Flipboard update launched Flipboard has launched a new version of its popular news aggregating app for the iPhone and iPad. Following March’s update which introduced user-created magazines, the v2.0.2 release adds a new Friends category in the Content Guide that can be used to quickly find magazines created by friends. Flipboard has also added new [...]
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Briefly: Flipboard update adds user profiles, Neon iPhone 5 cases
Posted by Gary on May 14, 2013
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iPhone Apps: SoundCloud, Zipcar, Retrica Pro
Posted by Gary on May 14, 2013
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SoundCloud 2.6 (free) – SoundCloud allows iOS users to access the company’s entire collection of user submitted music and audio clips. Version 2.6 introduces support for signing in through a Google+ account, along with the option to share audio content throughout Google+ circles. Finally, the Airplay icon has been restored in the player. [Download - [...]
Google consolidates storage limits across Mail, Google+, Drive
Posted by Gary on May 14, 2013
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15GB free limit for consumers, Business customers given 30GB Google today announced a combination of cloud data storage limits. Rolling out over the next couple of weeks to all users, the search engine is allocating a total of 15GB to users, shared across Gmail, Google+, and Google Drive. Business customers are offered 30GB of unified [...]
Hacked T-Mobile carrier file boosts iPhone 5 download speed
Posted by Gary on May 13, 2013
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Does not require jailbreaking, doubles throughput rates An altered carrier update that has been modified by two hackers successfully increases the bandwidth available for iPhone 5 units on T-Mobile’s US network, tests have found. The patch to the carrier update file, which was originally distributed to add LTE signal to the iPhone 5 using T-Mobile’s [...]
ABC to stream live TV broadcasts to mobile apps this week
Posted by Gary on May 13, 2013
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Live Button rolls out to viewers in New York, Philadelphia first Broadcaster ABC is said to be updating its iOS app to offer live streams of shows from local ABC stations later this week. New options for a “Live” button in the Watch ABC app for iPhone and iPad will mark it as the first [...]
Reviews: HTC One
Posted by Gary on May 13, 2013
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Outstanding, high-res display Stunning design High-quality build Excellent performance Camera performance Average battery life Runs slightly older version of Android No microSD expansion It is hard to understate just how critically important the HTC One is to the Taiwanese company’s fortunes. Despite its alarming decline in market share, HTC has taken a gamble with the [...]
Full review: HTC One
Posted by Gary on May 12, 2013
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Does the HTC One have what it takes to beat the Galaxy S4? The HTC One is a crucial product for the Taiwanese smartphone maker. The company once was the market leading Android smartphone vendor and saw tremendous success and growth as a company. It worked with Google on the first Nexus smartphone and was [...]
US DoD to allow Apple, Samsung devices on Pentagon network next week
Posted by Gary on May 11, 2013
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BlackBerry likely to suffer due to loss of monopoly on secure devices A spokesperson for the Pentagon has told Bloomberg that mobile devices using Apple’s iOS 6 as well as Samsung devices supplemented with the company’s Knox security lockdown as well as BlackBerry devices running BB10 are expected to be allowed onto the Defense Department’s [...]