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Samsung quietly swapped out its CEO, replacing the mobile-oriented Choi Gee Sung with the display and chipset chief Kwon Oh Hyun. According to a Bloomberg report, Kwon helped Samsung become the top computer-memory chip manufacturer in the world. He was rewarded for his excellence with a position that puts him in charge of Samsung’s global business, which…
Apple has agreed to pay $2.5 million worth of fines in Australia because they called their new iPad “4G” capable. While the third generation iPad does indeed come with a 4G LTE cellular radio, said radio can’t connect to Australia’s 4G LTE networks because it doesn’t have the right bands. And in Australia you can’t…
Microsoft’s next version of Windows, dubbed Windows 8, is going to ship later this year; probably in October. There are going to be two versions of the OS, one called Windows 8 that runs on traditional x86 machines, and another called Windows RT that runs on the ARM architecture. Whereas anyone can go out and…
Earlier this year HTC rebooted their brand image with the launch of the One series of devices. The One X being the high end, the One S representing the mid range, and the One V positioned the affordable model. Last month the Taiwanese company announced the Desire C, which looks exactly like the One X,…
Facebook App Center is now live in the US — the rest of the world will get it in the “coming weeks” — providing users with access to more than 600 titles, including such web and mobile apps like Nike+ GPS, Ghost Recon Commander, Jetpack Joyride, Stitcher Radio, Draw Something and Pinterest. The intelligent technology…
On the heels of the recent Evernote Hello launch, the popular note-taking company is bringing its “Food product” to the Android community, allowing them/us to easily “keep up” with all the meals we had. Android version works just like the iOS counterpart does – simply snap a photo (or more) of the meal you’re about…
Motorola unveiled a new entry-level Android smartphone in Italy and it’s kinda fair to assume other countries throughout Europe will get it as well. As a low-end device, it’s pretty unimpressive, though I guess we can’t expect much more for 129 EUR. That’s the price of an unlocked, SIM-free device, which also comes with a…
If you still haven’t found a perfect case for your beloved iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, and you also happen to be a Star Wars fan, maybe one of the new cases from PowerA will work for you. Let’s start with the bad news – these are not readily available and will be launched “later…
A company called Nanosys is teaming-up with the Optical Systems Division of 3M to provide “wide color gamut technology” and make LCD screens display 50% more color. The two companies will work together to commercialize Nanosys’ Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF) technology, which is a drop-in film that LCD manufacturers can integrate with existing production…
Rogers Wireless and its prepaid arm Fido have started accepting orders for the LG Optimus L7, which if you recall, is the best device from LG’s recently unveiled L series of phones. Rogers is asking a single cent for the phone as long as you put your signature on a new 3-year contract, while Fido…