By Jacob Kleinman |
We’ve been talking about flexible smartphone screens for a while now, bendable touch displays that can be rolled up or folded and won’t break when dropped. Following Samsung’s presentation at CES 2013, LG is reportedly set to unveil its new prototype at Display Week 2013 in Vancouver,…
By Joey Davidson |
A huge part of what makes a strong video game or film more impactful is its score. The Last of Us, the upcoming narrative journey from Naughty Dog, clearly aims to achieve a big sense of “wow” from its in-game tunes. PlayStation and Naughty Dog put…
By Todd Haselton |
Yahoo took the stage in New York City today—the site of its new headquarters—and discussed the future of Flickr. The company said that it wanted to re-focus Flickr on photos again, instead of on all of the clutter that surrounds pictures on the current interface.…
By Jacob Kleinman |
A day before Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer are scheduled to speak in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, the Cupertino-based company released a statement defending its status as a job creator in America and denying earlier claims that the…
By TechnoBuffalo Team |
Microsoft is set to announce the next generation Xbox on Tuesday, May 21 with a media event to tell all games what to expect.…
By Adriana Lee |
Now that Yahoo! has nabbed Tumblr in a $1.1 billion deal, users are wondering what will become of their Tumblogs. As a preemptive strike, many are even leaving the service, looking for a new home for their food photos, cat pics, art portfolios and random…
By Jon Rettinger |
People often ask what phone I use as my daily driver, and typically my answer varies widely. Sometimes it’s the Galaxy Note II, or iPhone 5, or very briefly the Galaxy S4. But for the better part of two months now I’ve predominantly used the…
By Todd Haselton |
HTC recently confirmed in a statement that it won’t release a version of the HTC One with a pure Android experience. Despite that comment, however, a new rumor surfaced Monday that suggests the company may release a phone later this summer that’s similar to the…
By Brandon Russell |
One day before Microsoft’s Xbox announcement and Sony has to get all cheeky by releasing a PlayStation 4 teaser. And the video shows actual hardware, sorta. We’ll get the full picture during E3, according to the teaser, which is only a few weeks away now.…
By Joey Davidson |
The good news? We have a brand new pre-rendered trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins. It clocks in at more than five minutes in length, and it looks interesting. The bad news? Confirmation has come from Wired that Kevin Conroy, who has played Batman since the debut of the…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung just released an update to its WatchOn application and, in the update, it refers to the Galaxy S4 mini, the Galaxy S4 Active and a device we haven’t heard of yet: the Galaxy S4 Mega. It’s very possible this was a mistake, however. WatchOn…
By Jacob Kleinman |
iPad 5 production could start as soon as July with early trials kicking off even sooner according to the latest rumor from DigiTimes. The site’s sources within Taiwan’s supply chain said Apple is gearing up to ship out two to three million new tablets by Sept.…
By Todd Haselton |
If you’re used to using Google Voice through Google Talk on your computer, you may have noticed that it’s no longer available if you upgrade to Google Hangouts. Once you upgrade to Google’s new Hangouts service, which provides cross-platform video calls and chat, the option…
By Todd Haselton |
Sprint announced Monday that it recently acquired Handmark and one of its subsidiaries, OneLouder. Handmark is best known as an app developer and distributor that has created popular applications such as TweetCaster. Sprint said that it hopes the purchase will boost its Pinsight Media+ advertising…
By Jacob Kleinman |
What I do in the Herd Blog about mobile news five days a week and cover as many NY tech events as humanly possible. Scan tech blogs and social media for the latest news and rumors about smartphones, tablets and new apps. Best Thing About…
By Joey Davidson |
It’s a black box, folks. Pack it in, we officially have the biggest news of May. Only kidding, of course. Sony released a teaser trailer for their full console reveal this morning. Back in February, the PlayStation 4 was announced and discussed in great detail…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is reportedly already testing its first smart watch, frequently dubbed the iWatch, and it has a 1.5-inch OLED display according to fresh reports from Economic Times. RiTdisplay has reportedly been tapped to provide the screens and touch sensors for the device. Apparently Apple had to settle…
By Joey Davidson |
For most fans of the Batman storylines set in motion, Kevin Conroy is Batman. The voice actor has spoken the words of the Caped Crusader since 1992. Calculators down, Conroy’s been doing Bats for more than 20 years. Kevin Conroy even played Batman in the stupendously terrific Batman: Arkham…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S4 Zoom are expected to launch by the end of this month, so it comes as no surprise that leaks for both phones are starting to become more prevalent. Several photos of the Galaxy S4 Active were spilled by GSMArena…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Yahoo offer to purchase Tumblr has been accepted and the blogging service is formally joining the former search giant. Rumors began spreading just last week, and although a $1.1 billion purchase price was approved by the Yahoo board of directors yesterday, there was no…
By Joey Davidson |
Who wouldn’t like to stare at a few minutes of concept footage for the sixth banner entry in a long celebrated realistic racing series first thing in the morning? That’s what I’m doing. All Games Beta has pinned down just over three minutes worth of…
By Brandon Russell |
Nokia has always teetered on design brilliance with its Lumia 900/920—and recently the Lumia 928—but the company’s recently announced Lumia 925 is far and away its best. Forgoing Nokia’s very public love affair with bright primary colors and thick polycarbonate bodies, the newest Lumia family…
By Adriana Lee |
Do you commute via Amtrak? Then you might know the horrors known as Amtrak Wi-Fi. Indeed, the railroad has taken a lot of heat over spotty Internet access, but news came in this week that things are beginning to change for the better: The organization…
By Sean P. Aune |
A new image has appeared online with EXIF data that appears to have come from the rumored Galaxy Note III. As we always state in instances such as this, EXIF data can be faked. Should it be proven to be real, it appears that the…
