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Sprint on Thursday revealed the areas that it hopes to blanketed with its new 4G LTE network by 2014. The map, revealed during the RCA Expo and caught by PCMag’s Sascha Segan, shows a large percentage of the east coast and mid-west with coverage, while the rest of the country remains a bit spotty. However, Sprint

Tech companies have a rep for being a little goofy, and it looks like Facebook’s no exception. The social network slapped a humongous QR code on the roof of its headquarters. The big painting project is the brainchild of a Facebook employee. “It started with a comment on Zuck’s post,” says staffer Mark Pike. “I

Sprint is saying see ya later to WiMAX 4G technology. With one eye firmly on LTE, the carrier announced Thursday that it will no longer launch new WiMAX devices. Sprint has already announced intentions to support WiMAX devices through the life of the devices, however. Bob Azzi, senior vice president of networks at Sprint, admitted

The Wall Street Journal claims Google is planning to open its own online store where it will reportedly sell tablets — made by such manufactures as Samsung and Asus — directly to consumers. And the Mountain View-based company wants to do it at a subsidized cost, meaning the Kindle Fire might have some pretty tough

CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition has officially gone gold for the Xbox 360. This comes after its initial announcement in 2011 to release at the end of that year, and its subsequent delay. A press release was sent out earlier this morning by CD Projekt RED letting us know that

Sprint recently announced it’s actively taking steps to decomission iDEN towers as it works toward replacing the aging technology with CDMA. TechnoBuffalo has learned that in order to take the sting out of the transition, the carrier is planning a deeply discounted sale that will target iDEN consumers and business customers starting on April 5.

RIM’s Q4 fiscal earnings conference call just wrapped up and my biggest question of all is, if RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins doesn’t believe in the company, who does? There was a moment during the call when Heins said that RIM is working to “turn the company around,” but that there’s “no guarantee of success.” How

Verizon Wireless and Motorola may have a new DROID Bionic-branded product coming down the pipeline. A screen-shot obtained by DROID-Life shows an alleged internal Verizon system image that lists the DROID Bionic 2. Droid-Life does admit, however, that this very well could be a new Bionic model that will be sold without the included 16GB microSD card

RIM’s former co-CEO and current director of the board Jim Balsillie is leaving RIM. “As I complete my retirement from RIM, I’m grateful for this remarkable experience and for the opportunity to have worked with outstanding professionals who helped turn a Canadian idea into a global success,” Balsillie said in a statement. RIM’s chief technology

Research In Motion’s CEO said Thursday that he recognizes that RIM has “significant” business challenges that it will face over the next several quarters. While Thorsten and his firm are excited about the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, the company realizes that it may need to work with other firms in order to reverse track. Thorsten said

Research In Motion just announced its fiscal fourth quarter results for 2011. The company reported revenue of $4.2 billion and EPS of $0.80, missing Street estimates of $4.54 billion in revenues and $0.81 EPS. RIM originally said it expected revenues of $4.6 billion for the quarter and an EPS between $0.80 and $0.95. RIM sold 14.1

Moments ahead of RIM’s expected earnings release, The Globe and Mail announced that RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins is planning to let go of “high-level staff.” The Globe and Mail cites sources “close to the company.” RIM is expected to announce its fiscal fourth quarter earnings any minute now. The smartphone maker has received huge amounts of

The Fair Labor Association just published its findings from a near month-long investigation of three of Apple’s factories in China that are operated by Foxconn. “The Fair Labor Association gave Apple’s largest supplier the equivalent of a full-body scan through 3,000 staff hours investigating three of its factories and surveying more than 35,000 workers,” The Fair

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS15 ($280) compact Mega Zoom is the company’s second-in-command to the venerable Lumix DMC-ZS20. While the new ZS20 benefits from GPS, a longer 20x optical zoom lens and 60P HD video, the Lumix DMC-ZS15 shares the same sensor technology and main features with its slightly more powerful fraternal twin. This year, the

Google’s Face Unlock system has become a headline feature for the latest Android smartphones since its introducing in Ice Cream Sandwich, making its way into several TV commercials for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. However, it has come under scrutiny a number of times in recent months after it was discovered that a photograph of the

In 2011, Google CEO Larry Page boastfully revealed that his company’s mobile products generated over $2.5 billion in revenue for the year. But it may have been iOS, not Android, that contributed most of the dough to Google’s enormous sum. According to The Guadrian, Android generated less than $550 million in revenue for Google between

T-Mobile USA is reportedly preparing to launch the HTC One S, an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone announced during Mobile World Congress, on April 22nd. TMoNews first reported on the story and admitted that it’s a bit out of the ordinary for T-Mobile to launch a new device on a Monday. The One S falls

The figures are out: Android and iOS are stomping all over Windows Phone and BlackBery in the United States. Is there room for a third operating system? Recent numbers from Nielsen certainly don’t suggest it. Here’s what’s going on: Apple has tackled both the premium and entry-level markets by offering its iPhone 4S as a

It appears the folks over at Mojang are preparing to unleash yet another incremental update for their popular game, Minecraft. Despite Minecraft 1.2.4 rolling out last week, it seems that there are still some bugs to be squashed in the system.  Jens Bergensten – AKA Jeb – of Mojang tweeted today that Minecraft 1.2.5 work

Nikon has traditionally been known for manufacturing low-megapixel bodies that offer amazing high ISO performances, but the tides may be changing. The Japanese company just released the 36-megapixel D800 in February, and the latest rumor going around is that Nikon will be announcing the D3200 with a 24-megapixel sensor in April. The Nikon D3000 line is

Verizon Wireless recently sent us the brand new LG Lucid, an $80 Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that will be available in stores beginning today. We’ve compiled an unboxing video for you, during which we noticed incredible 4G LTE speeds here in New York City. The Lucid also offers a stylish black and red back cover,

Android and iOS are currently dominating the U.S. mobile landscape — that much we already knew — but new data from Nielsen suggests that 91% of U.S. consumers who made a smartphone purchase during the past three months chose iOS or Android. 48% of those buyers chose an Android-powered smartphone, 43% bought an iPhone and

Sprint is expected to unveil its own model of HTC’s One X  smartphone next week on April 4th. We’re already anticipating a 4G LTE device with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 720p HD display, an 8-megapixel camera and several other features that are currently available in the One X (save for the quad-core

While we knew Apple CEO Tim Cook is in China, what we didn’t know were his plans during his visit. It seems he couldn’t resist stopping by Foxconn to take a look. Tim Cook has been in China to hold talks with the government there about Apple’s expansion in the country, and then he made

As a result of a weak fiscal fourth quarter, Best Buy said on Thursday that it plans to close 50 of its stores in the United States and cut 400 employees from its workforce. “As part of our multi-channel strategy, we intend to strengthen our portfolio of store formats and footprints — closing some big