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A few days ago we’ve told you that BlackBerry has scored a big order from the U.S. Department of Defense. Guess what? That news was bogus. Pentagon did announce its new mobile-ready system, saying that some 80,000 BlackBerry smartphones are ALREADY IN USE by the Military. However, they never said new BlackBerrys have been ordered.…
Qualcomm announced that it has acquired a big patent portfolio from HP that includes Palm, IPAQ and Bitfone patents. Overall, the portfolio comprises of approximately 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications from the US, and some 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from other countries, covering fundamental mobile operating system techniques among other…
Yesterday we told you that Nexus 5 could get new colors and today we bring you the red version caught in the wild. According to a report coming from Vietnam, this is just a sample, while the commercial model is expected to debut in the country in late February or March. It will be accompanied…
Time and time again we’ve been telling your about Nokia’s unannounced Android smartphone. Dubbed Project Normandy, this device — presuming it’s ever released — may be known as Nokia X, EVleaks has discovered. That’s a simple name that would help the phone stand apart from other models sold by the Finnish company. Alas, we’re not…
This year we should see the first Ubuntu smartphone launched with demo devices most likely being on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As far as we know, China’s Meizu may be just one of the launch partners with more OEMs likely to join the party in no time at all. Here we want…
Sony has released the Timeshift Burst app in the Google Play Store, allowing more users to make better photos. Up until this point, this capability was available for Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z1S users only, and now owners of the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZQ and the Xperia Tablet Z can join the fun,…
Sharp unveiled an awesome device in its home land of Japan. Called Aquos mini SHL 24, it is the world’s first smartphone with a 4.5-inch full HD screen. That’s right, the Japanese company managed to make a 4.5-inch IGZO display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, making for a more pockatable look and feel. In…
Facebook is the latest giant enter the mobile ad space. Sure it was selling ads in its mobile app, but this time round they intend to do so in other apps as well, relying on the big pile of information it has collected in the last few years. This customer data, in return, should be…
By now, we’ve all heard about Bitcoin, one of many cryptocurrencies that are now commonplace in the realm of the internet. The rise and various falls of Bitcoin brought crypotocurrenicies into the mainstream collective consciousness, spawning a huge explosion of new cryptocurrencies. One of those is Dogecoin, a fairly new alternative to Bitcoin, built on…
Instead of just including Motorola app updates in system updates, Motorola has taken to the Google Play Store to distribute updates to its stock apps which appear on the Moto X, Moto G and the newest Droid devices. Motorola has added the Motorola Gallery app to the Play Store, allowing owners of the Moto X,…