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Every time I do these lists, you can tell what’s going on in my life. Sometimes, I’m very focused on fun games or things that help me cook but this time, I’m all business. So, let’s take a look at some of the productivity apps I’m digging lately. Evernote Evernote is one of those “no-duh”…
When you think iPhone and Foxconn, you think Shenzhen, suicide nets and FLA inspections. According to an M.I.C Gadget report, we should forget Shenzhen and think Zhengzhou instead. M.I.C. Gadget says Foxconn has transferred its primary iPhone production line from Shenzen to it’s Zhengzhou plant. Zhengzhou now makes 70 percent of Apple’s iPhone handsets. Located…
Sony announced today on its blog that it won’t update it’s Xperia Play handset to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The company says the complexity of the gaming environment makes its difficult to upgrade the handset. Rather than sacrifice performance, Sony has decided to keep the phone at Gingerbread. Other handset like the Xperia S, Xperia…
Planetbeing, pod2g, and other members of the chronic dev team were at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam where they announced the details on Absinthe 2.0. The jailbreak tool is now available to the public and includes an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1. If you’ve already jailbroken your device using RedSn0w for iOS…
Although the Optimus LTE 2 is still a Korea only device, LG is already working on the white version, teasing the rest of the world with this gorgeous phone. As you can see from the image above, the Optimus LTE 2 in white looks like the white LG Optimus L7 smartphone, though I’m sure you…
ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TL has been caught at the FCC, where we’re sure government paid engineers are playing with it as we speak. This isn’t the hot Infinity version — which comes with a full HD screen — but the model 300 that uses plastic rather than aluminum shell. However, it still has the horsepower…
File this under rumors, but it’s likely that some retailers in Canada will get the sexy new Samsung smartphone before carriers get their hands on it. The official word from the Korean company is that the new device is coming “this summer” but that’s pretty vague, leaving a ton of room for speculation. MobileSyrup got…
Instead of making its own app store for Android users, U.S. Cellular has turned to Amazon for help. As a result, it got a customized application menu in the Amazon Appstore for Android, marking the first time some carrier has teamed-up with the online retailer this way. When U.S. Cellular customers open the Amazon Appstore…
British phone retailer Mobile Phones Direct is offering the sexy new Samsung Galaxy S III for just 49 GBP to users willing to commit on a two-year 26 GBP/month contract with Vodafone. That’s a pre-order deal — since Galaxy S III is still not available — and it’s pretty sweet… or so we think. Best…
Zynga has teamed-up with American Express to launch the Zynga Serve Rewards program, which is tied to the Serve digital wallet and is touted to “break new ground in the prepaid card market” by offering in-game incentives for everyday spending. As a result of this co-operation, FarmVille players have the ability to plant an interactive…