Most game bundles have one thing in common: the games have been around awhile. They might be solid titles, sure, but many times they’re so old that most gamers already have them. Not this time. The Humble Bundle 4 for Android comes with five games, four of which are making their Android debut. In fact, …

Sony developers have made a video showcasing a raw version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean running on an Xperia S smart phone. The clip sees Sony taking the lead on a joint project with Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP) to develop an untampered version of Android for the Xperia S. On its developer blog, Sony says it already has …

Hold fast, Galaxy Note 10.1 owners — the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update has kicked off in Germany, giving European Samsung fans a taste of the (nearly) latest edition of Android. The over the air update is arriving for our German tech pals, Sammobile reports, and weighs in at a hefty 300MB. The update’s arrival on the continent means the much-anticipated …

I was going through the app listings the other day and came across LocalScope, a unique local search tool that helps you find things near your current location. Obviously, many people already use Google Maps (no current version for iOS) for this purpose, and the Yelp-powered Apple Maps gets better every day, but after looking at LocalScope (reviewed below), I …

Verizon Wireless customers still waiting for 4G LTE to hit their town should get their wish by the middle of next year. Speaking at a Wells Fargo Securities technology conference yesterday, Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo confirmed that the carrier is eyeing mid-2013 as the completion date for its LTE rollout. That timeframe is around six months earlier than the …

The Force is strong with Rovio. The Finnish company behind the Angry Birds franchise said today in a blog post that its latest offering, Angry Birds Star Wars, rose to the top of Apple’s U.S. app store in two and a half hours — breaking its own records. The game launched yesterday to positive critical reviews and remains the top …

Google is making Google Play’s music and movies available in Europe later this month. From November 13, owners of a Google TV set-top box or enabled television in the U.K., Germany and France will be able to download movies and music from the Google Play store, the company said in a Google+ post. The movies and music — previously only …

Those of you interested in a 3G or 4G iPad can score $100 off the full price, but you’ll have to pony up the monthly costs for a two-year contract with AT&T. The carrier is selling both new and refurbished versions of the iPad 2 and the third-gen iPad. For example, a new third-gen Wi-Fi + 4G LTE model with …

Verizon Wireless is launching not one, but two Windows Phone 8-based devices next week. The company announced on its site today that the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the Nokia Lumia 822 will both ship on November 13. The HTC Windows Phone 8X comes with a 4.3-inch display and 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. The device comes in the customer’s choice of …

Internal memory is probably one of the least sexy features of a smartphone. But as your smartphone replaces your point-and-shoot camera, MP3 music player, portable gaming device, GPS navigator, and in some cases your portable video player, it’s something you have to think about when buying a new device. While some devices allow you to add memory via a microSD …

EE, the UK’s first 4G network, has delayed its SIM-free tariffs, with the cheaper deals now expected to arrive “within the next two weeks”. Although the new network went live a few weeks ago, it seems you’ll have to sit tight if you want to buy one of the network’s SIM-only plans, which were supposed to go live today. The …

One of the men who invented Android has declared that phone manufacturers and networks should make more of an effort to change the way Google’s mobile operating system works. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking — is he nuts? But bear with us: he may have a point. Speaking at a conference on open sourcery, Rich Miner said adding extras …

Big Ballmer is watching you. Microsoft is working on a way of spying on you through your TV, in a bid to charge you for every person watching. Microsoft has been awarded a patent for the “content presentation system and method allowing content providers to regulate the presentation of content on a per-user-view basis”. The system uses cameras to make …

If you like watching DVDs on your PC, you’ll be disappointed to know that Windows 8 can’t play DVD videos out of the box, so to speak. That doesn’t mean you have to go out and spend a lot of money to get DVD video playback. In fact, there are quite a few programs available that are free. Here are …

Movies, music and TV shows land on Google TV next week. If you own a Google TV box, you can get films, tunes and telly from Google Play on 13 November. Er… does anybody own a Google TV? Google reveals today that those treats for your eyes and ears will be available through the Google Play app store for users …