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Looks like Apple will officially start rolling out iOS 7 updates on September 10th. A developer named Owen Williams received an email from Nuance with this information, and since Nuance is an important partner of Apple – we tend to believe this information. It is said that Tim Cook & Co. will hold a special…
Yup, we knew this one’s coming and voila… the LG Optimus L9 II is now officially announced. As a successor to the original Optimus L9, this model too keeps its mid-end specs sheet, boasting a 4.7-inch 720p HD screen, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera on the back, 2,150mAh battery, IR blaster and…
Samsung is preparing to launch a special version of its Galaxy Tab 3 tablet for kids. Simply called Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids, this device comes with a number of preinstalled apps and games that should make the device more interesting to younger users. Moreover, the tablet comes with kid-friendly colors like yellow and orange,…
More than a million of kids in the UK get their first mobile phone by the time they’re five years old, according to new research from the price comparison website, uSwitch. However, the average age for children to get their first mobile is 11 years and 8 months, which is soon after starting secondary school.…
Chinese search giant Baidu launched a mobile web-apps store that doesn’t require users to download anything on their devices. The Light Apps distribution platform relies on Baidu’s search technology for app discovery, making sure lesser-known apps have a chance competing with the big boys. The system presents users with a search box where they should…
The total sum of money users spent on mobile games in Google Play surpassed game sales for specialist handheld games devices for the first time in Q2 2013, according to IDC and App Annie. Together with Apple’s App Store, the two mobile app marketplaces generated sales four times greater than for gaming-optimized handhelds. App Store…
Huawei is getting ready to unveil the Glory 3 soon, which is also the device we know as Honor 3. We’re talking about a high-end smartphone that will have specs comparable to the sexy-new Ascend P6. These include a 4.7-inch 720p HD screen, Huawei’s own quad-core K3V2 processor clocked at 1.5Ghz, 2GB of RAM, 13-megapixel…
mHealth or mobile health is the term used for the practice of medicine and public health, supported by mobile devices. And users are already joining this trend, with 52% of smartphone owners gathering health-related information on their devices. There are now more than 97,000 mobile apps related to health & fitness, top 10 of which…
Sony has been trickling out the teasers for the upcoming Honami smartphone, with a new one today showing the backside of the device. The picture clearly shows the 20MP camera and LED flash, and a big letter ‘G’ sitting right next to the camera lens, indicating the inclusion of Sony’s G Lens technology in the…
Motorola’s Moto X has been nothing short of impressive since it went official weeks ago. Since then we’ve heard rumors from both sides of the spectrum when it comes to whether a Moto X Developer Edition would be in the near future. So without much delay the Google owned company started advertising the dev edition…