By Todd Haselton |
Nokia recently took a photo of two women having a cup of tea together with the Lumia 925, the HTC One, the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Xperia Z and the iPhone 5. The photo was taken in low-light conditions, where Nokia’s camera excels, and shows…
By Ron Duwell |
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been summoned by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to testify on the company’s offshore tax practices. It is believed to have a horde of about $100 billion overseas, and that is money it does not have to pay…
By Brandon Russell |
Google on Thursday confirmed adding SMS integration to Hangouts, the company’s new unified messaging platform, is a top priority. In a Google+ post, the search giant’s Dori Storbeck, Community Manager for Hangouts and Chat, said a lot of the feedback surrounding Hangouts has been about…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon’s latest Windows Phone 8 device, the Nokia Lumia 928, is now available for $99.99 with a new two-year contract. We recently unboxed the phone and found that it was a more refined version of the Lumia 920. It offers a similar camera but with…
By Todd Haselton |
Consumers were a bit miffed when the 16GB Galaxy S4 began shipping and they found that almost half of the storage was consumed by Samsung’s own applications. The company said that the space was required in order to deliver more powerful features. It’s not a…
By Joey Davidson |
The recently announced Batman: Arkham Origins has a brand new, short teaser trailer. The full trailer will drop next week. All in all, this is a super quick, pre-rendered trailer that shows nothing more than snow, an angry Batman, some combat and, of course, Deathstroke. Not…
By Todd Haselton |
Earlier this month we covered a rumor that suggested Microsoft’s new and smaller Surface tablet will launch in June with a display that measures between 7-inches and 8-inches. Now, DigiTimes says that it has confirmed with supply chain makers that the new device will have an…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday Apple revealed that its customers have now downloaded more than 50 billion applications from its iTunes App Store. The company promised a $10,000 gift card to the winner, and on Thursday it revealed the lucky draw. The winner was Brandon Ashmore, who hails from…
By Todd Haselton |
Android and iOS, if you aren’t already well aware, are dominating the global smartphone market. Research firm IDC recently found that the two operating systems accounted for 92.3 percent of all global smartphone shipments during the first quarter of this year. Combined, 199.5 million units…
By Todd Haselton |
Maybe Google was planning to announce Android 4.3 Jelly Bean yesterday but hit a last minute snag. We’re guessing that only because the Bluetooth SIG recently published a press release that says Android will support Bluetooth Smart Ready and Bluetooth Smart in the coming months. The Verge noticed…
By Todd Haselton |
Several new parts that are allegedly being used for the iPhone 5S spilled to the Internet on Thursday. The new parts including a motor assembly that’s used to power the vibrating mechanism on the phone, a tweaked loud-speaker part, the Wi-Fi flex cable ribbon and…
By Joey Davidson |
Nintendo has announced that they will host yet another Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow, May 17th, 2013. This presentation will focus, according to the release, on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U titles set to launch this summer. The Nintendo Direct presentation will start at 10am ET…
By Joey Davidson |
Yesterday, Sony and Polyphony Digital announced Gran Turismo 6 for the PlayStation 3 during the franchise’s 15 year celebration. Today, we have a gallery stocked with 67 gorgeous images of cars and tracks for the upcoming game. If you’re a regular on the site, then you’ll…
By Ron Duwell |
Here is a gaming fad that quickly gained prominence and died just as swiftly. EA was one of the biggest supporters of Online Passes during the inception of the idea, but now it is also one of the first companies to back off from the…
By Ron Duwell |
Grasshopper Manufacture’s latest action game, Killer is Dead, finally has a release date set in stone in its home country of Japan. Fans of director Suda 51 and his unique taste in action can pick up his game in Japan on August 1st. The American…
By Adriana Lee |
Imagine what driverless cars could do for society. Distracted and drunk driving accidents could be a thing of the past. The elderly would have built-in chauffeurs to shuttle them to doctors appointments. And no one would ever have to slap or blast chill themselves late…
By Ron Duwell |
Electronics Arts is currently hard at work on bringing its powerful Frostbite graphics engine to iOS and Android mobile devices in a new version called Frostbite Go. Currently, Frostbite 2 is used to power many of EA’s biggest franchises. Battlefield 3 and Need for Speed:…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft has no plans to make a bid for Nook Media, a joint venture between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble, despite rumors to the contrary. According to industry insiders, the Redmond company hasn’t made any official moves to take the floundering venture off the retailer’s…
By Joey Davidson |
Adorable, right? Eevee’s an awesome Pokémon and having a strange Nintendo 3DS XL with his (or her) mug on the back and color scheme on the front would be awesome in the nerdiest way possible. Too bad. We’re not gonna get this Nintendo 3DS XL, and…
By Ron Duwell |
The latest lawsuit filed against Apple isn’t coming from one of its competitors or the Chinese government, but rather another disgruntled American customer. A Florida woman has filed a $5M class action lawsuit in San Jose, CA against Apple for the faulty power button in…
By Brandon Russell |
Before Apple and any other big name company jumps into the busy music streaming world, Google introduced its own service at I/O on Wednesday. The platform, called Google Play Music All Access, is a Spotify clone that allows users to pick and choose precisely what…
By Roy Choi |
Google TV didn’t receive any stage time today at the Google I/O keynote, it will be receiving Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and the latest version of Chrome. While Google has not elaborated on what new features Jelly Bean 4.2.2 will bring to Google TV, it…
By Ron Duwell |
Electronic Arts has just announced that they have opened a new branch of their DICE studios in Los Angeles, and the team will be utilized specifically for Star Wars games. EA recently reached an exclusive deal with Disney over the Star Wars license. The studio…
By Adriana Lee |
Google versus Apple is so over. It’s all about Google versus Microsoft now. Yes, I know that Google CEO Larry Page told I/O attendees that companies shouldn’t be pitted against each together in the press, but it’s sort of tough not to when those companies…
