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In the wake of the various hacking stories of high profile Twitter accounts being hacked and abused, Twitter has begun the roll out of its new Two-Factor Authentication service. Similar to Google’s Two-Factor Authentication, users will need to enter a 6 digit code, which is sent by SMS to the...

Entertainment media company, and creators of the Angry Birds series, Rovio, have launched their game publishing initiative Rovio Stars. The program accepts third-party games from developers and gives them the tools needed to promote their game. Starting out, Rovio will release Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage...

We all love our apps, and with more than 800,000 available in the Play Store, there are plenty to choose from.  But some things about them still bug us users. App Permissions. During the Google I/O Fireside Android Chat, Android Framework Engineer Dianne Hackborn said about the idea of optional app...

Research In Motion is finally bringing its hugely popular Blackberry Messenger (BBM) to other platforms this summer.  Announced today by CEO Thorsten Heins; “It’s time to bring BBM to a greater audience, no matter what mobile device they carry.” This will see happen something that...

After selling O2 back in 2002 to Telefonica for £18 million, BT (British Telecom) are looking to join the 4G party and return to the consumer mobile space. After buying up £186.5 Million worth of 4G spectrum earlier this year, and signing a 10 year deal with O2 to help them rollout their own 4G network...

Amazon announced that users can now use Amazon Coins, their digital currency, to make purchases in the Amazon Appstore and on the Kindle Fire. Starting today, Kindle Fire customers will have $5 worth of free coins deposited into their Amazon accounts to be used toward apps and games in the Appstore. Amazon...

  Facebook is in talks to buy the social map/navigation app, Waze.  In a deal that could reach the $1 Billion mark, is Facebook looking for another Instagram-esque deal to bolster it’s line of services? Waze is a well known social mapping/navigation app for smartphones.  It collects data...

News apps are a dime-a-dozen in the Play Store these days, but few do it as well and as simply as PressReader. With over 2,000 publications available in full to download to your device, you can read whatever you want, whenever you want, from wherever you want. When you first open the app you are greeted...

Samsung has acquired multiscreen company MOVL. Little is known about the details of the acquisition, but it has been reported that Samsung has been working on better integration between mobile devices and Samsung’s smart TVs. A spokesman for MOVL released the following statement regarding the...

  Reports are coming in from users of Samsungs’ new flagship Galaxy S4 that the device is getting a little too warm for comfort. It seems users of the Exynos Octa chipset variety are experiencing overheating issues, which is having a massive impact on battery life. One user even went as far...

  Google’s new note taking app Keep now has its very own app available for the Chrome web browser. The Chrome App opens in its own window, allowing you work on things in your to-do list, crossing them off as you go, or add new items without switching tabs.  The Google Keep Chrome App also...

I’ll be honest, I never really bought in to the whole 16-bit nostalgia style gaming on smartphones.  I always thought those games belonged on the classic consoles that were originally designed for. Then along came Punch Quest.  Wow. Not only does it capture the sights and sounds of classic arcade...

    We all love a new device, and you can’t get much newer than the Samsung Galaxy S4.  For those lucky people that managed to get their hands on one, you’re going to want to protect it. We have managed to get a couple of Samsung Galaxy S4 cases to have a look at, though unfortunately I...

There has been a lot of discussion about improving Android’s multitasking UI lately. The Paranoid Android team have been working on their own multi-window implementation for its ROM. The team mentions previous attempts at multi-window implementations, with most failing to gain traction. CyanogenMod...

LG, Samsungs’ long time rival in the mobile space, have confirmed they are bring out a device toting a Flexible OLED Display late this year. LG’s vice president of mobile, Yoon Bu-Hyun, dropped the info during LGs’ earnings call earlier today. During the call LG also announced a Q1 91%...