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You may think that the gold iPhone is a bit over the top but many others disagree. In fact, Apple thought this won’t be that much popular model… and was proven wrong, according to the Wall Street Journal report. Now the Cupertino company is facing shortages and has reportedly reached out to its suppliers and…
We’ve already told you that Verizon won’t be entering Canadian market and now that’s pretty much confirmed, with no U.S. carrier taking part in the country’s 700Mhz spectrum auction. Jeff Fan, Scotia Capital analyst, reported that “We have received confirmation from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile USA that they did not submit applications for the…
The shrinking margins inevitably lead to industry consolidation. Acer founder Stan Shih said that the Wintel model doesn’t work anymore with Microsoft and Intel keeping all the profits. The Taiwanese company can either experiment with other platforms (like it already does) or try to further enhance its supply chain; or look to merge with some…
In case you missed the news, that fancy Touch ID buttons with fingerprint reader is made out of sapphire glass which costs much more than the regular glass the older iPhones have. According to DigiTimes, Apple won’t stop here as it plans to adopt a similar button for its line of tablets, 9.7-inch iPad and…
Sega‘s had some great characters over the years. We all know Sonic and his cohort, who’ve graced a gazillion games, shows, comics and tons of merchandising. But there’s a rich history of Sega characters going back to the 80s. Sonic & Sega All Star Racing brings together an impressive roster of Sega’s greatest characters from…
The FCC just gave AT&T the go-ahead to buy $780 million worth of assets from Alltel. The deal includes retail stores, about 620,000 customers in the Midwest, network equipment and spectrum in the 700MHz, 850MHz and 1900MHz bands. Of course there were some strings attached to this package, including these three stipulations: Deploy HSPA+ and…
US Senate Judiciary Subcomittee Chairman Al Franken is known for being a staunch privacy advocate. The comedian turned Senator from Minnesota is known for writing official letters asking the hard questions of governmental agencies and corporations alike. The latest letter from his office, with several other Senators signed on in support, is to Apple CEO…
Today BlackBerry has confirmed its most grim news to date, as the company announced it would be laying of 4,500 more employees, which is almost 40 percent of its workforce. After the layoffs the Waterloo company will have 7,000 jobs remaining. In addition BlackBerry reported that it had lost $950 million for its last financial…
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Apparently, people really, really love gold smartphones. HTC does as well, with some leaked photos showing a HTC One Mini emblazoned in gold. The images were sent to GSMArena from an anonymous tipster, and include no details about the possibility of a public release of pricing. We’re pretty sure that this is a custom gold-plated…