Archive for November, 2011 - Page 21

Galaxy Nexus vs iPhone 4S: Samsung Beats Apple In Browser Tests, Loses in Hardware Benchmarks [Galaxy Nexus & iPhone 4S Surpass Each Other in Different Tests, No Clear Victor Yet?]

By on Sunday, 20. November 2011

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone in the world is not officially available in the USA yet, but it looks like the device is already testing great in benchmarks. The Galaxy Nexus has been [...]

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40,000 Windows Phone 7 Apps & Growing [Windows Phone Marketplace Has Passed 40,000 Apps & is Expected to Reach 50,000 by Year End]

By on Sunday, 20. November 2011

In today’s smartphone industry, the ecosystem can make or break a platform. Apple was first to market with its App Store and leads the game in terms of volume. Android Market comes in a close second. Will Microsoft be able [...]

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PlayStation Home Lets Friends Watch Streaming Movies Together via Crackle Network [Friends Can Now Get Together via PlayStation Home Network to Watch Movies; UStream & RadioIO Coming December]

By on Sunday, 20. November 2011

Sony has just announced a “new era” in how PlayStation user can consume content, as the PlayStation Home network now lets users watch movies together via the Crackle network, and can expect to listen to music together by December, too.

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15-inch MacBook Air Release Date Was Supposed to be October 2010; Now Sometime in 2012? [Apple Said to Have Canceled 15-inch MacBook Air Launch One Year Ago But Model Not Completely Dead]

By on Sunday, 20. November 2011

A few days ago a new report talked about next year’s iPad 3, iPhone 5/6 and the 15-inch MacBook Air/Pro, and we’re particularly interested in the notebook today as we hear Apple wanted to launch the device one year ago.

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Nook Tablet Root Achieved, Google Apps Ready to be Installed [Barnes & Noble Affordable Android Tablets Gets Rooted – Here’s What You Need to Know]

By on Sunday, 20. November 2011

Earlier this week Amazon released the Kindle Fire, and the low-cost tablet was rooted almost immediately after launch, thus allowing Fire buyers to further customize their Android experience. At the same time Barnes & Noble launched its own ultra-affordable Android [...]

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Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Reviewed [B&N Nook Tablet Has Good Performance & Build, But May Not Be Able to Compete With Amazon Kindle Fire Yet In Terms of Content]

By on Sunday, 20. November 2011

Barnes & Noble has recently released its Nook Tablet as an upgrade to the Nook Color, and a direct competitor to Amazon’s Kindle Fire. But at $50 more than the Kindle Fire, will the Nook Tablet be able to compete, [...]

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Apple iPad Gets 88% of Global Web Traffic From Tablets [iPad The World's Most Popular Tablet for Accessing Online Content Through Web]

By on Saturday, 19. November 2011

Apple’s iPad gets an 88% share in global web traffic from tablet computers, far surpassing the performance of Android- and Windows-powered tablets. But is this enough to matter in the bigger scheme of things?

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Free Messaging & VoIP Applications Eating Into Carrier Revenues [Apps Like Skype, Google Talk, iMessage, Kik & WhatsApp Already A Threat to Business Models of Carriers Like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon & T-Mobile]

By on Friday, 18. November 2011

VoIP and chat are supposed to usher in an era of free or cheap calls and messages, and now it seems they’re finally succeeding at eating into mobile carriers‘ revenues, according to analysts. Should carriers like AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and [...]

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Verizon Galaxy Nexus to Come with Bloatware After All [Purest Google Phone Out There Will Pack Verizon-branded Apps, Color Us Confused]

By on Friday, 18. November 2011

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is supposed to be a Google-branded Android handset that would offer customers  pure, simple, vanilla Android experience. That means users wouldn’t get any custom user interfaces on top of the default Android installation and that there [...]

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Riot Games Boasts Ridiculous League Of Legends Stats [4.2 Million People Play League Of Legends Every Day, League Of Legends Claims 11.5 Million Active Users]

By on Friday, 18. November 2011

The decision to launch a free-to-play MMO is a risky move. On the one hand, it’s nearly impossible to go up against the successful subscription-based MMOs, but on the other, there’s so many free-to-play MMOs out there that it’s going [...]

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