Apple may be beavering away on an iPad that boasts increased storage capacity, mysterious sources and iOS code clues suggest. 9to5Mac cites cryptic “sources” who say Apple is working on an additional model of its iPad with retina display, that comes in black and white and features an identical design to the current line-up. The …
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28 January
Porn briefly makes ‘Editor’s Pick’ on Twitter’s Vine
A pornographic video briefly made Vine’s “Editor Pick” list, further raising the question of whether the video-clip-sharing app has a porn problem. The clip showed up this morning and was spotted by The Verge, before it was quickly taken down. A video featuring the “I love NY” logo is the current top editor’s pick. Vine, a Twitter app that allows …
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It must be tough for carriers to make an extra dime these days with upstart apps offering customers for free what network operators want to charge for. With today’s announcement that T-Mobile now supports the StarStar Me app, it’s clear that TMO feels the heat. StarStar Me essentially is a way for smartphone owners, both Android and iOS, to create …
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28 January
iPhone on 4G EE gets visual voicemail, Orange due in ‘weeks’
EE is bringing visual voicemail to its iPhone-owning customers — but currently only if you’re on one of the company’s swanky 4G tariffs. If you’re a 4GEE customer with one of Apple’s shiny smart phones, text ‘iPhone visual’ (without the quote marks) to 150 to turn on the service, which lists your voicemails on-screen and makes it easy to hear, …
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28 January
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 surreptitiously snapped with stylus
Bonnet de douche! The hotly rumoured Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has been snapped au naturel with a Galaxy Note 2 by Gallic phone paps Frandroid. It’s the first time we’ve been able to compare the new tablet to one of its stylus-toting freres. It’s not an official pic from Samsung, of course, but it looks exactly the same as the …
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28 January
RIM to lower price tiers for BlackBerry apps
BlackBerry users should start to see lower prices for mobile apps, thanks to BlackBerry 10. To push its upcoming mobile OS, Research In Motion is kicking off a new global pricing plan in its BlackBerry World store. As described in a RIM blog post yesterday, the new pricing tiers used in the store will incorporate currency exchange rates and value-added …
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28 January
Apple, Android grab 92 percent of all smartphone shipments
Apple and Android continue to chew up the smartphone industry. The two platforms captured a record 92 percent of worldwide smartphone shipments in the final quarter of 2012, according to data released today by Strategy Analytics. Android took the lead with 152.1 million shipments last quarter, almost double the 80.6 million shipped in 2011’s fourth quarter, Strategy Analytics estimated. The …
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28 January
Lenovo downplays RIM acquisition rumors
Lenovo has backed away from speculation that it is planning to acquire Research In Motion. In an interview last week with Bloomberg, Lenovo Chief Financial Officer Wong Mai Ming said that his company is “looking at all opportunities” as it pertains to acquisitions and that a dialogue is open between RIM and Lenovo. Soon after, the Web erupted with claims …
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28 January
BlackBerry Z10 may sell in U.K. starting January 30
Pictured above is Dev Alpha B, a developers’ unit running BlackBerry 10. Lynn La/CNET While we’ve known for a while that RIM plans to launch its newest mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, on January 30, new leaked documents report that the first handset running the OS (dubbed the BlackBerry Z10) may be available for the U.K. market on that same …
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28 January
Japan to start 4K broadcasts next year
As if KFC for Christmas dinner isn’t reason enough to move to Japan, how about TV shows in Ultra High Definition? Well there’s not long to wait, as broadcasts in the format will start in Japan next year — that’s two years ahead of schedule, proving it’s not just the trains that run on time over there. Reuters reports the Japanese government will …
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