Archive for April, 2011 - Page 18

We have mentioned the Viper SmartStart system several times here on TFTS in the past. Honestly, it seems like a rather nice system for those who are willing to shell out a few hundred bucks. And well, Viper has announced a new update and this comes with not only the [...]

Remember RockMelt? It’s the socially-aware web browser built on top of Chromium. After what is seen as failure to launch in the mainstream web browser market, RockMelt turns to mobile.

Motorola is just about ready to launch its next Android Phone, the Droid X2. While we do expect prices of older devices to drop, Amazon is actually giving away the older Droid X for free.

Toshiba is set to launch its Android Honeycomb-powered tablet soon. While earlier reports had it named as “ANT” because of the model numbers, a recent trademark application indicates that Toshiba intends to brand it as “Thrive.”

Amazon is ramping up its efforts to compete with Android Market. With every purchase of a Verizon Android device this week, you get $25 to spend at the Amazon App Store.

Word has recently come out that both iPhone and Android platforms are able to track your every move. While these are supposedly helpful in making location-based services work, those with concerns about privacy can do something about it.

Apple surely has a way of wanting desirable generic words for their own. The company has recently applied to trademark the word “startup.”

Those of us in Europe, Australia, and the United States may have only had Pokemon Black and White for about a month and a half now, but folks in Japan have been collecting, training, and trading the newest generation of Pokemon since last September. It shouldn’t be a surprise, then, [...]

According to Mozilla’s realtime download meter for Firefox 4, the open-source browser has surpassed 100 million downloads. However, StatCounter statistics indicate that the browser has not yet edged out Internet Explorer 8 or Chrome’s market share.

RIM might be a bit late in the game with the BlackBerry PlayBook, but the tablet might still be popular among existing BlackBerry users. One bad thing found by early reviewers, though is the awkwardly-small power button.