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NVIDIA Tegra 3-powered in-car infotainment system isn’t good enough for Audi – they also want to provide its customers with on-the-road connectivity. To make that happen, the car company is teaming-up with Sierra Wireless to use their AirPrime embedded wireless modules and make the whole car connected to a 3G/4G network. Still in the development and…
One of the most controversial racing games of all time Carmageddon is coming to a smartphone near you. Moreover, the game will be free for iOS and Android users for the first 24 hours as a thank you gift to fans who recently backed the successful Kickstarter campaign for PC title Carmageddon: Reincarnation. Carmageddon was…
Verizon Wireless announced its plans to rollout more LTE service in large number of smaller markets. Big Red will launch its LTE network in Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks region in Missouri. Moreover, VZ is also soon launching LTE in Bedford, Pa.; Jacksonville, New Barn, and Burlington, N.C.; Seymour and Columbus, Ind.;…
Samsung, the top handset provider of Android smartphones is investing $1.9 billion to build a new logic chip line to make processors for mobile devices. The new line of chips will use 300 mm wafers and 20 nanometer and 14 nanometer processing technology. The Korean based manufacturer is ramping up production to meet high demand,…
At the rate technology is going, we knew at some point we’d be able to do cool things like control our home appliances through our mobile devices. Well, there’s a new stove that actually allows you to control it by way of the Internet. A United Kingdom based Appliance Company by the name of AGA,…
ETradeSupply, a mobile phone parts maker, allegedly has gotten its hands on the next-generation iPhone’s back casing. Rumors have circulated for a while that the new iPhone will get an updated hardware design with a slimmer profile, metallic back, and a larger display. More recently, some leaked images suggest the headphone jack will move to…
Yesterday I wrote up a post calling out Eric Schmidt for inaccurately predicting that six months from December 6, 2011, Android development would surpass iOS development. I used a few examples off the top of my head over the past six months of apps that did end up expanding to Android after gaining success on…
A new survey from the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) paints a potentially troubling picture for Android. CIRP looked at new iPhone sales for the month of April, and found that a whopping 38% of new iPhones sold in the month were to people who already owned a smartphone. Nearly 1 in every 4 iPhones…
If you’re still somehow searching for the best location-based “check-in” application around for your Android or iOS device, we’re inclined to question if you know what you’re doing at all if you don’t have Foursquare installed. The application just got a sharp update that is very easy on the eyes, all while making it easier…
FixYa is a common online Q&A destination for finding a solution to a problem you might be having with just about any gadget: phones, cameras, computers, cars, appliances, etc. Now it’s wisely launching an HTML5-based mobile web app so if you have a quick issue while you’re out, you can quickly load up FixYa to…