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Thanks to the ever-savvy EVleaks we have an image of the brown Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to show you. As you can see for yourself, it seems catered toward business users who could pair it with their (brown) suit or suitcase. Aside from a different paint job, it will boast the same hardware under the…
India will apparently be one of the first markets to get Samsung’s new Galaxy Mega devices. The Mega 6.3 will cost 31,490 INR (about $565), while Mega 5.8 will go for 25,100 INR ($447). Interested users will first be able to get the Galaxy Mega 5.8 Duos (model with two SIM card slots) starting June…
Visa Europe said that contactless usage has reached a critical point of adoption across Europe, with monthly transaction numbers reaching more than 19 million in March 2013. Put into money, that’s more than 1 billion EUR which has been spent on contactless cards and smartphones equipped with a Visa payWave app. In the UK, 1.5…
This something Windows Phone and BlackBerry users don’t want to admit – their beloved platforms are lacking some important apps (and few awesome games). The sheer number of apps doesn’t matter much if you can’t have what’s popular out there (presuming that popularity also includes some quality). According to Canalys‘ report, of the top 50…
As part of its commitment to support the modding community, Samsung released source codes for few additional devices, including the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, Galaxy Mega 5.8 Duos, Galaxy Mega 6.3 GSM and Verizon’s Galaxy S4. The new code joins the previously released stuff for an LTE-enabled Galaxy Mega 6.3, as well as different versions…
While mobile gaming is a thriving business, discovering cool new titles is everything but easy for consumers. To understand the current mobile game discovery landscape better, Applifier surveyed 1800 mobile gamers in March 2013 and the results are here: 70% of all users watched online games video in the last 7 days and over 45%…
Social networking is booming among smartphone users. In fact, pretty much every smartphone user out there is using his/her device to stay in touch with friends on Facebook, Twitter and/or other social networks. Viral Heat prepared a neat infographic to illustrate social on smartphones. Here are the highlights: 1 billion smartphones will be shipped this…
Rovio’s Angry Birds branding juggernaut just keeps chugging along. There are several versions of the game, the branded merchandise is flying off the shelves and most recently, reports surfaced that a Birds movie is in the works. Today those angry, angry birds have moved into consumables market. While you might think a brand of pork marinade…
Since its inception, the Humble Indie Bundle has been a win win for everyone involved. Gamers get a bundle of great games at great price, developers make a tiny profit, and a nice chunk of change goes to charity. It was a model of the power of crowd funding well before Kickstarter was a household name.…
The HTC One had a rough go at it coming out of the gates, facing manufacturing delays and compnent shortages, but has proven to be one of the most desired smartphones around. HTC has sold 5 million of the devices since its launch, but still trying catching up with Samsung, which has shipped around 10…