AT&T Wireless launches video bills to explain charges to customers

Definitely helpful after significantly altering a wireless service plan, AT&T is starting to send video bills that walk the customer through new charges. Announced earlier today on AT&T’s Innovation Space blog, the wireless service provider is launching a video service that’s designed to explain specific charges on a monthly billing statement. Called...

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Most mobile Web traffic comes from iOS, not Android, study says

A new study has shown that most Internet traffic from mobile devices comes from iOS devices, such as various models of iPhones and iPads. The year 2012 saw an overwhelming number of mobile product launches: two new generations of iPad and an iPad Mini from Apple, Google’s Nexus 7 and Nexus 10, the iPhone 5, and Samsung Galaxy S3, among others. While tablets...

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New Google Nexus 4 buyers face five week wait for delivery

Please come home for Christmas, plead Nexus 4 buyers The bargain Google Nexus 4 smartphone has returned to sale in the UK, but new buyers face a wait of up to five weeks for delivery. The £239 (8GB) / £279 (16GB) smartphone flew off the shelves in less than half an hour when it launched last month and hadn't been seen on the Google Play store since. The...

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Despite mankind’s woes, Earth remains pretty in NASA book

NASA has released a new coffee table book and downloadable PDF and iPad app that illustrates stunning photography of our planet. One of the neat things about applications like Google Earth and Google Maps is the ability to virtually travel to different places around the planet. Thanks to features like detailed satellite imagery and street view, we can visit...

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Android will remain most popular mobile platform through 2016, IDC says

Google's Android mobile operating system accounted for most of the mobile market share in 2012, and it is expected to keep that spot for another four years. The debate between Android fans and iOS lovers about which mobile operating is superior will always be a heated one among techies, but the International Data Corporation (IDC) appears to have made its...

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Hands on: Samsung’s AllShare Hub turns any TV into a mirror of your phone

The AllShare Cast Wireless Hub makes it possible to mirror your Samsung smartphone, tablet, or PC screen to an HDTV, but is the convenience worth $100? Samsung’s wireless AllShare Cast technology makes it easy to share the screen from a Samsung smartphone, tablet, or PC on Samsung HDTVs without wired tethering. AllShare is great for presentations, photo...

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Apple files patent for magnetic wireless charging - no contact required

Time to unplug? The next iPhone may have a wireless charging system, if a recently published patent by Apple is any indication. And while there are other phones with wireless charging capabilities, like the Nokia Lumia 920, what Apple's aiming for is a little different. The patent covers "various embodiments of a wirelessly powered local computer environment."...

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Toshiba’s new 10-inch Jelly Bean tablet set to launch this Friday for $350

Toshiba has announced that its Excite 10 SE tablet, the successor to the Excite 10 LE, will launch on Dec. 6. It features Android 4.1 out of the box. Just when you thought companies and manufacturers have finished launching their new tablets for the holiday season, the folks over at Toshiba have introduced a new contender. The 10-inch Excite 10 SE tablet...

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Windows Phone 8 app sales reportedly surge with ambiguous data

What would a 100% increase from zero be? Windows Phone 8 is apparently a smash hit with developers, or at least Microsoft seems to think so. Speaking out on Twitter over the weekend, Windows Phone Apps Team Senior Director Todd Brix claimed an impressive 100 percent growth in app revenue and downloads in the wake of Windows Phone 8. "If you build it, they...

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Facebook Messeger boots own signup system for name, phone number on Android

Facebook has uncharacteristically removed its own Facebook signup system to enable new users to sign up with just their name and phone number.   In the wake of acquisition rumors that WhatsApp refuted, Facebook is chugging along with its own Messenger service.  Soon, you’ll no longer need a Facebook account to use the app, but can instead sign...

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IDC: Android and iOS to stay on top by 2016, WP to progress slowly

The marketing intelligence and analysis company IDC has revisited its smartphone market predictions for the following four years. It's become quite a tradition for IDC to post different numbers in each report, which serves to show just how impossible task it is trying to achieve, predicting a market as dynamic as this one. Nevertheless, the company suggests that Anrdoid...

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Windows 8 is a video game industry failure according to Valve and the NPD Group

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell called Windows 8 a "catastrophe" earlier this year. After more than a month on shelves, Microsoft's new operating system has certainly lived up to Newell's words in the gaming industry. Windows 8 hasn’t been the hit with consumers that Microsoft was hoping it would be, at least not yet. In the video game industry, it has...

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Qualcomm invests in Sharp, plans to collaborate on IGZO displays

Qualcomm will provide funds to further develop IGZO screens The rumors of Sharp being saved by an investment from Qualcomm turned true Tuesday, as the U.S. technology company has made a deal to become a minority shareholder in Sharp. Back in November, it was thought Qualcomm and Intel would both offer support to the struggling Sharp, however Tuesday's announcement...

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Qualcomm invests $120M in Sharp, will collaborate on IGZO displays

Qualcomm will provide funds to further develop IGZO screens Tuesday afternoon the rumors of Sharp being saved by an investment from Qualcomm became true, as the U.S. technology company has made a deal to become a minority shareholder in Sharp. Back in November, it was believed Qualcomm and Intel would both offer support to Sharp with some much needed equity,...

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Gmail 2.0 launched for iPhone and iPad updated with new features, Google+ integration

Gmail is the email service of choice for many people, but the mobile app that accompanied it was barely usable for far too long. Stop looking for alternatives and head back to the source, because Google has updated Gmail for iOS. Version 2.0 has a new look and desperately needed features. For those who have been scouring the App Store for an app that makes...

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Upgrade your seat and get closer to the action with Pogoseat

Pogoseat is a new ticketing app that offers seat upgrades so fans can get closer to the action in a sports stadium or music venue. Anyone who’s been to a live sporting event knows the pain of watching from the nosebleed seats, staring at empty chairs rows and rows ahead. You have two choices in this case: Jump on down and risk getting caught in the act,...

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Android 4.1 headed to DROID RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD

After the junior member of the new DROID lineup, the DROID RAZR M, received the Jelly Bean update almost a full month ago, it was with ever-growing anxiety that we all waited for similar updates to come to its elder brothers, the DROID RAZR HD and RAZR MAXX HD. That time has finally arrived and DROID owners can now enjoy the benefits a more detailed notification...

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If you liked Cut the Rope, you’re gonna love Pudding Monsters

After over 250 million downloads of its first title, Cut the Rope, ZeptoLabs is finally ready to try something new. Pudding Monsters will be released on December 20 on iOS and Android. New graphics and gameplay promise to make it just as addicting as ZeptoLabs' first title. Cut the Rope has been an App Store darling since its initial release. Never falling...

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iPhone 5 problems: What users complain about the most

Have you been experiencing any iPhone 5 problems? Join us as we run through the most commonly reported issues with Apple's flagship smartphone and try to find workarounds or solutions. Apple sold 5 million iPhone 5 units in the first three days after release. Considering most of these buyers never saw, held or played with an iPhone 5 in person, that’s a big...

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Google Nexus 4 back on sale at 5pm today

It's back, come and get it! It's time to open up multiple browsers can dust off your F5 key, as the Google Nexus 4 will be back in stock on the UK Google website at 5pm. The smash hit handset with a crazily reasonable price tag sold out in 30 minutes flat when it initially went on sale in November – leaving many with a sour taste in their mouth after missing...

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UK sales data shows the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S are more popular than the iPhone 5

Market research in the UK has revealed the Samsung Galaxy S3 as the most popular smartphone for the seventh month running, beating the new iPhone 5, which in turn was beaten by its predecessor, the iPhone 4S. Research carried out in the UK has revealed that for the seventh month running, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is more popular amongst buyers than the iPhone 4S...

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Samsung confirms Ativ S will arrive before the end of the year

Sometime this year The heavily delayed Samsung Ativ S will indeed land in stores before the year is out, the Korean manufacturer has confirmed. Initially scheduled for a mid-November release when it was announced during the Windows Phone 8 event at the end of October, the Ativ S has experienced some explained delays which has seen it miss a host of rumouredrelease...

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Nokia sells its HQ in Finland, to stay there on a lease

Nokia's financials aren't what you'd call great lately, and as a result the company is selling its headquarters building in Espoo, Finland for €170 million. The deal is expected to be finalized by the end of the year, but the company has no plans to move out afterwards. Instead it will lease it back and continue its operations there. The building offers 48,000 square...

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The Times tempts new subscribers with the offer of a £50 Nexus 7 tablet

The Times newspaper is using the Nexus 7 tablet to attract new readers to its digital edition, by offering the tablet for £50 provided an 18-month subscription package is taken out at the same time. The Daily will publish its final issue this month after News Corporation bigwigs decided to pull the plug on the original iPad-only newspaper, proving it’s not...

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Jelly Bean update now available on AT&T Galaxy S III

AT&T owners of the Galaxy S III, rejoice! The wait is finally over - the Jelly Bean update for your favorite droid is now available. Unfortunately, there is no over-the-air option for now, and you will have to use Kies to get the update. Just install the latest version of Samsung's proprietary software, connect your Galaxy S III and check for updates. It should...

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Jelly Bean and ICS continue their growth at Gingerbread's expense

The Android distribution statistics for November just arrived, showing an over two-fold increase in the Jelly Bean market share. Version 4.1 Jelly Bean is now on 5.9% of the Android devices from 2.7% last month, while the recently released 4.2 Jelly Bean already powers 0.8% of the droids out tehre. Undoubtedly, the release of the new Nexus devices has to do something...

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Google still hasn't cracked the Android upgrade process

The majority of Android users are still living in the past The latest breakdown of Android versions has turned up and it still doesn't make great reading for the Droid-loving community with over half of all devices running Gingerbread or lower. The fragmentation of the Android platform has for some years been something that gloating Apple fans have merrily...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 release date, news and rumours

The S3 still could do with a few tweaks It certainly feels like Samsung is taking over the world right now – at least, the Android world. There's no doubt that last year's Galaxy S2 was arguably the phone of the year. And not in recent times, discounting Apple of course, can we remember the anticipation and expectation of a phone as much as the Galaxy S3....

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