BBM Music now available in the U.S., Canada and Australia
Research In Motion announced on Wednesday that its BBM Music service will launch Wednesday in the United States, Canada and Australia. To begin, users can …
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GameStop begins selling Android tablets pre-loaded with 7 games
GameStop recently began carrying several Android Honeycomb tablets pre-loaded with seven free games. It was originally rumored that the game retailer would begin selling its …
GarageBand now available on iPhone and iPod touch
Apple announced recently that its popular GarageBand music creation software is now available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Prior to Tuesday, it was only …
iTunes Match testing continues with iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2, still no public release
Apple’s iTunes Match service was supposed to be released to the public by the end of October and while we’re still not sure why the …
T-Mobile BlackBerry Torch 9810 lands November 9th for $250
T-Mobile announced on Wednesday that its customers may begin placing pre-orders for the BlackBerry Torch 9810. It expects to offer the device on November 9th …
Apple loses lawsuit over iPad design
Apple has lost a lawsuit to Spanish firm Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá, which fought back after the Cupertino-based company tried to block the company’s …
Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 to developers; here are the changes
Apple has just seeded iOS 5.0.1 to developers for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. Here are the changes, and most notably, Apple has confirmed …
Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus could launch after Black Friday
Verizon Wireless’s highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus handset, the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device, may not launch until after Black Friday. According to …
Consumers still don’t care about 3DTV, study finds
Despite the ongoing push from consumer electronics companies, people just don’t seem to care about 3DTV. A recent survey conducted by Retrevo.com found that among those who …
Mobile coupon industry will be worth $46 billion by 2016, analysts say
A recent report from Juniper Research suggests that the mobile coupon market will be worth $46 billion by 2015, a large jump from the $5.6 …
Google launches official Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch [updated]
Google released an official Gmail application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Wednesday. According to Google, the application supports the following features: Get …
Siri said to be driving force behind huge iPhone 4S sales
Strong sales of Apple’s new iPhone 4S smartphone can be attributed in large part to Siri, Apple’s new virtual personal assistant, one analyst believes. The …
Czech carrier refuses iPhone 4S, dumps earlier iPhones citing Apple’s business terms
Czech carrier Telefonica Czech Republic will not sell Apple’s new iPhone 4S smartphone, one of the fastest-selling consumer electronics devices to launch in recent history. According …
Google to charge for Google Maps access starting in January
Beginning January 1st, Google will start charging a fee to developers and websites that frequently access its Google Maps API service, BBC reported recently. Developers …
Sony forecasts fourth consecutive annual loss as Q2 misses
Sony on Wednesday lowered its full-year guidance from its earlier forecast of a 60 billion yen profit to a 90 billion yen loss following second …
Windows market share slides in October as Mac, Linux gain
Just-released data from Net Applications shows that Microsoft’s share of the PC operating system market continued its slow decent in October as Apple’s Mac operating …
New carrier to offer $19 unlimited voice, text and data on November 8th
A new wireless carrier named Republic Wireless, a part of Bandwidth.com, will begin to offer unlimited voice, text and data plans on November 8th for …
Samsung requests source code in effort to ban iPhone 4S in Australia
Samsung recently asked Apple to provide it with source code for the the firmware used in its iPhone 4S, ZDNET reported on Tuesday. The South Korea-based …
HP PC exec Phil McKinney announces his exit
HP personal systems group (PSG) chief technology officer Phil McKinney announced recently that he will be retiring from the company. A few days ago, HP …
China Mobile lures 5 million new iPhone users with Wi-Fi, rebates
China Mobile has yet to convince Apple to partner on an iPhone that supports its proprietary TD-SCDMA 3G network, but that hasn’t stopped the carrier …
Apple awarded two new multitouch patents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday published 14 new patents that were recently granted to Apple. According to PatentlyApple, two of those patents …
News360 3.0 now available for iPhone and Android smartphones [updated]
News360 announced on Tuesday that the second generation of its popular news client is now available for the iPhone and Android smartphones. We are big …
Google details new Gmail changes [video]
This past summer, Google began rolling out a sample of its revamped Gmail user interface and on Tuesday it discussed many of the brand new …
New Apple Store app launches Thursday; here’s how it will change Apple’s retail operations
While information about Apple’s new iOS app and retail plans have leaked out in various forms over the past few weeks, we now have the …
BGR Interview: Lighting Science Group CTO Fred Maxik Chief on the future of light
BGR recently caught up with Fred Maxik, Chief Technology Officer of Lighting Science Group, to talk about what the company is doing in the lighting …
Motorola XOOM 2 tablet pricing and image leak
We first heard mumblings of the XOOM 2, Motorola’s second Android Honeycomb tablet, in late September. Now, a leaked advertisement obtained by Engadget suggests the …
Regional carrier C Spire to launch Apple iPhone 4S with unlimited data plans on November 11th
Regional carrier C Spire, not T-Mobile, will become the fourth wireless carrier in the United States to offer Apple’s iPhone 4S to its customers. C …
Windows 8 will be huge for Microsoft and PC industry, Acer CEO says
Microsoft’s upcoming next-generation operating system will be the driving force behind the company’s triumphant “re-rise” according to Acer chairman and CEO, J.T. Wang. While Microsoft maintained …
Apple misses iTunes Match launch deadline
Apple has failed to make good on its promise to deploy its iTunes Match service by the “end of October.” A beta version of the …
AT&T to launch BlackBerry Bold 9900, Torch 9860 on Nov. 6; Curve 9360 on Nov. 20
AT&T on Tuesday announced that it will launch three new BlackBerry 7 smartphones next week. The carrier’s BlackBerry Bold 9900 will finally arrive on November …
