Month: October 2013

Find out what customers can expect from Google’s Nexus 5 and why some of these features have some Android fans excited. Read the original post by Jason

Samsung Electronics continued to dominate the smartphone market in the third quarter, which also saw quarterly shipments cross 250 million for the first time, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Read the original post by John Ribeiro, IDG News Service

Basketball season is starting off today, and fans will want to stay up-to-date with the latest scores and otherwise get into the spirit of things. We’ve dug through the App Store to see what’s big, and though hardcore fans may already be familiar with what’s available, there may be a […] Read the original post…

No matter how many claims of “no-one cares” we might hear, there are clearly tons of people who do care about BBM. BlackBerry has today provided some figures for the first proper week of cross-platform life for their messaging platform and it looks like good news all round. BBM now […] Read the original post…

Sprint has flipped the switch on LTE service in 45 more markets today. That bring’s the carrier’s total LTE coverage to 230 markets. LTE coverage from Sprint is now available in Lexington, Kentucky, New Haven, Connecticut, and Spokane, Washington. Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, N.Y. now have LTE coverage as […] Read the original post…

Ben Thompson of stratechery, formerly of Apple and Microsoft, talks about the tablet market, including the seeming loss of ‘magic’ in iPad marketing, the inability of PC-makers to see beyond the PC, and the opportunity for true revolution. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in RSS Download Directly Follow on Twitter Show notes Whither Liberal Arts? The…

Some questions just answer themselves, don’t they? (Don’t answer that.) Writing for CNNMoney, Hibah Yousuf asks “Can Microsoft dethrone Apple?” (tip o’ the antlers to Tay Bass) Hibah, please! Isn’t a better question whether or not Microsoft will do it by next Tuesday or next Wednesday? Think the death of PCs will kill […] Read…

Stage Stores, which operates Peebles, has stores in Hudson and Johnstown, but this is the first in the immediate Capital Region. Read the original post by Albany Times Union

newegg offers the Rosewill 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch, model no. RC-410LX, for $19.99 with free shipping. That’s a buck under our April mention and the lowest total price we could find. This 8-port switch features Green Ethernet technology, which detects the length of connected Ethernet cables and allocates the appropriate […] Read the original post…

newegg offers the Sceptre 32″ 720p LED-Backlit LCD HD Television, model no. E328BV-HD, for $229.99. This $40 mail-in rebate drops it to $189.99. With free shipping, that’s $20 under our mention from over a year ago and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this model. (It’s also a strong […] Read the original post…

The firm estimated that more than 100 million 5-inch panels will be shipped in 2013, 5 percent of all mobile phone displays. Read the original post by Jason

X-Men: Days of Future Past is one of the greatest story arcs from one of the greatest eras of the comic, the Claremont/Byrne days, and it’s being adapted into the next film in the movie franchise. Bryan Singer has returned to the director’s chair, and the original cast is returning […] Read the original post…

We’ve seen 24ct gold versions of popular smartphones in the past from Goldgenie as they’ve previously released an HTC One as well as a real gold iPhone 5s earlier this year. Read the original post by Ubergizmo