Archive for September, 2011 - Page 29

Henry Tirri took over the role of Richard Green as Chief Technology Officer of Nokia when the latter took off on an indefinite leave over undisclosed personal reasons. Now, months later, Henry Tirri was appointed permanent Chief Technology Officer, further fueling (if not proving) earlier speculation about friction between Elop [...]

With all the cases of stolen financial information and identity theft recently, it’s only normal for people to be worried about their security. You don’t even have to be a celebrity targeted by hacking groups looking for nude pics – fretting about the security of all the private information you [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is a long time coming. We’ve known about it for as long as we’ve known the 10.1, and yet the 10.1 has been on the market for quite some time before all these developments about the 8.9 came out. Early this week, Best Buy started [...]

This is a sad time in the Android phone industry because such a remarkable player is finally being retired. The HTC Evo 4G has reached its end of life. Go ahead, let it out, crying will make it feel better. The Evo was a front runner in many areas and [...]

LG’s releasing a number of devices for Korea this year. After the Optimus Q2 (among a number other models) comes the LG Optimus EX, a touchscreen device with dual-core processor that’s not really much different from its other smartphones. The device’s details were leaked recently, and among its features is [...]

The smartphone industry is tough, especially when you’re competing with big names like Apple. A recent survey done by UBS Investment Research says that majority of high-end iPhone users will buy another iPhone the next time around. Android users may not be as loyal.

You have to admit that right now in the mobile phone realm there is only two real players battling it out: Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Verizon’s CEO, Lowell McAdam, thinks the industry is longing for a third player and he thinks that will be Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

It’s not just the Samsung Stratosphere that got leaked today as we’re going to show you unofficial images of the Samsung Galaxy S II X, Telus upcoming Herculean monster smartphone, as well as a video of the device in action.

Spotify may have had a difficult time entering the U.S. market. But now that they’re partnering with the likes of Facebook, the streaming music service is getting traction. At the Facebook f8 conference, Spotify has announced it will no longer require invites, and that users get six months free unlimited [...]

Twitter has begun to use advertising as a form of revenue (since last year) and is seeking to expand into the realm of politics. It’s doing this by beginning a pilot program offering a half dozen politicians and national party committees the chance to get the word out on Twitter.