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Apple Gobbles Indoor Mapping Startup WifiSlam
Future iPhones and iPads may be able to pinpoint the location of other mobile devices and can perform step-by-step navigation even in areas where GPS is unavailable. Apple has acquired WiFiSLAM, a startup that created technology...
Nokia CEO Throws iPhone During Live TV Interview
Nokia lost its dominance in the smartphone market after Apple unveiled the iPhone, so never flaunt one in front of Nokia's Stephen Elop, especially in Finland, Nokia's homeland. In an interview aired on live at the biggest Finnish...
LG and Google Joining Smart Watch Race
Google won't solely rely on the Android-driven augmented-reality eyewear Google Glass in its effort to expand beyond smartphones and tablets. According to the Financial Times, Google, which provides the Android software and sells...
Google Says Android and Chrome OS Will Remain Separate
Analysts believe that Apple, as well as Google, will inevitably merge its operating systems for PCs and mobile devices, which combination would allow users to move and access content across any device regardless of the form factor....
Google's Keep Note-Taking App Now Live (Again)
Google's note-taking app Google Keep went live for about half an hour on St. Patrick's Day before Google took it down. Now Google has officially announced the app, complete with a video detailing how it works. Google Keep, a free...
BlackBerry 10 Now Boasts 100,000 Apps
The company formerly known as Research In Motion says it has hit the 100,000 app milestone for the BlackBerry 10. BlackBerry said that number of apps for the redesigned and reinvented BlackBerry platform grew by more than 30,000...
Amazon Said to Be Planning $99 Kindle Fire HD
Amazon and Google were able to break Apple's near monopoly in the tablet market by releasing $199 Android tablets. Now the company selling its cheap Kindle Fire tablets at a loss but makes money by selling content to Kindle users...
Apple vs. Samsung Turns to Smart Watches
Reports in recent weeks claim that Apple is unveiling an iOS-based "iWatch" before the end of the year. Now archrival Samsung is confirming that it's working on a smart watch device. Samsung Mobile EVP Lee Young Hee told Bloomberg...
Apple Fixes Passcode Bug, Japan Maps
The iPhone no longer allows anyone to bypass the passcode lock, and iPhone owners in Japan would no longer be receiving faulty directions. Apple has just issued iOS 6.1.3, an 18.2MB incremental update to the operating for its...
ASUS's 2nd-Gen. Nexus 7 in May; Intel Phone in June
A follow-up to the Google Nexus 7 could be unveiled in May, most likely at Google's I/O conference, according to DigiTimes, citing an unnamed source from the upstream supply chain. The second-generation Nexus 7 from Google and...
Future Fujitsu Camera Software to Take Your Pulse
Fujitsu is working on technology that would allow smartphone and tablet users to check their pulse using their devices' built-in cameras. Fujitsu Laboratories says the technology detects variations in a person's face caused by...
Benchmarking Test Reveals Galaxy S 4 Twice as Fast as iPhone 5
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 touts a stunning eight-core Samsung Exynos 1.6GHz processor but consumers in the United States would receive a model with a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chip instead. Regardless, the Galaxy...
Nexus 5 Rumors: Nikon Camera, Snapdragon 800 Chip
The next-generation Nexus handset could come with a larger display, a speedier Qualcomm processor and a substantially improved camera, according to the latest rumors. Phone Arena, citing a source, says that the Nexus 5 would have...
Dropbox Gobbles Mailbox
Popular online storage provider Dropbox is eyeing to integrate e-mail to its cloud-based services. Dropbox today announced that it has acquired startup Mailbox for an undisclosed sum. Dropbox believes adding Mailbox to its cloud-based...
Three Heads Are Better Than One? Samsung Taps 2 Add'l CEOs
Samsung has appointed presidents Boo-keun Yoon and J.K. Shin as two new CEOs, shortly after launching the Galaxy S4. Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Board of Directors and current CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon isn't leaving the position he...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Unveiled, Set for April 26 Release
Samsung an hour ago unveiled its flagship device for 2013 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The Samsung Galaxy S4 will have an April 26th release date and will rollout with a staggering 327 operators across 155 countries. Slightly...
YouTube Capture Now on iPad and iPad mini
Launched originally for the iPhone in December, YouTube Capture, which lets users record videos and instantly upload them to the popular video sharing site, is now available for the iPad and iPad mini. The app lets users film,...
BlackBerry to Bring Core Enterprise Feature to Android & iOS
BlackBerry conveyed plans to deliver some of the technology of BlackBerry Balance, the BB10 feature that securely separates work and personal data on a smartphone, to Android and Apple iOS devices. BlackBerry said the new security...
HTC One Headed to Verizon After All, But a Month Late
HTC announced last month that the HTC One would be sold at AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. All Things Digital confirms that HTC's newest flagship device will also be headed to Verizon, albeit a month or two late. It was initially...
Verizon Offers White BlackBerry Z10; Preorders Open Tomorrow
Verizon Wireless announced that interested customers may preorder the BlackBerry Z10 beginning March 14. The Z10, which runs on the highly anticipated BlackBerry 10 platform, costs $199.99 with a new contract and will be available...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Price Slashed, Launched Outside the U.S.
Amazon announced that Kindle Fire HD 8.9" is now available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. Up until now Amazon has offered only the smaller 7-inch Kindle Fire HD model outside the U.S. Amazon also announced...
HTC One Global Rollout Delayed, Ultrapixel Supply Blamed
In what could potentially add fuel to the hype on HTC's newest flagship device or add to HTC's woes, HTC will only start fulfilling preorders for the HTC One by the end of the month, with a rollout to more markets in April, missing...
Lumia 928 with Xenon Flash and Aluminum Body on Verizon
Verizon is releasing a CDMA variant of the Nokia Lumia 920 called the Lumia 928. The Lumia 928 though will have some interesting tweaks: aluminum construction, improved PureView camera, and a lighter and thinner body, according...
Upcoming iPhone 5S May Tout NFC and Fingerprint Sensor
Apple's upcoming iPhone 5S has been rumored to be a small upgrade to the iPhone 5: there'd be a faster A7 processor and better cameras but changes to the design would be minimal. New rumors now claim that the iPhone 5S may incorporate...
BlackBerry Z10 at AT&T for $199, Pre-Orders Begin
AT&T announced that it will offer the BlackBerry Z10 to customers on March 22nd for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The U.S.'s number 2 carrier is opening up pre-orders for the first BlackBerry 10-running device on March...
Early iPhone Model Bigger Than Phablets
Had Apple co-founder Steve Jobs rushed the iPhone to the market before 2007, the handset might have had the same screen size as the iPad mini, an early prototype shows. A 2005 prototype obtained by ARS Technica from an unnamed...
BlackBerry Z10 Set to Land in U.S. on March 22 with AT&T
BlackBerry's first wave of BB10-running devices have been available in Canada and Europe since the end of January but the long wait in the U.S. will soon be finally over. According to a report by Bloomberg, AT&T will start...
Upcoming Facebook Phone from HTC Confirmed
A Facebook-branded phone could be released sooner rather than later, as specs of the device have already been leaked. The world's number one social network is partnering with device-maker HTC and carrier AT&T on a Facebook-...
iOS Wins vs. Android on Security; Apple Exec Joins Fray
F-Secure's report on security issues in mobile software says that Google's Android accounted for 79% of 301 specific threats in 2012 while Apple's iOS just accounted for 0.7%. In the fourth quarter alone, 96 new families and variants...
Facebook News Feed Turns to Personalized Newspaper
Facebook unveiled a new version of its News feed at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters tonight. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg said that to address feedback from users of the world's number one social network, News Feed will now...
Apple in Talks with Intel for Chips on Next iPhone and iPad
Apple and Intel have been in talks over the past year to discuss a contract manufacturing arrangement, Reuters reports, citing a source close to one of the companies. Apple obtains chips and other components for the iPad and iPhone...
Swatch CEO Says Apple's iWatch Won't Replace iPhone
Players in the $60-billion-a-year global watch industry won't likely welcome tech giant Apple with open arms and won't likely provide the least biased comments on Apple's watch project. Still, it's worth reporting that the CEO...
Apple Out? Samsung Has $110-Mil. Deal with Sharp
Samsung announced a $110 million investment in cash-strapped Sharp Corp. in exchange for a 3 percent ownership in Japan's TV pioneer. While it bolsters Sharp's chances of survival amid a shrinking demand for TVs, the deal's a...
Google Play Celebrates 1st Birthday with Giveaways
Today, June 6, Google marks the one year since it rolled out Google Play to replace Android Market. Google opted to rebrand its mobile store to better reflect the fact that it's home to more than just Android apps. To celebrate...
Opera Browser Beta Now on Google Play After Rebuild
Opera has released the first public version of its new mobile browser, initially on Android. As part of its bid to claim a bigger piece of the pie in mobile devices, Norwegian company announced in February that is moving away...
Galaxy Note 10.1 with LTE Now Available at Verizon
Verizon Wireless has added the most expensive Samsung tablet to its portfolio. Verizon is offering the Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE for $599.99 and says customers will have the option to add the tablet to their Share Everything account...
iPhone 5S Slated for Summer Release, New iPads in Spring?
Two next iPhone launch predictions in one day although they're reporting slightly different timelines: iMore's Rene Ritchie, citing unnamed sources, says that Apple is prepping an iPhone 5S for late summer, around August, while...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Said to Tout Eye-Based Scrolling
Samsung's upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S IV, has impressive hardware, but its software will have far more ground-breaking features, a Samsung employee told The New York Times. One of the software enhancements for the Android...
Apple iWatch Reportedly to Launch at Year's End
Apple is releasing an iOS-based "iWatch" before the end of 2013, reports from The Verge and Bloomberg confirmed. Features under consideration for the still-unconfirmed smartwatch device include the ability to make calls, check...
White House Says Phone Unlocking Should be Legalized
More than 114,000 people signed a WhiteHouse.gov petition to overturn a ban of unlocking cellphones. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration responded by saying that owners of phones, as well as tablets, should be able to...