Archive for October, 2011 - Page 25

RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 has been available on three major U.S. carriers since August. If you’re on T-Mobile, you can get the device for $299.99 on a two-year contract. On Verizon and Sprint, you can get the device for $249.99 [...]

When the Amazon Silk was introduced the same time as the Kindle Fire, people asked about their privacy as the browser routes requests through the Amazon cloud to make loading of websites faster. After facing an increasing public curiosity about [...]

We already know that the Newsstand feature that’s included among the list of attractions iOS 5 brings leads to an increase in subscriptions. Its impact is immediate as magazine and newspaper publishers saw a dramatic spike in their app downloads. [...]

Google introduced USB hosting on Honeycomb, allowing connection to a USB hard drive or a USB-based game controller such as the one for Xbox 360. Now, the inclusion of that function on Ice Cream Sandwich means you can do the [...]

As days go by, we learn more and more about Ice Cream Sandwich. And one of the features not mentioned during the platform’s introduction is its native stylus support. Google itself confirmed that Android 4.0 has built-in pen-based input for [...]

If you’re planning to buy a computer or computer peripherals soon, you might have to pay a bit more. Massive flooding in Thailand has stalled production of hard drives and components, and might drive up prices and limit supply.

Facebook is currently the dominant social network, with about 800 million users worldwide. As Facebook becomes ubiquitous among web and mobile users, will it make sense to run its own virtual currency?

It’s no secret that Apple’s App Store provides a more robust, varied ecosystem than the Android Market. For a long time now, the Android Market has been lagging behind, and not offering as many apps for Android users. Now, according [...]

Last week, we reported that Google Voice has been pulled out of the Apple App Store due to a bug that force closes it when launched. Not everyone suffered the same problem, but if Google pulled it out, a significant [...]

Console gamers have already been enjoying Batman: Arkham City for a few days now (though whether or not they’ve been enjoying all of it is another matter entirely), but unfortunately PC gamers are going to have to wait until November [...]