Archive for December, 2011 - Page 27

Android: Adobe Flash Player 11.1 Available for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich [Adobe Launches What Could be the Last Version for Android Smartphones & Tablets, With 4.0 ICS Support]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Adobe is not exactly doing well in mobile devices, given that Flash is viewed as a battery hog. Even so, Adobe has launched the latest version of Flash Player with support for the latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich version.

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iPhone 4S “No SIM Card Installed” Error Fixed by iOS 5.0.1 Build 9A406 [iOS 5.0.1 Re-release Reportedly Fixes iOS 5 Bug On Top of Making Siri Ports Legal]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

A few weeks ago we showed you an unexpected iPhone 4S error that affected certain users, the “No SIM card installed” issue. According to some reports, the error occurrs randomly affecting only certain devices. What happens basically is that the iPhone [...]

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iPhone 4S: Siri Now Lets iPhone Users Shop From Best Buy [Wolfram Alpha Partners With Best Buy to Let iPhone 4S Users Shop Using Speech-Powered Siri Personal Assistant]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Siri has been lauded as a potential challenger to the dominance of Google search. Given the convenience of just telling your phone what to do, this opens up opportunities to do other tasks, as well, such as shopping. Now Best [...]

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Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx Spotted in Leaked Verizon Documents [Verizon Rumored to Launch New Droid RAZR Flavor, Release Date & Pricing Not Known Yet]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Verizon launched the latest Motorola Android flagship smartphone, the Droid RAZR, in early November, and the carrier is now rumored to already have a successor in the works. A Droid RAZR Maxx has been spotted in Verizon’s inventory, after just [...]

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iPhone 4S Launched in 20 More Countries; Priced Exorbitantly In Some Regions [Apple Launches iPhone 4S in 20 More Countries Around the World; Some Markets Charging as High as $1,400 for 16GB iPhone 4S]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

How much would you pay for an iPhone 4S? Would you be willing to pay $1,400 for an entry-level 16 GB iPhone 4S? In some markets, apparently some consumers are more than willing to do so, as Apple launches the [...]

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Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich Update Announced, to Become the Default ICS Version [Google Goes One Step Further, Details New ICS Update for Galaxy Nexus & Future Supported Devices]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Once the Galaxy Nexus become official, Google immediately issued a new Ice Cream Sandwich update, and Nexus buyers should already have Android 4.0.2 installed on their devices. But apparently that’s not the only update the phone – and all future ICS-compatible devices [...]

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Avatar iTunes Extras Special Edition Coming on December 20, Pre-Orders Available Now [James Cameron & Co. Keep Cashing In on the 3D Blockbuster; Special Extras Included via iTunes Movie Purchase]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

James Cameron and Co., or better said the folks at Twentieth Century Fox are ready to cash in, again, on the popularity of Avatar. The movie, launched originally in 2009, is a turning point in modern cinematography, and while it’s [...]

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Microsoft Windows 8 to Feature Picture Passwords [Forget Face Recognition & PINs; Microsoft Wants You To Personalize Your Password Screen With a Photo & Touchscreen Gestures]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Signing in to a computer using passwords has been the norm since time immemorial. But given the prevalence of touch screens in today’s devices, alternative means of logging in are being explored. Microsoft, for one, plans to use picture passwords [...]

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eBay Offers $10 Cash Back to Spend on Retail Stores [eBay Gets Back at Amazon For Pirating Customers From Brick & Mortar Establishments; Offers Gift Certificates at Toys "R" Us, Dick's Sporting Goods & Aeropostale]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Recently, Amazon ran a promotion that offered up to $5 discount on items scanned from a brick and mortar store through its iOS and Android applications. Retail establishments called foul, saying Amazon was stealing their customers. Now eBay is getting [...]

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Samsung Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich Update Rolling Out Starting Today [Google Ready to Launch Android 4.0 Upgrade for Second Nexus-branded Smartphone]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

Now that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has finally been launched in the USA, Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now officially official and we expect manufacturers and carriers to start updating existing Android handsets in the near future.

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