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Guess we did expect to see Fotopedia finally trying to monetize on its vast audience, spread across a number of popular apps for the iPhone and iPad. Since their apps come with awesome photos, their ads highlight product(s) and/or service(s) in a similar fashion. Among the first advertisers are Flipboard, Jetsetter and National Geographic, all…
The summer Olympic games in London now have the official mobile game for iOS and Android, which is available in two versions – free and paid one. It’s a freemium game that allows you to try it out for free and earn points and stars along the way, or skip the “earning” part by purchasing…
Qualcomm acquired Summit Microelectronics, a U.S.-based developer and provider of programmable power integrated circuits, to enhance its power management roadmap. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, though we do know that all employees of Summit Microelectronics have joined Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies division. Summit Microelectronics provides flexible, highly integrated power management solutions combining power regulation…
The shortage of Snapdragon S4 processors is prompting HTC to use Qualcomm’s old-gen CPUs in some devices. The One S that is offered in India and Taiwan won’t come with the newest Qualcomm processor, but the old Snapdragon S3 clocked at 1.7GHz. Now we’re not sure how the two CPUs compare and I think there…
Even though Qualcomm is reportedly swamped with Snapdragon S4 orders, it apparently found some space to sell its processor to KT Tech, a direct subsidiary of the KT Corporation which runs a mobile network in South Korea. KT Tech is using Qualcomm’s processor in its new Take LTE (KM-100) smartphone that will soon be offered…
Last Wednesday we covered a rumor that said Amazon was going to launch their App Store in Europe later this year. Today that’s now been confirmed by Amazon themselves. Developers from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain can start submitting applications starting right now, with the actual Amazon App Store launching “later this…
Terry Gou is the CEO of Foxconn, the Chinese company that builds Apple’s iPhones, along with products for many other electronics companies. Earlier this week, at Foxconn’s annual shareholder meeting, Gou said that the next iPhone “will put Samsung’s Galaxy III to shame.” Sadly, he didn’t go into any further detail. Though let’s be honest,…
Apple’s iCloud and iMessage services suffered a widespread outage today in which many users were unable to send or receive messages on iOS or use the various iCloud features. Users have been reporting all day that they couldn’t access either iCloud or iMessage. When trying to log in to services via iCloud.com, a “Connection Error”…
Chalk up a small win for Samsung. The Korean based manufacturer has scored a victory against its arch nemesis, Apple, in a patent ruling that found the iPhone maker infringing on Sammy’s 3G technologies. Samsung has already issued a press release ahead of the decision’s publication: “Samsung welcomes the decision of the court in The…
Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8 today in a San Francisco event. Though all the changes are exciting for customers going forward, current Windows Phone 7.x owners will be disappointed to find out that Windows 8 will not run on their hardware. Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft’s Greg Sullivan said, “the nature of the investment [in…