Archive for September, 2011 - Page 6

Earlier today we reported on rumors suggesting that Research in Motion is planning to discontinue the BlackBerry PlayBook, a QNX-running tablet that failed to become the best-selling device the company envisioned.

Disney has numerous businesses in the West from theme parts to movies to TV. But in Japan, it puts on another hat – the hat of a phone (and maybe even tablet) maker. Disney recently revealed a couple of new smartphone models adding to its current list of devices: the [...]

Apple is fighting Samsung in over 20 patent infringement cases filed by one or the other in various countries. It all started with Apple suing Samsung in April, calling the South Korean company out for allegedly stealing iPhone and iPad designs and using them in its current lines of Galaxy [...]

It’s been a long, crazy road for Kevin Tancharoen. First, he directed a Mortal Kombat short film, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, and planned to present it to Warner Bros. as a pitch for a full-length Mortal Kombat movie. When that short film found its way onto YouTube, it became a hit [...]

The iPhone 5 announcement will take place on October 4 on Cupertino’s campus. That’s in five days from now but the rumors and leaks mentioning the new device continue to mount. Earlier today we heard the new iOS 5 smartphone will sport HSPA+ 21Mbps data speeds and we even saw [...]

Just a little reminder for all of you Battlefield 3 fans out there: that Battlefield 3 open beta that DICE announced last week has gone live on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Marketplace, and Origin. You can download it today and give Battlefield 3 a test spin until October 10th, [...]

The summer months have gone away and we’re quickly approaching winter. In just a couple of months, stores around the United States will be packed with people in search of Christmas gifts for their loved ones, and the video games industry is going to be simply booming.

DICE is a studio that’s put out some pretty great games over the years, and indeed they have a lot of impressive accomplishments under their belts. Even though the Call of Duty series still dominates the FPS scene, DICE’s Battlefield series has attracted a massive fanbase itself, and to succeed [...]

Flickr has been around for awhile and, at one time at least, was one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the Internet. One specific area was found lacking at Flickr and that’s the availability of an Android app. Iphone has had one since 2009 but Android has been [...]