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…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Yahoo board of directors has unanimously approved the $1.1 billion purchase of blogging service Tumblr.…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has a lot of unicorn products in the works, but none more infamous than its heavily rumored iTV. As the story goes, the late Steve Jobs excitedly exclaimed he’d cracked the traditional TV model in favor of something much better. So naturally the rumor…
By Adriana Lee |
Can’t afford $40,000+ to get a master’s degree in computer science? Well, how about $7,000? That’s the tuition price for a new degree program from Georgia Institute of Technology and Silicon Valley educational startup Udacity. Subsidized by AT&T, the three-year online program centers on curricula…
By Brandon Russell |
The Galaxy S4 is on pace to become Samsung’s best selling device ever, highlighting the company’s unstoppable popularity. According to Samsung’s co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun, the device could top the 10 million mark in the next few days, less than a month since the S4 launched…
By Brandon Russell |
Next to Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is shaping up to be one of this year’s biggest games. And when it hits, Sony will rightly give it the special treatment. As soon as the game is available digitally, on…
By Brandon Russell |
All evidence suggests Google would rather just forget the Nexus Q even happened. A year removed from its announcement, the company has said little about the orb streamer, and has even abandoned support with its own apps. None of this is particularly surprising—but a new…
By Brandon Russell |
One lucky individual has allegedly seen Nokia’s upcoming EOS handset—the company’s 41-megapixel, Windows Phone 8 monster—and it sounds like a cross between the Lumia 920, 925 and 928. Apparently the device rivals the 920 at its thickest point, but tapers off at both ends to…
By Brandon Russell |
Yahoo’s board will reportedly meet this Sunday to consider a $1.1 billion acquisition—supposedly an all-cash offer—of Tumblr in an effort to capture a younger audience. The company’s aging audience has played a critical part in Yahoo’s past success, but it has struggled to find a…
By Brandon Russell |
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover—not to be confused with Curiosity—has concluded a 20 month-long study of an area that researchers believe has been “intensely altered by water.” In the nine years since Opportunity has been on Mars, the data is unlike anything researchers have seen. The…
By Ron Duwell |
The PlayStation 2 Classics line-up will be getting a serious dose of Rockstar this week, but not of the Grand Theft Auto brand. The entire trilogy is already available on PlayStation 3, so Rockstar only has a few smaller titles left to finish out its…
