Dec 5, 2011

While many are patiently awaiting Verizon to announce the new Droid 4 and Xoom tablet successors, the company has already started showing off the devices to a number of Tech websites. For some time now rumors have been doing the rounds of the new Droid 4, as well as the successors to the Xoom tablets. It was expected that Verizon would soon announce the devices,...

Dec 5, 2011

A United States Federal Judge has blocked Apple’s attempt to prevent Samsung from selling various smartphones and tablets in the US due to alleged infringements on design patents. Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court in San Jose denied a request by Apple for a preliminary injunction against Samsung on Friday. The judgment will now allow...

Dec 5, 2011

Many tech users may feel underwhelmed with Kobo’s new offer in an attempt to match Amazon’s lending library proposition. The company recently announced that, starting January, customers will have access to one free download of an e-book each month. Some popular titles users will have access to include Pride and Prejudice, Star Wars vs Star Trek and...

Dec 5, 2011

Cellphone users are once again asking if their mobile devices are spying on them after another piece of software was found, hidden on millions of devices, recording almost everything users do with them. Carrier IQ is the latest company targeted by a class-action lawsuit and an investigation, after it was found that its software, known as Carrier IQ, is being...

Dec 5, 2011

The past week has had quite a few interesting developments in the fast moving mobile industry, but if you don’t want to catch up with all of the news, you can find the most important ones below, all of which really mattered: RIM loses $485 million on the Playbook in Q3 2011 RIM is definitely not doing too well on the mobile market, even with all their new...

Dec 3, 2011

Blogging has gotten very popular lately, and while it has all started with text posts and uploaded pictures, things have rapidly moved towards the video and audio mediums, especially with the ever increasing popularity of Youtube (which got 26 Billion views last month alone!). There are a lot of great podcasts (i.e. audio-only) and video casts/clips out there,...