By Sean P. Aune |
As we noted yesterday, HTC CEO Peter Chou will be holding a conference call today to make “a major announcement.” While absolutely no hints were given as to what it might be, we’ll be on the call that begins at 8:30 AM PST this morning…
By Killian Bell |
As we get closer to the highly anticipated September launch of the iPhone 5, rumors surrounding the device’s new features continue to spread like wildfire. There’s so many, in fact, that even those of us who write about them are struggling to keep up. Thankfully,…
By Killian Bell |
Following Tuesday’s court decision that granted Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe, it was inevitable that retailers would soon begin suspending the Android tablet. The first big name to put the device on hold in the U.K. is Vodafone, which…
By Killian Bell |
HTC has just acquired a $300 million majority stake in Beats Electronics, which will see the Beats by Dr. Dre audio technology integrated into its devices later this year, finally delivering better mobile audio. Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, said that the company’s new partnership…
By Killian Bell |
Now this is music to my ears. I’ve been hoping, praying, that Nintendo would release some of its big games on the iPhone and the iPad, but the company has always been adamant that its titles will only be available on its hardware and no…
By Killian Bell |
Following some pretty disappointing sales figures since its launch, HP reduced the price of its TouchPad by $100 last weekend in the hope that it would give the device a better chance against Apple’s hugely successful iPad. The reduction clearly did some good, because HP…
By Emily Price |
Vintage Buffalo is a weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them. Are you like us and hanging on to some gadget relics of the past? Submit your story…
By Mike Perlman |
I feel like the black sheep in the Tablet herd, questing to find meaning within this gadget’s baffling existence, but always strolling away with a sprinkling of pros and a bushel of cons. Let me spew more diesel onto the incendiary spectacle by adding this…
By Adriana Lee |
Hear ye, hear ye!: We may now be witnessing what is, for all intents and purposes, the dawn of a renaissance in application development — a return to the heyday of the once-ubiquitous web app. This was the thought running through my head when I…
By Sean P. Aune |
Do you have a burning question about tech? Well, it’s time to ask Jon Rettinger and hear him answer one of your pressing queries on video. Until 2 PM PST on Friday, August 12th, leave a comment with your question for him, and then you’ll…
By Sean P. Aune |
We get a lot of questions from readers about various subjects, and due to that we decided to start an occasional series called Wisdom of the Herd where the team sits down and offers up different takes on the advice that might help. For this…
By Sean P. Aune |
For this week’s episode of “What’s the Apps?”, Jon Quach dives into the world of the popular social news site, Reddit and various iOS apps you can use to access it. He uses three different ones and some come out better than the others. iReddit…
By Emily Price |
If you’ve got an old iPhone, iPad, or Mac kicking around your house, Apple wants to give you some cash for it – or at least some Apple cash. Apple has partnered with a third-party company called PowerOn to offer a buyback program of sorts…
By Mike Perlman |
Finally, an Android we can punt around, submerge in water, and pelt with mud! The Samsung Galaxy Xcover is the company’s first Android member of the rugged Xcover dynasty. Android 2.3, to be exact. In order to ward off physical assaults, the Samsung Galaxy Xcover…
By Sean P. Aune |
Well, color us intrigued, but we just got a very vague email from HTC about a conference call for tomorrow morning, August 11, where HTC CEO Peter Chou will be making “a major announcement.” Think we’re holding back on what it’s about? Take a look at…
By Joey Davidson |
PlayStation Plus and UPlay members will have early and exclusive access to the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta from September 3rd, 2011 until September 11th. While no announcements have been made regarding whether or not other consoles will receive beta access as well, there…
By Sean P. Aune |
Without any warning, home video service Hulu announced that it will be expanding to Japan by the end of the year. The URL Hulu.jp is already live and serving up the page that you see above where you can sign up for updates on when…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple has been on a bit of a lawsuit tear as of late. Whether you think they are in the right or wrong for all the legal actions they’ve been taking, one thing is sure that it seems like anyone who has ever released a…
By Adriana Lee |
The latest stab at electronic paper comes out of a Taiwanese tech research organization, and this one’s a doozy. The i2R is possibly the most like real paper than any other version of e-paper to date. It comes as a flexible and lightweight sheet that…
By Joey Davidson |
Falling in behind Walmart, Target has gone and dropped the retail price of the Nintendo 3DS from $250 to $170 two days before Nintendo makes it official. Joystiq had the initial report of the preemptive drop, including the picture you see branded above. Sean traipsed all over his home…
By Emily Price |
Yesterday, Apple won an injunction against Samsung for the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the EU. Today it was revealed by Foss Patents that Apple has filed a motion with same court regarding the Motorola Xoom. The document doesn’t say whether or not…
By Killian Bell |
Activision unveiled a new teaser for Modern Warfare 3 yesterday, which I must have watched a good five or six times already today. The two-minute clip shows off some more spec ops gameplay with the new co-op ‘survival’ mode. Survival pits you and a friend against…
By Sean P. Aune |
Samsung and NVIDIA today announced the new Samsung Galaxy R. Before you get too excited, the phone is currently only slated for Asia and Europe, but that doesn’t mean we may not see it stateside at some point down the road. Powered by the popular…
By Joey Davidson |
Ever since Nintendo announced the price drop and the consolation prizes for Nintendo 3DS early adopters, I’ve been getting pinged with emails, text messages, phone calls and comments involving the same question: “How do I know if I’m a Nintendo 3DS Ambassador?” Before I get…
