Archive for December, 2011 - Page 15

Bell Canada Announces They Are Going To Stop Internet Throttling

Canadian File-Sharers Rejoice, Bell Canada Will Stop Internet Throttling As Of March 1st
Filed by on Friday, 23. December 2011

It looks like we have some good news for those up in Canada. Well, more specifically, some good news for those up in Canada who also happen to be customers of Bell. Or on the Bell Canada network through a third-party.

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Samsung Clarifies Ice Cream Sandwich Update Plans For The Galaxy S & Galaxy Tab

Samsung Makes It Clear, Android 4.0 ICS Is Not Coming For The Galaxy S Smartphone Or Galaxy Tab Tablet
Filed by on Friday, 23. December 2011

Samsung offered up some details in terms of their Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade plans a short while back. At that time they offered some details as to which devices would be getting Android 4.0. And well, it looks like we have another update coming from Samsung, except this time they [...]

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Apple Building New Flagship Retail Store in Palo Alto

Apple Reportedly Investing $3.15 Million in New Two-Story, 15,030-Square-Foot “Prototype” Store in California
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

By introducing its retail stores and continuously investing in their expansion, Apple reinvented the electronics shopping experience for tech fans. There’s hardly any gadget store chain in the world capable to draw similar crowds, as Apple’s stores are not only admired but also very profitable.

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CES 2012: Samsung Smart TV Teaser Promises Us an Even Better Connected TV Experience

Samsung Subliminal Message Received, South Korean Company Highly Committed to Smart TV; Apple TV Who?
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

With over two weeks to go until CES 2012 kicks off, we’re already receiving plenty of news regarding the upcoming Las Vegas event, with Microsoft’s and CEA’s divorce being one of the latest updates regarding the future of the Consumer Electronics Show.

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Nintendo Begins Adding 3DS Ambassador Games To eShop In Japan

Nintendo Releases The Legend Of Zelda On Japanese eShop - Will It Release The Other 3DS Ambassador Games?
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

Are you bummed because you bought your 3DS after Nintendo implemented its price cut, which prevented you from becoming a 3DS Ambassador? Jealous of all of your fellow 3DS owners and their classic games from the NES and GBA eras? Take heart, bargain shoppers, because it looks like Nintendo might [...]

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LG Spectrum & HTC Fireball Said to be First 4G LTE World Phones for Verizon

Upcoming LTE Android Flagship Devices Get Leaked, Release Dates Not Available At This Time
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

Verizon has recently launched three impressive 4G LTE Android handsets, the Motorola Droid RAZR, the HTC Rezound and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. They’re all flagship devices currently selling for $299.99 with new two-year contracts – although various retailers offer a lot better deals than the mobile operator.

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Steam Holiday Sale Continues With Deals On Space Marine, Torchlight

Prices For Blur, Limbo, Mass Effect & Brink Take A Nosedive On Day Four Of Steam Holiday Sale
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

Is your wallet ready to go another round in the Steam holiday sale? After taking advantage of some of yesterday’s deals ($24.99 for Batman: Arkham City was just too good to pass up), mine isn’t, but if your wallet isn’t down for the count yet, then Valve has another group [...]

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Firefox: Mozilla to Earn $300 Million Per Year From Google

Google is Paying Almost $ 1 Billion to Be the Default Mozilla Firefox Web Browser, in an Effort to Keep Firefox From Microsoft & Yahoo!
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

The tides have turned for Mozilla, as the Firefox browser gets gets a bit of good luck. While Mozilla’s default search partnership deal with Google was reported to have expired earlier this year, the search giant is renewing the partnership to the tune of almost $1 billion in the next [...]

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iPhone 4S, iPad 2 Jailbreak In Progress as Pod2g Entrusts the Chronic Dev Team with iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Release

Hacker Completes iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak, Moves on to Next Challenge, A5-based Apple Devices
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

Pod2g, the famous iOS jailbreak hacker, proved yesterday that its untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak works on A4-based Apple devices, and specifically on the iPhone 4, thus indicating that a public release could be just around the corner.

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Apple’s iPhone Market Share Slipping in Continental Europe According to Reports

Apple Doing Well in the U.S., UK & Australia, While More Europeans Consider Other iPhone Alternatives This Christmas - Is It Really So?
Filed by on Thursday, 22. December 2011

Yesterday we heard that, on one hand, Google is activating over 700,000 Android units per day while on the other hand Apple is expected to sell over 30 million iPhones this quarter and we draw a foreknown conclusion, Apple is making a lot more money than Google despite having a [...]

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