Ashton Kutcher has been hired by Lenovo for something other than his good looks. This time he is going to be Lenovo’s product engineer. Ashton is actually an avid tech fan and has been in the scene for quite a while, often found investing in startups and companies he thinks might take-off in the future. […]
October 2013
Verizon Not Expected To Be Picking Up Nexus 5
In a strange turn of events, one of the biggest carriers across the U.S. Will reportedly not pick up the new Google Nexus 5 mobile. The Nexus 5 was suppose to be one of the best mid-ranged phones money can buy. After being released for only a matter of hours, the 16Gb version is completely […]
Messaging On Android Will Now Be Done Via Google+ Hangouts App, Updated To V2.0
Last month we heard whispers around that Google intended on taking away their messaging service all together and replacing it with the Google+ hangouts section. Today, after the release of Android 4.4 that is one of the changes they have made. We can now kiss the old messages goodbye completely. If you’re not familiar with […]
Nexus 5 Bumper Covers Listed Over At Google Play Store
Just hours after the event took place which saw the Nexus 5 announced, Google has now listed some cases for it. The only dilemma here is that they are not yet available to be purchased, even though the actual device is as of right now. The cases will fit both the 16Gb and the 32GB […]
Android 4.4 Won’t Support The Galaxy Nexus, Google Confirms Today
The original standard Galaxy Nexus will not be getting upgraded to the newly announced Android 4.4 a Google spokesman had confirmed for the live event today. Google is still standing by their previous statement which involved one of the best features about the new KitKat was the fact that you can expect better performance to […]
Google Play No Longer Supports FroYo
Now that the big launch of the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 has happened, Google is going to be making some changes to the services surrounding it to better suit what is happening. Unfortunately for some people this will cause a negative impact rather than a positive one, especially if you own the older firmwares […]
Android 4.4 KitKat For Nexus 5, Nexus 7 & Nexus 10 Download Available In The Coming Weeks
We were told per sources earlier today that a good thing about Android 4.4 is that it will improve performance on the lower end devices. That gave us hope that it would also be coming to most of the lower end ones, however, it seems that is not going to be the case necessarily. Reports […]
Nexus 5 Round-Up Including Price, Features And Release Date
The Nexus 5 was announced today with a Snapdragon 800 with quad-core Krait CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. This is some serious hardware packed inside. Furthermore, it has been confirmed to come with stock Android 4.4 KitKat — the latest Android firmware that enthusiasts have been waiting for for most of this year. The first […]
Mobile Devices Can Be Used During Take-Off And Landing On Flights Now Says FAA
When it comes to flying, nobody I know is gain enough to take any risks. If we date back to a decade ago, mobile phones were not permitted at all on flights. The captains managed to drill the point in so hard, that even to this day when mobile phones are partially allowed on flights […]
Chart Of Colour Preference For iPhone 5C And iphone 5S Between Men And Women
New figures have come to light on how the sales of the 2013 iPhone range have gone in terms of colors and genders. Green was nearly identical between male and female, ranging at almost 20% for both. Blue saw a significant jump up for the boys, even though it’s a more sky blue and not […]
Features For Android 4.4 KitKat Will Include Support For Wearable Tech
The next few years are shaping up to be an interesting one. For starters, I’m personally in love with what we are seeing in smartwatches and I think there is a strong future there for sure. That’s not to say that mobile will disappear, or even dim down from what it is today, but I […]
Cause Of Death iOS 7 Short Film Shows Why You Don’t Want A Bug Filled Firmware
When we get a firmware released pushed out by Apple, and every other company like Android, they are always (and I mean always) filled with bugs. It’s given to us as if it’s something we should expect to see, and as users we just accept it. But is Apple getting off too lightly? Have you […]
Android 4.4 KitKat And Nexus 5 Coming Today, October 31
Happy Halloween! We should have known Google would have picked this occasion to drop what we have all been waiting for — KitKat Rom and the new nexus 5 smart phones. We posted several days ago about an alleged invite that showed what appeared to be the Nexus 5 with KitKat inside of it and […]
iPhone 5C Set Against Samsung Galaxy S4
The iPhone 5C is a device we should already know, once we get past the nice new glossy plastic colors they come in because it is much the same as last years iPhone 5 in terms of specs, so it’s important to not go past the visuals and dimensions before we jump in any further. […]
Google Donates 17,000 Nexus 7 Tablets To Victims Of Hurricane Sandy
Fortunately for most places in the world, they aren’t subject to copping the brutal force of these hurricanes we see so often across the United States of America. Although Sandy didn’t leave the destruction of Hurricane Katrina that we saw all those years ago in New Orleans, it still did cause a lot of pain […]
OTA For Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 To Android 4.3 Has Commenced
If you are with the phone carrier Sprint then you should now start to see the Android 4.3 update come over the air and into your phone settings. Save yourself the hassle of checking every few minutes, because typically this will come as a notification. The move puts Sprint in front of the pack leaving […]
UDMJ6 Android 4.3 OTA For Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LTE Now Available
The Galaxy Note 3 LTE has just received two different firmware upgrades, one of which we have here for you today. The one we have is the UDMJ6, but there is also a UDMJ8 on the loose if you want to track it down. Being the WiFi model, there has been some changes made to […]
Lebron James Featured In New 2-Minute Ad, Likely Part Of The 100 Million Deal Between NBA & Samsung
We reported yesterday about the national basketball association and Samsung agreeing on what seemed to be a rather hefty deal with a $100 million price tag along with it. One of the extra involvements that had the deal so the price has come to light today. Lebron James has just ended up making an advertisement […]
iPhone 6 Will Have A Full HD 1080p 440ppi 5-inch Screen According To New report
We aren’t going to embark on what is the difference between Full HD and being HD ready, but the good and better version is the same one that is coming in the iPhone 6 according to a report today. While there have been talks about a screen being up to 4 times as strong as […]
Samsung Galaxy Gear Will become Compatible For Smartphones Outside Of Galaxy Range, Nexus Could Be Next
The plan is to make the Samsung Galaxy Gear compatible for all different types of Smartphones and not just the current Galaxy range, a Samsung spokesman has said. For the time being, we are seeing some big restrictions being applied for the smart watches we have available. They also lack any fantastic feature that can’t […]
64 Million People Will Own Wearable Tech By 2017, Reports Suggest
Remembering that we are only a whisker away from being part of 2014, at Berg Insight has predicted that the world we live in will have sold 64 million bits of wearable tech like smart watches and Google Glass by the 2017. That’s basically 3 years from now. Pebble smartwatch was the first to crack […]
Updated NBA Game Time App For Android And iOS Ready Just Before Tip-Off
If you’re an NBA fan like myself you might already know tip-off starts tonight for around about half of the league, including my very own Houston Rockets. The NBA is a long, grueling season with 82 teams all up. Sometimes even the biggest fans can struggle to keep up with its hectic schedule. Unfortunately, life […]
This Is The Reason Why You Want To Buy A Curved Display Smartphone
We are now seeing flexible OLED displays being introduced to our cell phones. This started off as only having one strength: being unbreakable. It didn’t have any other use because it was in a hard shell still. LG were the first manufacturer to come up with a bright idea — create a curved shell that […]
Android 4.3 Test Firmware For Galaxy Note II Now Ready To Download
By now some of you are willing to use your Galaxy Note II as your test drive and not your every day drive. If that so happens to be the case for you, then you might also be interested in knowing that there is now a test Android 4.3 build developed for it. I say […]
Samsung Now 35% Marketshare, A New Record & 45% Shipment Growth For Q3 2013
Normally when we hear about market shares we are hearing about the Apple’s and the Android’s, but we aren’t hearing about the device manufacturers. Today a startling figure has come to light in Q3 of 2012: Samsung now has a 35% market share across the globe for Smartphones. That figure is an all-time high for […]
Flexible OLED Smartwatch On The Way For Apple, LG To Make The Goods
We’ve already started to see the Smartwatch potential when Samsung released the Galaxy Gear. It has poor device compatibility, only being supported by one Note as it stands. The real kicker here is when the rest of the company eventually releases theirs. HTC says they are definitely on board no matter what, but they also […]
Google Glass Will Be Prescription-Compatible By November 2013
Wearing Google Glass and not having good eyesight was always one of the big concerns that would have to be addressed sooner than later. We recently informed you about the Glass Explorer program, where every day civilians could arrive at the doorsteps of Google and grab their own pair to wear, as long as they […]
Rumour: Galaxy S5 To Sport The 64-Bit Exynos Processor, Could Also have 4GB Of RAM
The Samsung galaxy S5 — which will be the new flagship model — could be coming to the 64-bit processor called Exynos. Samsung, of course, will have their own version of the special chip. This one is claiming to withhold a larger amount of RAM on board. There are rumors of the S5 holding as […]
Google Glass Explorer Now Offers The Chance To Invite 3 Friends, Plus A New Pair Of Glasses
It would be perfectly understandable if you were a bit frazzled on the release of Google Glass. We are always told that they are not out yet, but then we flick the TV station and see certain people walking around Hollywood sporting a pair at premiers. The reason behind it is that there is a […]
Apple Reveals $37.5 Billion In Revenue For Q4 2013, Includes Selling 33.8 M iPhone’s
Ever wondered how much money Apple makes a quarter of its yearly earnings? For Q4 of this year the figure is an astounding $37.5 billion dollars. And if you’re wondering just how on earth the fruit company managed to get to that figure: it is by selling 33.8 million iPhone’s (the iPhone 5S and 5C […]
