from SXSW where you could get free beer and grilled-cheese sandwiches? Well, it turned into a battleground of competitive eating today, as Takeru Kobayashi pounded down 13 grilled cheeses in a minute. It was simultaneously the best/worst thing I’ve seen at the conference by far. The GroupMe folk were working…
We’re just a few hours away from the unveiling of the next iPad and it’s clear that Apple will reassert its dominance in the tablet market with this new device. While we expect the iPad HD/iPad 3 to have some incredible new features, this may be the year that Apple finally finds some real competition…
We’ve covered SoundCloud before and believe it’s an interesting company that is trying to be the YouTube of sound. I happened to be in Berlin after our coverage of Mobile World Congress 2012 and decided to stop by SoundCloud’s headquarters and give you a peak at it. Located in the Mitte neighborhood, SoundCloud actually has…
While the huge news of the week will be the introduction of the iPad 3/iPad HD, many in the tech industry will be heading to Austin for the big party known as South by Southwest Interactive. Every year we see some technology or app break out – the big craze last year was group messaging…
Mobile World Congress 2012 is just a few days away and the IntoMobile team will be on the ground in Barcelona to give you the latest on the conference dedicated to mobile. It’s going to be an amazing show (let’s hope there’s no Metro strike), so we thought it would be nice to give you…
The late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was being considered for an appointment by President H.W. Bush and this required a stringent background check that has just become public. This 191-page FBI document reveals multiple details about Jobs including his drug use, “abrasive” nature and his ability to distort the truth to reach his goals. The…
Vonage truly was an innovative company when it first popped on the scene and went after home telephone providers with VoIP services but as more and more customers cut the cord, it has to pivot in order to stay relevant. The new Vonage Mobile app for iOS and Android may be that move, as the…
With all the recent investigations into the working conditions at companies Apple uses to produce its products, I figured a scheduled protest of this at the Apple Store in San Francisco would draw a bit of a crowd. I mean, this is San Francisco, we protest if the sun hasn’t come up in a while.…
Microsoft has sent out invites for a Windows 8 Consumer Preview event Feb. 29 and this will take place during the Mobile World Congress trade show, which indicates we may see multiple ARM-based tablets running this operating system. Microsoft introduced Windows 8 in September of last year as a developer preview and this included a…