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If you’re going to Google I/O, you may want to take a look at the conference’s event calendar and start planning your week. As reported by Android Police, Google is fleshing out the schedule for its June developer’s conference. You can attend sessions on game development, using the YouTube API and more. If you’re not…
Nokia quality engineers Mike Myers and Chris Ruble took a page from the book of Sonim and created a torture test video with the Lumia 900. After the necessary disclaimer to not try this at home, the pair start by hammering a nail into the Lumia display. If that wasn’t enough make you cringe, then…
Nokia had more than 10 billion Euros in their piggy bank in 2007, the year that the iPhone came out. Today that figure stands at less than half that. What’s most troubling is that Nokia lost 2.1 billion Euros during the past five quarters alone. If this rate of erosion continues, then things could get…
Stop the presses! Amazon is selling AT&T’s HTC One X for $129.99, which $70 less than what AT&T is asking for. And guess what, this deal is good for everyone willing to put his/her signature on a two-year contract. Yep, that means both new customers and those upgrading, as well as those adding a line…
Someone needs to invent an equivalent to Moore’s law for the rise of mobile technology connections. So far I haven’t noticed a pattern, but I’m sure these things don’t grow just like that… or they do? Anyhow, it took 12 years for GSM wireless technology to reach one billion connections, and WCDMA took 11 years.…
Samsung can’t get enough of Galaxy names. After we’ve seen them securing a number of trademarks in two batches, the Korean giant decided to take one additional step forward, and future-proof its plans with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On May 10, 2012, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. submitted applications for the Galaxy Lunge…
Peel released what it calls the “enhanced version” of its Android app, bringing personalized discovery and social TV experience to Google’s mobile platform. Users can find and follow friends, see what their friends are watching, view Favorite Programs and Guilty Pleasures, get TV recommendations and comment on posts – all while on the go. Peel…
Cricket has teamed-up with TuneCore, which is the largest distributor of digital music with “one of the highest revenue-generating music catalogs in the world.” As a result, Muve Music‘s library will be increased by up to 2 million tracks, while TuneCore artists will get access to over 600,000 Muve Music customers. Under the deal, Cricket…
Iliad’s Free Mobile, which launched its mobile services in France at the beginning of the year, signed up 2.6 million subscribers by the end of the first quarter or almost 4% of the country’s mobile market in just 80 days. According to Free Mobile’s figures, the total French market had grown by 854,000 subscribers in…
Whole Planet Foundation and BlueAvocado have teamed-up to launch a “Make Change. Not Waste.” iPhone app that rewards Whole Foods Market shoppers with coupons for green lifestyle actions, while at the same time raising awareness and funds for poverty alleviation. Shoppers get to earn badges and coupons from a catalog of 45 green lifestyle behaviors…