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By now, you’ve more than likely heard about Bitcoin. The virtual currency has been shoved into the limelight thanks to its recent rapidly climbing rate, and the use of the currency for online drug purchases though the online drug marketplace the Silk Road. The first Bitcoin online megastore ever has opened up today, BitcoinShop.US, allowing…
Verizon Moto X owners have a treat that’s set to be unleashed today in the form of the official Android 4.4 KitKat update. You heard right, folks. During the Moto G announcement, Moto also announced that KitKit would be coming to the Moto X in a matter of weeks and it looks like it’s kept…
Worried that Uncle Sam is monitoring your smartphone usage? Good, because more than likely they are. With recent revelations about NSA spying on American citizen’s activities, thanks to leaked information from Edward Snowden, we no longer need to worry just about malware, phishing and viruses. We also must pay attention to the NSA, as the…
A forerunner in the Chinese smartphone market, ZTE has released two mid-tier smartphones today, the ZTE Nubia 5s and Nubia Z5s mini. The devices will come in two variants, one with LTE support and one without, and come with 16 or 32GB of storage. The design of the Nubia Z5s and the Z5s mini resemble the iPhone,…
Amazon is finally delivers Goodreads integration to all its Kindle Paperwhite devices. Before today, the social reading feature was limited to only the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX tablets. However users can only grab the update by hitting up Amazon’s website for a direct download, or just wait a couple of weeks until…
Virgin Mobile added HTC Desire 601 to its portfolio. The mid-end device will be known as just HTC Desire (without the “601” part) selling for $279.99 sans any strings attached. Of course, you will need some minutes, texts and data with it. To that end, Virgin suggests its Beyond Talk plans which start at $35,…
Verizon Wireless will get the Nokia Lumia 2520 one day before AT&T. The Windows RT 8.1 tablet will be available in select stores starting November 21st for $499.99. For a limited time, customers will be able to get it for $399.99 when purchasing with a new two-year activation. Or they [customers] can add the tablet…
Aside from its maps & navigation, Nokia may also get to keep its music service after the deal with Microsoft is finalized. According to Chinese site CTech, the Finnish company will launch the service as an HTML5 app that will work across mobile and desktop platforms. That, of course, could be just the first stop…
We know that BlackBerry is looking to launch no less than “2 high-end devices and 2 entry-level devices” next year. And now we (think we) know which will be the high-end phones. According to an overseas report and brought to our attention by MobileSyrup, the next high-end all-touchscreen model will be marked as Z50 while…
Samsung seems super-bullish on the prospects of its tablets. According to Korean ETnews, the company is looking to ship no less than 100 million of these devices next year. You got that right, Sammy pretty much wants to rule the day and further establish itself as a leader in the Android market. The Korean giant…