San Francisco may have gone too far in mandating warnings about the radiation coming out of cell phones, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. The ruling, reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, called for San Francisco to tone down its message and to remove the requirement for retailers to post warnings on their walls. U.S. …
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28 October
Top iPhone 4S games worth showing off
The iPhone 4S is a bit of a tough sell for phone showoffs: there are literally no external distinctions to set it apart from an iPhone 4, not even a “4S” logo. Therefore, if you really want to demonstrate what your iPhone 4S can do, you’re best off either taking a picture, demoing Siri, or playing a game. The iPhone …
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28 October
Kids won’t do chores? There’s an app for that
You may find this shocking, but getting my 11- and 9-year-olds to do household chores is like pulling teeth. Rotten kids! That may change now that I’ve got You Rules Chores on my iPhone. This clever new app turns household chores into a game, rewarding each kid a designated number of coins for each completed job. Whoever finishes the week’s …
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28 October
Samsung beats Apple in smart phone sales
Samsung flogged more phones than Apple between July and September, overtaking the Cupertino squad with 27.8 million smart phone shipments, according to stats from research firm Strategy Analytics. Apple meanwhile sold 17.1 million brainy blowers in the three-month period, followed by Nokia which shipped 16.8 million, the BBC reports. Those figures give Samsung a 23.8 per cent market share. Impressive …
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28 October
Can the Lumia 800 make Nokia a contender again?
Nokia as the comeback kid of 2012? A year ago, it looked more likely that the formerly dominant mobile maker would have spiralled into irrelevance by that point. Nokia World 2010 was pretty funereal: the company had a new CEO in Stephen Elop and was still selling plenty of Symbian phones, but the atmosphere among the company’s execs and attendees …
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28 October
Big smartphone sales can’t lift overall Samsung profits
Samsung Electronics reported a 23 percent decline in its third-quarter profit despite surging performance from its mobile devices unit. The South Korean consumer electronics titan reported a profit of 3.44 trillion Korean won ($3.08 billion) on revenue of KRW41.27 trillion ($37.43 billion). Samsung posted declining profits in its memory business, where demand for PC RAM continued to be weak, as …
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28 October
RIM promo: Buy two Playbooks, get one free
Maybe one PlayBook wasn’t enough to get you interested in Research In Motion’s tablet. But three? That’s a whole different story. At least, that’s what RIM is banking on in its latest promotion. Business customers who purchase two PlayBooks through a designated reseller get a bonus one for free. In addition, they get their choice of accessories for each tablet. …
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28 October
New Google TV 2.0 hardware coming soon
The Google TV 2.0 update is almost upon is, but unfortunately there will be no new hardware to accompany it…yet. According to Google engineers, new hardware is planned for release later in the year, and while the company was unable to go into specifics, we believe this could include the Vizio Google TV the company previewed at CES 2011. It’s …
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28 October
Google TV gets major Honeycomb update
A year after Google TV first hit the market, Google has announced the first major update to the Google TV platform. The latest update is built on Android’s Honeycomb operating system and Google promises a significantly simplified user interface. The update also finally enables Google TV products to access the Android Market and Google says there will be 30 TV-optimized …
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27 October
Leaked BlackBerry videos promise big changes
Some very interesting videos from BlackBerry have appeared online that show a new kind of device with an edge-to-edge display. The videos, which were first posted by N4BB and later picked up by Pocketnow, look like they’re made for an upcoming press conference, shows everyday business folks putting their phones to everyday use. The handset itself is just a rectangle …
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