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Only a day after launching its video capabilities, Instagram users have uploaded over 5 million videos in the last 24 hours. That’s a whole lot of moving selfies. According to a report from Tech Crunch, the spike in video uploads didn’t occur around the early morning launch time, but rather in the evening when the…
The biographical film based on Steve Jobs, entitled Jobs, has its first official movie trailer out. The movie stars Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak. It mostly portrays Steve in his earlier years just getting started with Apple, as well as when he left (and eventually returned to) the company. It…
Radio Shack is offering a $100 Google Play Store gift card when you purchase an HTC One and activate a new two-year service plan on either AT&T or Sprint’s network. The Sprint HTC One can be picked up online through a web-only offer for only $79.99, while the AT&T HTC One comes with a pricetag…
AT&T is offering a sweet deal on LG’s Optimus G line of smartphones, offering the Optimus G Pro for $99, and the Optimus G for $49 with a new two-year contract. The sale is running for a limited time, ending on July 25th. The LG Optimus G Pro enters into phablet territory, rocking a 5.5-inch…
Verizon and Samsung will soon start rolling out an update for the Galaxy S III. We already know what will be included in the firmware update (from this page at Verizon’s website) but are not sure when exactly the rollout will begin. Hopefully, it won’t be a long wait. In the meantime, here’s what you…
Sony has started rolling out Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for its Xperia ZL smartphone. Aside from packing platform-wide improvements, the Japanese company also included updates to its own apps along with software tweaks and stability improvements. In that sense, the firmware version 10.3.A.0.423 brings latest version of Sony Media Apps, my Xperia application that…
LG will be hosting an event in New York City on August 7th when we’ll likely see the Optimus G2 (or that’s just G2) announced. Of course, nothing is official until its official and we’ll rather have to wait for another month and a half to get all the details. Previously we’ve heard that the…
For one reason or another, handset makers have abandoned the vertical QWERTY sliders. Why that’s the case is beyond me – these kind of devices potentially offer best of both worlds, including a large touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard. On the downside, this form factor does make phones slightly bulkier but I believe the benefits…
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 3 series is coming to Canada and will soon be available at authorized retail locations. All three are made to deliver a decent value for the money, and a quality backed by the Korean company’s brand. The Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 7-inch 1024×600…
The latest update to Siri is capable to field suicide-related requests with an approach designed to drive users to seek help. If the software detects someone’s having serious issues and is thinking to end his/her life, it will react with a two-fold approach, offering the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline along with the…