By Sean P. Aune |
If a new deal signed by Netflix with Lionsgate UK is any indication, it would seem that the long-rumored European launch of the popular DVD rental and streaming company finally be heading across the Atlantic. According to a report from Deadline, Netflix has signed a…
By Sean P. Aune |
As we keep waiting for the Droid Bionic to ship, rumors keep leaking out of what we can expect. The newest information to cross the TechnoBuffalo desks comes from a trusted source that has never led us astray before, and things seem to be a…
By Sean P. Aune |
Samsung and Sprint today announced a new 4G phone which will be the first to sell for under $100 on the carrier. Launching on Aug. 21st, the Samsung Conquer 4G will sell for $99.99 with a two-year agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate. “The…
By Joey Davidson |
Cheap Ass Gamer, a site known around the gaming world for being legitimately great at scoring fans the best deals for fantastic games and hardware, has a rumor from a trusted source that may make the Nintendo 3DS irresistible for three days. Why three days? I’m…
By Joey Davidson |
Markus “Notch” Persson, creator of Minecraft, just announced through Twitter that Mojang’s block busting and placing phenomenon has sold its 3,000,000th copy. Of course, by the time you read this story, it’ll be safe to assume that the indy hit has soared a little higher.…
By Killian Bell |
Following the unveiling of its latest BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Torch smartphones earlier this week, RIM’s U.K. chief revealed that the company is working on a budget device that will make the BlackBerry 7 OS available to fans of its entry-level Curve smartphone. No details…
By Killian Bell |
Fans of the MeeGo platform, it’s time to get all excited. The Nokia N9, which could be Nokia’s first and final MeeGo device before the company adopts Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, is set for release later this year. And according to Nokia’s Swedish site, its…
By Killian Bell |
Google has clearly been hard at work improving its Gmail services this week. Following the update to its web app for the iPhone yesterday — which adds a pull to refresh feature and a high resolution interface — Google has now issued an update to Gmail…
By Killian Bell |
Apple’s popular Magic Mouse looks to be set for an update that will improve its functionality under OS X Lion. Its existing part number has been removed from Apple’s inventory, according to a “previously reliable source” for Cult of Mac, and replaced by a new…
By Joey Davidson |
In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re…
By Sean P. Aune |
For this week’s episode of “What’s the Apps?”, Jon Quach takes a look at Textie, an iOS app that will add all sorts of new features to your texting needs. Want to text them via their email? You can. Want to text to their Textie…
By Joey Davidson |
Catherine is unique. Equal parts anime, puzzle game, horror game and dating simulator, Atlus took a big risk in bringing this title to non-Japanese shores. That’s what the publisher does, actually. And they’ve recently had fairly strong results given the niche nature of the games…
By Joey Davidson |
Face it, the PSP was trounced by the Nintendo DS, and all its variations, in the United States. The system may have done exceptionally well in Japan, but the rest of the world loved the DS more by leaps and bounds. The price and the…
By Sean P. Aune |
It looks like someone finally clued premium cable channel HBO into the concept that people don’t want to always watch long form video on their mobile devices as the HBO Go service is finally coming to connected televisions and gaming consoles. During an earnings call…
By Noah Kravitz |
Nobody ever said the road to the future wouldn’t be devoid of speedbumps. Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia made a big splash in the mobile world at the beginning of this year when their Tegra 2 dual-core processors started showing up in Android smartphones and tablets…
By Sean P. Aune |
Starbucks, the coffee chain famous for its willingness to allow customers to use their stores as they see fit, may be taking a slightly different view of those that set up a mobile office in their stores, at least if you’re in New York City.…
By Adriana Lee |
We knew it was going to happen; AT&T even indicated as much last spring. But now it looks like the dreaded crackdown on the jailbroken MyWi app and other illicit iPhone tethering/hotspot resources is looming, with a one-week cut-off date for users. Word has it…
By Jon Rettinger |
The new Motorola Photon 4G for Sprint has been on our radar for some time now, and one has finally landed in the TechnoBuffalo labs for us to get our unboxing on with it. Sporting Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core power, Android Gingerbread and a roomy…
By Jon Rettinger |
The HTC Status started life as the HTC ChaCha, and while we may lament the changing of the name at least here in the United States, the new name reflects much more accurately what the phone is about. With Facebook integration running through out every corner of…
By Adriana Lee |
We’ve all seen corporate entities reacting badly to difficult circumstances. They might blame it on others, engage in deceitful acts or just flat-out deny the incident before attempting to bury it. Only occasionally do we see companies actually respond with a solution or “make-good,” and…
By Sean P. Aune |
Live in Los Angeles? Or perhaps you pick up MyFoxLA on satellite? Be sure to tune at 6:15 AM PST/2:15 PM GMT to see our own Jon Rettinger talking the top cell phones for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon with the hosts. He’ll only be…
By Sean P. Aune |
It seems that Hulu wants in on the original content game for itself. Despite the fact that the streaming media service is currently up for sale, it looks like they are still in the mood to strike some content deals, and that includes signing a…
By Sean P. Aune |
Could we be staring at the first clear(ish) spy shot of the long gestating iPhone 5? That’s up for everyone to decide on their own, but of all the photos to have popped up recently, this one certainly looks the most realistic and “finished.” Posted…
By Killian Bell |
Skype has issued a great new update to its Android application today that finally introduces video calling to some of the most popular Android-powered devices. The video calling feature has already been available to some lucky users since June, but it launched with support for…
