Touchscreen BlackBerry 10 phone to be called the Z10?

Z is for... More clues are emerging by the day pointing to what we can expect from BlackBerry 10 handsets when the touchscreen and QWERTY variants arrive next year, and today was not different. Some slipped-out marketing material gave us a possible glimpse at the colors and name of the at least the touchscreen device, known up until now as the L-Series....

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Move over AT&T: Verizon expands LTE to 29 new markets

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will extend its 4G LTE service to 29 new markets before the year is over. Verizon appears to be bolstering its LTE coverage for the New Year. The wireless network provider announced on Thursday that it has added 29 new LTE markets to its service. Some of these markets that are now covered by Verizon’s LTE network...

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Touchscreen BlackBerry 10 phone to be the Z10?

Z is for... More clues are emerging by the day pointing to what we can expect from BlackBerry 10 handsets when the touchscreen and QWERTY variants arrive next year, and today was not different. Some slipped-out marketing material gave us a possible glimpse at the colors and name of the at least the touchscreen device, known up until now as the L-Series....

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Flipboard finally releases a tablet app for Android

After a long wait, Flipboard has finally released a tablet version of its Android app, adding better formatting for devices with larger screens. Flipboard now offers the same experience you get on the iPad on the Nexus 10, Galaxy Note 10.1, and other 7-inch and larger tablets. Christmas came early to those of us who’ve been waiting for a Flipboard experience...

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Apple App Store vs. Google Play Store: Which made more money in 2012?

A new study has drawn comparisons between the revenue made by Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems are undoubtedly the most popular mobile platforms, and a new report has compared both app stores to see which one raked in more cash this year. While Google’s online app store is showing rapid growth,...

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Research in Motion posts Q3 2013 profit thanks to tax settlement

Sour grapes for BlackBerry Research in Motion released its third quarter 2013 financials Thursday, reporting $2.7 billion in revenue while losing $114 million. Net profit for the struggling company sat at $14 million, thanks largely to a $166 million tax settlement. Revenue was down 5 percent from $2.9 billion the previous quarter and 47 percent from $5.2...

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Will the Willy Wonka of technology will help Google usher in a sci-fi future?

Google has hired famed inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil as director of engineering. Will he be a figurehead, or a driving force at the compan Internet giant Google has made a very high-profile hire, bringing famed inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil on board as the company’s new director of engineering. Interestingly, the announcement wasn’t made by Google...

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Pudding Monsters review: Another hit from the creators of Cut the Rope

It's hard to match the magic of a game like Cut the Rope, but ZeptoLab is doing its best with Pudding Monsters. A sliding puzzle game with a dessert theme, the gameplay is as delicious as its main character. Fresh animations and interesting elements make this game worth going back for seconds. Mobile games tend to lean toward cutesy and quirky in presentation...

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Samsung Electronics to make a $3.9 billion push into chip expansion in Texas

Samsung's nearly $4 billion Austin plant expansion is a sign that the company's getting serious about building new, better processors for more than memory. Samsung Electronics and the state government of Texas have finalized talks to invest $3.9 billion into the company’s facility in Austin. The South Korean company is already the top memory chip manufacturer...

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Samsung to offer CES demo of flexible smartphone, HDTV displays

Forget the next Galaxy smartphone - Samsung has other treats in store for CES 2013 Your next smartphone may be able to bend to your will - literally! - thanks to flexible screen technology Samsung Display plans to show off at the Consumer Electronics Show next month. CNET reported Thursday that the display division of Samsung Electronics will be showing...

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Imo.im launches long-awaited iPad app refresh – and surprise, it looks like its iPhone app

Imo announced a new iPad app, with a design that mimics its existing iPhone app to provide users a seamless cross-platform experience, while also adding a few new features, like VoIP. For quite some time now, Imo’s iPad app remained untouched, while new updates were being pushed to its Android and iPhone app. Yesterday Imo finally announced an updated iPad...

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Pudding Monsters now available in the App Store

Back for a second helping after the success of its first franchise, Cut the Rope creators ZeptoLab released its sophomore offering today. Pudding Monsters is a strategy game that will have players sliding pudding across the refrigerator to make a dessert too big to eat. ZeptoLab, the creators of mobile gaming darling Cut the Rope, has officially launched...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review Recommended award It hasn't even been a year since the original Samsung Galaxy Note launched. It was a work of genius for old Samsung. Many (including us, we admit) were not convinced. Who on earth would want something so big to make their calls and surf the internet, even with a glorified stylus? Cue awkward silence. Millions...

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iPhone 5 review

iPhone 5 review Recommended award The excitement of the rumour mill, the titillation of every leaked photo led to higher than ever levels of expectation over the iPhone 5 features, and while the announcement was greeted with some derision at the lack of perceived headline improvements, the record sales tell an entirely different story. Given the underwhelming...

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