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Finally, an Android app we’ll actually use! A new app/game called Burpy is here, allowing you to challenge friends and even strangers to a burping competition! I know, it sounds like a lame April fools joke, but it’s real! Now that baseball season is here, I’m sure you’ve all got some serious burping in your…
Boost Mobile customers will now be able to make affordable international calls with Boost Mobile’s new International Minute Packs. The minute packs are a great deal for those who want to keep in touch with friends and family who reside around the globe. Beginning at $10 and maxing out at $20, Boost’s International Minute Packs…
The Samsung Galaxy S5 isn’t set to release in the U.S. until April 11th, but thanks to on-line retailer GSM Nation, you can grab yourself an unlocked international version of the Galaxy S5 a week before its official street date. It’ll set you back $749, but it’s a small price to pay for a life…
It’s April Fools Day for sure, but Samsung took some time off from the jokes by announcing the next step in the company’s Galaxy Tab series, the Tab4 Series tablets. The Tab4 devices will be available in three different sizes to suit your needs. The All units tout a WXGA display, and come in 10.1…
Do you love the Google Play Music service but hate using the official Android and web app? A new app from XDA developer bubbleguuum allows you to play your Google Music library from any third-party music app by mounting the play music cloud as a FUSE filesystem, allowing any standard music player to recognize the files…
BBM users will be receiving some sweet new features this afternoon when BlackBerry begins the rollout of an update to BBM for BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android devices. The updates bring stickers to BBM, the ability to send larger files to other BBM users and share pictures while in the middle of a multi-person chat.…
Sure, we all know about Google’s Android mobile operating system today, but back in 2004, almost nobody had heard of the little startup. In 2008, just three years after Google acquired Android Inc., the technology scene remained skeptical. Would Google’s smartphone ambitions succeed? Could the advertising giant beat out Apple’s iPhone? Android may not have…
It’s April Fools’ day folks and many companies are out with their “innovative” devices. If you hate these sort of things, you’re best off tuning out of the news cycle today and get back to “business as usual” tomorrow. On the other hand, if you want to see what the major handset makers came up…
Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen technology is getting better with the day and unsurprisingly the company’s latest flagship, Galaxy S5, comes with the best-yet display. According to DisplayMate, this is the brightest display they’ve ever tested, defeating the traditional notion that OLED screens are dimmer than their LCD counterparts. Moreover, it uses the same amount of…
Back in August of last year we were talking about Pressy, the almighty Android button which plugs into the phone’s 3.5mm headset jack to add new functionality. It can be programmed for a number of tasks such as sending a predefined text message to the select contact, taking a quick photo, opening some app, firing-up…