Verizon to Lengthen Phone Upgrade Waiting Period by Four Months
Via a press release on Friday, Verizon Wireless announced that the waiting period for a phone upgrade will be extended by four months. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsIntroducing Facebook Home: A People-Centric, Android-Powered Mobile OS
It's not a Facebook phone, but at this point it might as well be. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsT-Mobile to Offer iPhones Beginning in April
The telecommunications company will offer iPhones at about $100 per phone. Operating costs to use an iPhone with T-Mobile will be about $70 a month when you take into account monthly service fees and the monthly $20 payment for the phone. The $20 phone fee disappears after two years. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsApple's Lawsuit Award Slashed, Samsung to Pay 40 Percent Less
A federal judge reduced the $1.05 billion in damages Samsung must pay Apple by 40 percent in a ruling made Friday, according to Wired. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsHTC Debuts Newest Smartphone
HTC debuted its newest leading smartphone, the HTC One on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Taiwanese phone developer. HTC introduces a number of new features with the debut of the One line of smartphones. In addition to a ‘zero-gap’ aluminum body, the One smartphone contains five HTC-specific features: BlinkFeed, UltraPixel Camera, Zoe, BoomSound and Sense TV. BlinkFeed provides a livestream of important information on the home screen. The advantage here, HTC says, is that it “aggregates the freshest content from the most relevant and interesting sources, giving it to people at a glance, all in one place,... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSocial Media Smartphone App for Couples Adds Snapchat-Like Feature
Just in time for Valentine's Day, app developer Tenthbit released an updated version of its couples-only social media smartphone app on Wednesday that now includes a Snapchat-like feature, according to Mashable. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsWatch Siri Automate a House
With the help of SiriProxy, an iPhone and a credit-card sized computer known as a Raspberry Pi, a YouTuber simply known as Elvis Impersonator, has been able to use Apple’s Siri to automate certain household functions such as opening and closing garage doors, adjusting thermostats and even changing the channel on televisions, according to DVICE.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMailbox App Finally Released to App Store (Kind Of...)
Ever wanted to postpone answering an email until you were good and ready to deal with whatever fresh hell message landed in your inbox from someone in your social network or office?... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsAugmented Reality App Translates News into Child-Friendly Articles
A new smartphone app for kids uses augmented reality to translate print news into kid-friendly articles, according to the BBC.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsRoomba-Like Robot Developed to Clean Smartphones, Tablets
If you’d like to spend about $16.80 on a gadget that cleans your smartphone slower than you can with the edge of your sleeve, then boy, have we got a robot for you. At 2.75-inches, Takara Tomy’s Automee-S is a mini Roomba-like robot that polishes your mobile device’s screen for you, The Verge points out.... read more
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