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Vinstagram? How a Vine-like feature on Instagram could change Facebook
Anyone who loves the Vine app for Twitter knows two things - it can be a lot of fun and...
Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?
The short answer: no. The longer answer is that they have to do something. When Microsoft first made the jump...
The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights
Since January, Google and Microsoft have been clawing each other’s eyes out over YouTube. The trouble started way back in...
This is what Google Glass looks like when you take it apart
It's not that it's disappointing or anything. In many ways, it's anticlimactic to see what the little device that's causing...
As Home fails, Facebook tries a lifeline with dock feature
The primary goal of Home, Facebook's Android app that basically takes over your phone, was to keep people more connected...
Android or Windows 8? How to choose between HP’s two new detachable PCs
Perhaps you've heard that HP has launched two detachable, hybrid PCs and you aren't sure which of these cool devices...
Google I/O 2013 in a nutshell
Not everyone gets to go to the Google I/O conference. Thankfully, there is plenty of coverage and tons of blog...
5 apps to help shopaholics watch their spending
Do you love shopping? Do you get a gleam in your eye and exhilaration in your heart when you make...
Microsoft and Google at it again
Yes, Microsoft seems to have given Google the hump lately with their new update for the YouTube app on Windows...
Can the Galaxy S4 hit 100 million units sold?
Ten million down. Ninety million to go. That's the news out of Samsung as their mobile chief announced today that...
Facebook Home is a bust so far with 0.1% adoption
The blogosphere is normally abuzz with stories about Facebook that demonstrate negative sentiment towards their activities. Most of their moves...
The foundations of a successful app
Developing smartphone apps is a tough business to break into. Seventy-five percent of apps earn the developer less than 500...
Game consoles vs. mobile devices: Is console gaming on life support?
Some are already chiseling RIP on a tombstone for consoles, but in reality mobile devices aren't yet ready to seriously...
Microsoft positions itself away from the fray with new Lumia ad
Microsoft has had its shares of difficulties in two big arenas of late - selling phones powered by their operating...
Facebook Home: Potentially capable, or dead on arrival?
Picture this: you go to a supermarket and you’re strolling down the frozen food section. You stop and take a...
NASA PhoneSats use Android phones to send data from orbit
Earlier this week, NASA launched three smartphone satellites, called “PhoneSats”, into orbit. They rode into space aboard the maiden flight...
3 additive mobile games developed to test your I.Q.
The world of apps and Smartphone’s primarily started off with Apple’s iPhone in June 2007, with Google soon following up...
Yahoo kills off a bunch of features you didn’t know existed
As of April 30th, several of Yahoo's products will be shuttered as part of their initiative to consolidate focus and...
New apps make your smartphones smarter as you get drunker
If you’re like me, you like to have fun, knock back a few drinks with your friends, and party the...
3 quick iPhone hacks that you probably didn’t know
The iPhone has been blazing trails in the smartphone industry for 5 years now. It's domination has been threatened lately...