Archive : Newsflash

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...

We reported some time ago that AT&T might be working on a system that would allow them to harness mobile speeds of up to 300mbps using 5G LTE. Well, Samsung has announced that they’ve developed  “first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands”...

  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...

Well if you thought you didn’t need another portable charger, let me be the first to tell you, you’re wrong. Now before you get mad let me tell you why. I was browsing around on Kickstarter.com, checking out all the latest projects as I like to do during my spare time. After a few minutes...

Well we have a nice little surprise for you today. Our friends over at App.net have given us about 200 invites to their paid/invite only social network. But before I get into the invites let me tell you a bit about App.net and why you should/want to join this amazing social group. Spam-Free: App.net...

Due to “unexpected inventory challenges from Samsung”, Sprint will be a little slow in launching the Samsung Galaxy S4.  They are accepting phone and online orders starting this Saturday April 27th, and launching in retails stores when they have a stock of the devices. This is the second...

  According to (reliable) sources at Google, Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie might not being making its debut at Google I/O next month. Google is thinking of delaying the release of Key Lime Pie in order to help out OEMs, who are currently hard at work trying to get their devices updated to Jelly Bean...

Well Sprint/Samsung fans the time has finally arrived. Sprint has officially announced that they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy S4 on April 27th for $249 (16GB Version+taxes excluded). This price as always comes only with a new contract or eligible upgrade but there is something more added for new...

Well it is 12:05 AM PT and I am wide awake so I figured I would let you guys know that Facebook is releasing the new “Home” launcher today. This laucher that was first announced on April 4th at Facebook HQ aims to bring everything to your lockscreen. Things like text messages and Facebook...

Google’s new Play Store, Version 4.0.16, is in the wild. Thanks to the folks over at Droid-Life we have just seen the updated and refreshed version of the Play Store for the first time. As you can see in the video below there are quite a few changes most of them are visual, thankfully, and there...

We last saw Keep, Google’s new note taking addition to Drive, this past Sunday. It was only available for about 20 minutes before it disappeared but that was more than enough time to see what Google had in mind. Now Keep is back and this time it brought an Android app with it. As you can see in...

Bloomberg has confirmed that Samsung is working on their own Smartwatch. There have been previous reports/rumors about Samsung’s Smartwatch and, along with those reports, some images have leaked as well. Now with confirmation from Samsung could these images (above and below) be the real deal?...

First, let me say this is something that should be taken with a heavy grain of salt. The photo above shows a supposed Nexus 5 prototype made by Nexus 4 manufacturer, LG. That is right ladies and gentlemen. The Nexus 5. According to an anonymous and unverified source, this is a prototype Nexus 5 device...

This was news that NO ONE expected to hear about any time soon. Seems that Android Headcheese Andy Rubin has decided to step down as head of operations, and head of Chrome OS and apps Sundar Pichai will take his place. Wow. I guess Rubin’s fear of Samsung was growing stronger and stronger as...

Lately the place to be in social media is app.net. A paid social community that looks like it will be the potential Twitter-killer. One of the biggest factors in a new social media is the implementation of a great and functional mobile app. Luckily unlike Facebook, app.net has some great and visually...