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AT&T customers will be noticing some new looks when visiting AT&T retail stores, with the company unleashing new design elements in their brick-and-mortar locations. The changes are beginning in Oklahoma City, with a new store opening up today which creates a “more interactive and inviting” store environment. “Customers visiting our new Oklahoma City store will…
With the Sony PlayStation 4 North American launch just around the corner, Sony is readying a PlayStation app for both iOS and Android devices, which will allow the mobile devices to communicate and interact with the PlayStation 4, as well as offering bonus PSN features. The app will allow mobile devices to be used as second…
The latest rumors peg the upcoming Nexus 5 to land in the Google Play Store this Halloween. If this rumor turns out to be true, it will be one hell of a Halloween treat. Of course, just like all of the others, this is nothing but rumor. The unicorn that is the Nexus 5 has…
It wasn’t long ago that we got word that the Nexus 4 may be re-released with LTE and sell alongside the Nexus 5. Well, it looks like the handset is indeed real after all. The handset in question over at the Bluetooth SIG shares the same model number as the existing Nexus 4, but a…
The double exposure was a favorite effect of film photographers. Allowing for two (or more) images to be captured in one final exposure, the effect was a favorite of Surrealist photographers, photo-doctoring jokers, and casual shooters trying something fun (or creating a happy accident!). Now a new app lets you upload your pics and make…
Samsung Display and Corning Incorporated have entered in a series of strategic agreements that will benefit both companies in the long run. Under the deal, Corning will acquire full stake of Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd. (SCP), a joint venture between Samsung Display and Corning in which Samsung owns 43% stake. SCP makes LCD…
Google has acquired FlexyCore, a Rennes, France-based company that optimizes Android for carriers and manufacturers. According to GigaOm, the search giant paid 16.9 million Euros (just over $23 million) and will quietly integrate FlexyCore’s tech into future versions of Android. As far as we (don’t) know, Android 4.4 KitKat may come with some of these…
BlackBerry has seen better days. What used to be Canada’s biggest company is having hard time competing in today’s smartphone market. BlackBerry OS 10 is a solid platform, built for security but that doesn’t help the company move enough of Z10s, Q10s and Q5s. So what can BlackBerry do about it? The way I see…
Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb has revealed that his fund has taken a sizeable “long equity position” in Nokia expecting that its value will soar following the sale of its handsets division to Microsoft. In a letter to investors to his hedge fund Third Point, he said that the “New Nokia” will have approximately…
BlackBerry has started rolling out BlackBerry 10.2 OS update for the Z10, Q10 and Q5. To keep its servers up and running, the company will push the new software in stages, but the chances are that the majority of users all around the world will be “covered” soon. In a blog post, BlackBerry noted that…