The perks of Google's Nexus S used to lie solely in its unadorned OS. Now, owners of its penultimate Android flagship are about to get some additional mileage out of their Gingerbread-bearing handsets, courtesy of that underused NFC chip. The recent...
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The perks of Google's Nexus S used to lie solely in its unadorned OS. Now, owners of its penultimate Android flagship are about to get some additional mileage out of their Gingerbread-bearing handsets, courtesy of that underused NFC chip. The recent...
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It's no secret that many social gaming companies are looking to become less dependent on Facebook as a centralized platform for games. Zynga just announced its first, direct to consumer, independent gaming platform. Today, social gaming company CrowdStar has unveiling its social games strategy, called Project Trident, to help create a global, mobile platform and franchises, as well as Facebook titles.
It's important to note that CrowdStar isn't fleeing the Facebook platform all together, but merely looking to diversify its interests. Through Project Trident, CrowdStar is focusing on creating social gaming franchises across Facebook, global and mobile platforms.
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If the stresses of virtual combat are leaving your palms clammy and your keyboard covered in sweat, Cooler Master wants you to know they don't think that's gross. Instead, they've created a new special...
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Who said all the 3D perks had to be reserved for Hollywood? DXG's making the home video fun a virtual en vivo experience with the release of its 3D and 2D camcorder, set to hit the company's online store today. For $299, you're getting a 5 megapixel...
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Move over, Kyocera DuraMax -- Sprint has just officially announced the Motorola Admiral, the first Android smartphone in their growing Direct Connect lineup.
The Admiral takes a 1.2GHz processor, 4GB of internal storage, and 3G hotspot support and wraps it all in a mil-spec 810G compliant body. The 3.1-inch VGA display swathed in Gorilla Glass sits above a 4 row QWERTY keyboard, and a 5MP camera occupies the device's rear.
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Vanity phone number provider Zoove is today announcing it has raised an additional investment of $5 million from Rogers Ventures to help it further accelerate its U.S. operations. The startup is the exclusive provider of "StarStar numbers" (e.g. **FLOWERS) for the four largest mobile operators in the United States, reaching over 250 million consumers.
Mike Lee, VP of Roger Ventures, the venture capital arm of Canada's Rogers Communications, will also be joining Zoove's Board of Directors as a part of this deal.
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Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley doesn't think that you should have to open up a mobile app to interact with it. I caught up with Crowley a couple days ago at the Web 2.0 Summit, where he was a speaker. In the video interview above, he compares Foursquare's newest feature called Radar to the Siri personal assistant on the new iPhone 4S. For Crowley, it's all about getting mobile apps to push relevant information out to you at exactly the right place and time. "If you have a problem to solve with your phone, you don't have to go to the search box."
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We’ve already seen what’s inside the iPhone 4S thanks to the traditional post-launch teardown, but how much exactly do all those shiny parts cost? iSuppli has crunched the numbers and reckons a fifth-gen iPhone costs Apple as little as $188 in components; they’ve also spotted a selection of new supplier parts, some of which occupy space [...]
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We’ve already seen what’s inside the iPhone 4S thanks to the traditional post-launch teardown, but how much exactly do all those shiny parts cost? iSuppli has crunched the numbers and reckons a fifth-gen iPhone costs Apple as little as $188 in components; they’ve also spotted a selection of new supplier parts, some of which occupy space [...]
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