Archive for October, 2011 - Page 5

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BlackBerry PlayBook Price Cuts Did Little to Boost Sales

RIM Fails To Ignite Interest on the BlackBerry PlayBook In Spite of Massive Price Cut
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

It’s no secret that the BlackBerry PlayBook isn’t doing well at all. In fact, sales were so bad, RIM decided to slash off as much as $200 from its price on various retailers across the United States. But it seems even the massive reduction in price isn’t enough to convince [...]

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Top Halloween Apps for Tracking Ghosts, Spooking Friends or Just Plain Halloween Fun

What's Your Favorite Halloween Smartphone or Tablet App? We Share a Few Useful Apps for Trick or Treating, Partying & Turning Friends' Photos Into Ghosts
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Halloween is just around the corner. With kids dressed as ghosts and ghouls (and maybe even fairies, knights or angry birds), we adults have our fun with smartphone and tablet apps that can help spook the heck out of our friends.

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Pirated Modern Warfare 3 PC Version Now Available for Download?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Gets Stolen & Hits PCs Before Official Release Date; Activision Already Tracking Down Pirated CoD Copies
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Can’t wait to get your hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? What if I told you that the PC version of the game has been already stolen and it’s already out there in the wild?

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Google Music Outs MP3 Shop A Tad Too Early, Removes Reference to It Quickly

Google Might Soon Sell MP3 Tracks Through The Android Market
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Google Music’s been making waves recently due to a prior announcement that Google will start selling MP3 tracks through the service soon. Then Andy Rubin announced at AsiaD that it will have a “a little twist,” that was later rumored to be the ability to share music tracks with your [...]

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Nintendo Cites 3DS Price Cut As Cause For Massive Loss

Nintendo Blames The 3DS Price Cut For Its First Half Losses, Proposes A Plan To Attract Non-Gamers To The 3DS In 2012
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Nintendo’s report of massive losses in the first half of its fiscal year currently has the internet buzzing with talk about Nintendo’s demise, but ignoring the doom and gloom about Nintendo predicting its first annual loss in 30 years, what was the major cause of the first half loss?

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Yahoo! Maps Now Powered by Nokia

Nokia's Navteq Now Powers Yahoo! Maps & Navigation, But Can it Compete Against Google Maps?
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Yahoo! has been outsourcing services to other companies, in an effort to cut costs and bolster partnerships. Yahoo! has recently relaunched its maps application, now powered by Nokia.

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Motorola Droid Razr To Get Backup Assistant+ Support on Verizon

Get Free 500MB Storage for Your Droid Razr Through Verizon
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Preorders for the wafer thin Motorola Droid Razr on Verizon has begun, and with it comes free 500 MB storage through Backup Assistant+ that you can upgrade as you see fit. Backup Assistant+ backs up your contacts list as well as your media files (both pictures and videos) on the [...]

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Galaxy Tab 10.1, Iconia & Eee Pad Transformer Available from GameStop with Preloaded Games

GameStop Increases Tablet Offerings to Include Three Game-filled Android Tablets – “A New Way to Game”
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

GameStop is going to make a big push for mobile gaming, or the new kind of smartphone and tablet gaming that is hurting traditional companies like Nintendo – just take a look at their recent financial report.

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YouTube to Show Original Programming Through 100 Channels

YouTube Finally Gets Deals With Hollywood & Independent Producers, Invests More than $100 Million for Gaming, Sports, Entertainment & Other Exclusive "Channels"
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Original programming is coming to a YouTube channel near you. Google is making a big push for TV. Amid news of an upcoming new Google TV, the company has inked deals with at least 100 producers to build content exclusively for YouTube channels.

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Lotus Glass Is Corning's New Darling

Will Gorilla Glass Be Overshadowed By Its Newer Sibling in The Future?
Filed by on Friday, 28. October 2011

Chances are, you’ve heard of Gorilla glass before. If you own a smartphone, and the list of features for it says it’s using some sort of fortified display, it’s probably Gorilla glass. But Gorilla glass has its limitations, and its maker Corning is addressing those limitations by coming up with [...]

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