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…
By Emily Price |
This morning Amazon launched Kindle Cloud Reader, a service that gives you access to your Kindle library with no download required. The service can be used in both Chrome and Safari on both PCs and Macs, as well as Chromebooks and iPads. Apple‘s in-app purchasing…
By Killian Bell |
Following recent cyber attacks on News Corp, Sony, and even the Pentagon, I’m sure you’re already aware of the “hacktivist” group known as Anonymous. Its next attack, named “Operation Facebook” and scheduled for November 5, promises to “destroy” the world’s largest social network and the…
By Killian Bell |
Competing with Apple’s iTunes music store — the world’s number one music store — was always going to be a difficult task for Walmart, and after eight years of trying the company has finally decided to throw in the towel and close its digital music…
By Killian Bell |
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 was banned from sale in Europe yesterday, with the exception of the Netherlands (for now), by The Regional Court of Dusseldorf. The German court granted Apple a preliminary injunction against Samsung’s tablet due to an ongoing patent dispute, which has already seen…
By Killian Bell |
Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich platform is the company’s first attempt at a one-for-all operating system that, similar to Apple’s iOS, will support both smartphones and tablets and negate the need for a separate OS for each. It was first demonstrated at the Google I/O keynote…
By Adriana Lee |
I love how innovative restaurateurs continually try to improve the dining-out experience. I used to frequent a place in New York City that had a sushi-riding conveyor belt that ran throughout the small setting, carrying an unending stream of small plates filled with nigiri and…
By Joey Davidson |
Gather round fellow hockey fans, EA Sports has released a new teaser for NHL 12 that should have each and every one of us foaming at the mouth in anticipation for this year’s entry. It looks like the development studio in Vancouver, Canada has been…
By Sean P. Aune |
If you’ve been salivating over the sleek design of the Nokia N9, and you live in the United States, we’re afraid we have some bad news for you: It isn’t coming here. As a matter of fact, if you’re a fan of Nokia feature phones…
