Apple reportedly pushing hard for iRadio launch as soon as June

Apple iRadio could launch this summer Apple could launch its long-rumored iRadio service as soon as this summer, finally giving iTunes a streaming music app to take on Pandora and Spotify. "iRadio is coming. There's no doubt about it anymore," an unnamed music industry source told The Verge. The report says that Apple is pushing hard for a summertime launch...

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New benchmark could point to LG Optimus G2 complete with Snapdragon 800

LG's Optimus G2 may go beast mode on the competition We've already been hearing word about LG's Optimus G follow-up for quite some time, though the rumor mill hadn't been as busy following CES 2013. An early benchmark revealed some startling specs for a new LG smarpthone, and the Korean manufacturer even teased a possible CES reveal back in January. The...

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Apple reportedly in talks with developers to launch proprietary game controller

Apple's iOS controller may finally be a reality (credit: Patently Apple) Though there are plenty of gaming controllers already available for the iPad 4 and iPhone 5, none of them have come from Apple itself. While patents have popped up in the past, Apple hasn't seen fit to develop its own gamepad for iOS gaming, and since 2007, has allowed third-party...

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Try not to break your HTC One. It's harder to fix than the iPhone

Don't try this at home (credit: iFixit) We enjoy iFixit's now-standard teardowns of new tech offerings. Breaking devices down to their bare bones has often served up some useful tidbits on processor configurations, built in RAM and so forth. Now the site has given the stunning new HTC One handset the controlled destruction treatment and is offering the...

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BBC 'forces' takedown of Microsoft man's unofficial Windows Phone app

Lawrence Gripper's BBC News app is coming down An popular, unofficial BBC News application for Windows Phone, created by a Microsoft employee, will be removed from the Windows Store, with reports citing legal pressure from the Beeb. In the absence of an official offering, Lawrence Gripper's free BBC News Mobile app, which pulls in feeds from the website,...

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Galaxy S4 mini confirmed by Samsung SVP

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has leaked a few times before but this slip comes from Lee Keon Hyok, Senior Vice President at Samsung Electronics who talked to BusinessWeek. Apparently, “the Galaxy S 4 doesn’t come out until late April. It’s fast, has a big, bright screen, and will probably be another huge hit for Samsung, as will the S4 mini that will go on sale soon after”....

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Samsung Exynos 5 Octa does support LTE, so why isn't it in our Galaxy S4?

Western variants of the S4 will 'only' pack a quad-core processor At its Galaxy S4 launch event a couple of weeks back, Samsung somewhat glossed over the new handset's octo-core processor, despite it being a world-first for a smartphone. We would soon find out why. In the aftermath of the Broadway extravaganza, the company revealed that the US and UK, would...

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Could Facebook's new home for Android come on an HTC phone?

Home is where the News Feed is? We're beginning to think Facebook must really like having people come visit, or at least we gather that by the number of events the company has been hosting at its headquarters lately. Thursday the social network sent out media invites to "come see our new home on Android" during an event at 10 a.m. PDT April 4, a few weeks...

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