Apps and updates worth downloading: YouTube Capture, Vine, Temple Run 2, and more

Finding apps in the various marketplaces can be hard enough given how flooded they are. Blackberry 10 early adopters are going to have that issue right at launch. We’ll deal with that when it comes, though. For now we’ll focus on the best apps and updates of this week, featuring Youtube Capture, Temple Run 2, Vine, and more. If you’ve been using a smartphone for...

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Mobile news recap: 4G all over, Nokia and Windows Phone wed, and more

The news cycle moves fast in the mobile world. Stories gain traction and die almost within 24 hours. So much happens, it can be hard to keep up. Let us keep you in the loop by looking back at all the news narratives that mattered this week, including Apple’s record-setting disappointment, Nokia’s engagement to Microsoft, and more. In the world of mobile, everything...

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Nokia outs Music+ subscription app for Lumia range

Music+ is a cheaper alternative to Spotify for Lumia owners Nokia has updated its Music app for Lumia phones with a new premium subscription option it is calling Music+. For just €3.99/$3.99 a month, users of the existing Nokia Music streaming service can upgrade to Music+, which gives them unlimited skips in the Mix Radio portion and unlimited downloads...

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Xseed Games’ Ken Berry explains why it continues to support the Wii and PSP even though Nintendo and Sony don’t

Xseed Games is known for bringing niche Japanese games to English-speaking audiences, but it’s also got a habit of putting out games for seemingly dead platforms. Xseed VP Ken Berry talks with Digital Trends about how to keep consoles alive. Xseed is no stranger to bringing games to the United States that are likely to reach only a small audience. The publisher...

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BlackBerry Z10 SIM-free pricing to be about £480

The BlackBerry Z10, which is all set to make it to the grand stage this week has been the talk of the town lately. After we got to see some press images of the smartphone and got treated to a tutorial of its OS we not got to learn more about the pricing. The price tag of the BlackBerry Z10 was revealed by a screenshot of a major retailer's inventory system. ...

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Samsung announces Galaxy Duos I8262 for the Chinese market

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Duos I8262 smartphone in China. The device has been designed exclusively for the local market and is unlikely to ever become available elsewhere. The Galaxy Duos I8262 will be powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and as the name suggests will have a couple of SIM slots. The smartphone sports a 4.3-inch, 480 x 800 pixel...

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From birth to death: why Nokia's Symbian was once the future of mobile tech

Nokia's PureView 808 is the last of the Symbians It's official: Nokia's 808 PureView is the last of the firm's Symbian handsets. Symbian has been on death row for a while - we reported that Nokia had put it into "maintenance mode" back in October, and at the beginning of 2012 Nokia's then-new boss Stephen Elop said it had "competitive challenges that there...

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From birth to death: why Nokia's Symbian was once the future of mobile tech

Nokia's PureView 808 is the last of the Symbians It's official: Nokia's 808 PureView is the last of the firm's Symbian handsets. Symbian has been on death row for a while - we reported that Nokia had put it into "maintenance mode" back in October, and at the beginning of 2012 Nokia's then-new boss Stephen Elop said it had "competitive challenges that there...

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From birth to death row: why Nokia's Symbian OS was the future of mobile tech

Nokia's PureView 808 is the last of the Symbians It's official: Nokia's 808 PureView is the last of the firm's Symbian handsets. Symbian has been on death row for a while - we reported that Nokia had put it into "maintenance mode" back in October, and at the beginning of 2012 Nokia's then-new boss Stephen Elop said it had "competitive challenges that there...

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