LinkedIn Intro email service dead after 4 months

Intro gets booted out the door LinkedIn is kicking Intro out the door. Announced in October as a new feature for the iPhone Mail system, Intro didn't seem to impress very many people. The LinkedIn blog doesn't exactly specify the reason Intro is shutting down except to say, "We are making large, long-term investments on a few big bets, and in order to...

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HTC will pay up in new Nokia patent agreement

HTC and Nokia can finally take a break from their rivalry The war is over - at least for HTC and Nokia. The two phone makers have reached an agreement that ends years of pending and ongoing patent litigation. This truce comes just two days after a German court handed Nokia a decisive victory that might have required HTC to redesign several of its phones....

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Logitech PowerShell iPhone Controller review

Logitech PowerShell iPhone Controller review The waters of iOS 7 controllers, enable by Apple's MFi (Made for iPhone) initiative, are still incredibly murky. iPhones have had controller support baked right into the operating system since iOS 7 launched last year, but the pickings are still slim and developers have yet to adopt any widespread support of these devices....

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Samsung Galaxy S5 benchmark leaks, reveals specs including 16MP camera

It has a faster processor at least... Ahead of its Mobile World Congress debut, Samsung Galaxy S5's hardware spec sheet has leaked out with a set of benchmark shots. HD Blog spotted leaked AnTuTu benchmark testing screens revealing Samsung next flagship phone will out speed the Galaxy Note 3. Before you say "well duh," what's interesting is the screens...

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Nokia and HTC sign a patent collaboration agreement

Nokia and HTC ended their prolonged legal war with a patent and technology collaboration agreement. The partnership ends all pending patent litigation between the two companies. Its full terms are confidential. According to the official press release, HTC will make payments to Nokia, but the exact amounts haven't been disclosed. The Finnish company on the other hand...

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Galaxy S3 among 10 Samsung devices that may get Android KitKat sometime...

KitKat hasn't Nestlé-d in on Samsung devices yet Samsung device owners learned long ago that holding one's breath while awaiting an Android would almost certainly result in their permanent demise. However a lifeline, in the form of Android 4.4 KitKat, may be on the way for those rocking gadgets like the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S3 Mini, Galaxy Note 8.0 Galaxy Note...

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Cook reconfirms new product types are in the works, again

All the hype and no specifics In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped another hint that new types of products are on the way. Sitting down with the WSJ's Daisuke Wakabayashi Cook said, "there will be new [product] categories we're not ready to talk about it, but we're working on some really great stuff." When prodded on...

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This year's Nexus tablet could expand display size to 8 inches

The magic 8-ball says... Having apparently squeezed every drop of potential sales out of its seven-inch tablets, a rumor straight from Google's supply chain in Taiwan claims the 2014 model will attempt to woo consumers with a slightly larger screen. DigiTimes reported Friday that Google and Asustek Computer are eyeing an 8-inch display for the third-generation...

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Black Edition Galaxy S4 and S4 mini go global

Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 mini were spotted with a faux leather back a couple days ago and now, the company has officially introduced the new variants of its flagship smartphones on its global site. . We have already lost count on the number of Galaxy S4 editions out there, but the newest one is arguably the best looking, joining the latest trend in Samsung...

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Is Samsung preparing us for a disappointing Galaxy S5?

Question marks hover over the Samsung Galaxy S5 Let us play devil's advocate for a minute: there's a chance the Galaxy S5 will be the biggest anticlimax since the final episode of Lost. News that Samsung might be planning to unveil its latest flagship phone amidst the rabble of MWC rather than hosting its usual standalone event has raised a few eyebrows....

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Benchmark confirms 3MP camera for the Nokia X (Normandy)

The Sofica team, makers of the CamSpeed camera benchmark, spotted the Nokia RM-980, a.k.a. Nokia X, a.k.a. Normandy in their database of results. They shared some specs that were recorded but are not normally displayed with the benchmark results. The Nokia X that did the benchmark was the dual-SIM version and the detected camera was a 3MP fixed-focus shooter. Nokia RM-980 (Nokia X dual sim) spotted in CamSpeed, Camera 2048x1536 Fixed focus, Android 4.1.2 https://t.co/KJky2CZAsb— Sofica Ltd (@SoficaLtd) February 6, 2014 Rumors...

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Dungeons and add-ons: in-app purchases are killing mobile games

Dungeon keeping 101 Imagine if you were followed around all day by a little man who kept asking you for money. Not with menaces, just a wee fellow who would occasionally stick his head around the door and rattle a collection tin at you. Sometimes he might whisper a brief reminder about your responsibilities and that he could help. Really, he could make...

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Verizon and Malaysian HTC One now getting Android 4.4 KitKat

HTC has started rolling out Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for the Verizon's HTC One, as well as the HTC One, One mini and One max for Malaysia. Verizon's users should be getting the update notifications any moment now. The update weighs about 620MB and will bring the latest Android release and a bunch of new home-baked goodies by HTC to your One. HTC One, One mini...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 prototype benchmarked

Samsung's upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S5, has allegedly leaked through the popular Android benchmark AnTuTu. The system information indicates the presence of a 16 MP primary shooter and a Snapdragon 800 chipset with a 2.5GHz Krait CPU. What is missing, however, are most of the sensors that are expected to be present in the upcoming flagship. Also, a lot of the...

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Apple fires up new furnaces for iPhone 6's sapphire screen

Future iPhones could be tough as nails Going on the latest evidence, it looks very much like Apple is on course to put sapphire-crystal displays in its future iPhones, including, quite possibly, the iPhone 6. The gang over at 9to5Mac uncovered evidence that Apple placed a big order for furnaces and chambers designed for building sapphire displays. According...

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LG G Pro 2 announcement scheduled for February 13

The LG G Pro 2 was initially expected to come at the MWC at the end of February, but it now appears that the Korean phablet will be debuting sooner. LG has sent out invitations for an event in Korea that will take place on February 13 and its second gen phablet is the most likely star of the show. Given that LG has no other high profile products expected to debut this...

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