Good news for all of you streaming fans out there with this latest report. Both The Verge and the New York Times are reporting that Google is getting set to launch a subscription-based streaming service to compete with the likes of Spotify and Rdio. The reports are saying that Google has signed deals with both Universal Records and Sony to now fill… Read more
“A rush of anticipation coursed through my body as I flew up to my room and slammed the door shut. I sat down at my desk and slowly opened the box to reveal the stunning contents. There it lay, the HTC One, clad in its beautiful aluminum unibody. The most beautifully sophisticated phone that my eyes had ever feasted upon.” That’s about the briefest… Read more
When you ask an average consumer about tablets, what kind of response do you usually get? I’m willing to bet that they first mention the iPad. Or possibly they don’t even know what you’re talking about until you bring up the iPad. Now I hope you’ll agree that this is a serious problem. Because the iPad is just one tablet in a sea full of many others…. Read more
After a little over a week of eager anticipation, we were finally able to get our hands on the release version of Facebook’s new launcher, Facebook Home. But after using it, I’m feeling let down. And judging by other people’s reactions all over social media, they’re feeling the same way. So what’s the problem with Home? To be fair, Home is a… Read more
When I first saw the news about the Samsung Galaxy Mega yesterday, I was at first convinced that it must be a joke. Then I actually read the articles and my jaw began a quick descent towards the floor. I was absolutely baffled as to why Samsung even made these phones. Who needs such a large phone? Looking back at the past two or three years in mobile… Read more
The One with James Van Der Beek – watch more funny videos Whoever is in charge of HTC’s marketing needs to be slapped silly after making this commercial. I mean, really? What in the world were they thinking when this was created? HTC posted this parody video to Funny Or Die and they must have intended it to be funny and witty but it isn’t either. They… Read more
Sad news for Big Red customers today, Verizon has made some changes to their upgrade eligibility policies and they’re not all that good. For starters, you can now only upgrade your device when your tw0-year contract has run out. Previously, you could upgrade four months before the contract ran out as long as you were planning to stay on Verizon. But the… Read more
Ask almost any mobile tech savvy person about NFC and they can give you a pretty good answer. It’s short for Near Field Communication and allows devices to interact with each other by being in very close proximity. It can be used to transfer files or simply trigger things. The possibilities are incredibly vast with NFC and it makes me wonder, why isn’t… Read more
When you get a mainstream phone like the Galaxy S III or HTC One, you know that there will be an overwhelming number of cases available for it. But the real problem comes when choosing a case. You could go for something dirt cheap on eBay and then be rewarded with an extremely poorly-made case in return. But there’s also the option of shelling out a bit… Read more
About a year and a half ago (or somewhere near that), Google made the executive decision to give Android a design revamp. The launch of the Galaxy Nexus came about and with it came something much more important: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a sleek new design theme known as Holo. A far cry from previous versions of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich… Read more
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