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A handful of top executives left HTC last month, and today HTC has appointed a replacement to its former VP of Global Communications, Jason Gordon. HTC has announced that Lorain Wong will be taking over as VP of Global PR and Internal Communications. “In this role, Wong will be responsible for leading HTC’s communication strategies…
We have heard rumors that Samsung would be developing a few devices that run on the Tizen OS, and a new leaked screenshot from one of Samsung’s R&D facilities shows a “Test Center Check-In” sheet that lists two Samsung Tizen devices, which have been rumored thus far as the Redwood and the Melius. Both devices…
Apple as always started out its WWDC 2013 keynote with some interesting numbers about the company and about the App Store. The big number this year was way up in the billions: iOS users have downloaded 50 billion apps from the App Store. Additionally, there are over 900,000 apps in the App Store, and 375,000 of…
A UK restaurant franchise is taking a unique approach to food serving, by delivering sushi to their patrons via an iPad controlled quadricopter. The device, dubbed the iTray is being tested by YO! Sushi in central London. The chain is known for delivering its delicious sushi via conveyor belts, called “kaiten” in Japanese, and chose…
Nokia is working on a new software feature for its Lumia Windows 8 phones, and has announced a new “Glance Screen” feature today, which is still in beta. The feature is essentially a standby screen which displays the clock, battery level notification and allows the device to be awoken from sleep with a double tap.…
The first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, the Acer Iconia W3 that was announced at last week’s Computex expo in Taiwan last week is now available for pre-order at a handful of retailers, starting at $349.99. The Iconia W3 runs on Windows 8 and has an 8.1-inch 1280 x 800 display, a dual-core Atom processor running…
Sprint will be launching the ZTE Vital on June 14th, a mid-range smartphone that will cost an affordable $100 with a new two-year contract. The ZTE Vital touts a 5-inch 720p IPS screen and runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The ZTE Vital is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and comes with 8GB…
A report from AllThingsD suggests Google may be interested in acquiring Waze, the popular, crowd-sourced navigation service out of Israel. According to Globes, the deal could be worth up to $1.3 billion. Sources close to the situation claim Waze will remain an independent company and will likely continue to operate out of Israel. This latest rumor comes…
AT&T announced over the weekend that it is revising its upgrade policy and extending the period from 20 months to a full 24 months. Similar to Verizon Wireless which also recently extended its upgrades to 24 months, AT&T says this change now “aligns device upgrade eligibility with our standard two-year wireless agreement.” These new terms…
Kaspersky Lab expert Roman Unuchek recently detailed a new, malicious trojan targeting Android phones and tablets. This trojan exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in Android and is one of the most sophisticated pieces of malware to target the mobile operating system, Unuchek said in a blog post published Thursday. The trojan is distributed as an…