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Samsung Under Investigation Over Apple’s Abusing “Wireless Technology” Claims
We have learned from Reuters this morning that Samsung is currently under investigation by South Korean regulators over abusing wireless technology patents. We learned previously that Samsung owns a majority of the industries LTE patents and had plans to sue Apple if a 4G capable iPhone was released. Considering LTE is an industry standard, Apple...
Amazon Could Introduce An iPhone-Competing Smartphone Today
These past few weeks have been absolutely crazy in-terms of technology media events. Nokia announced two new Windows 8 phones yesterday, the Lumia 820 and 920. Also in the craze include Samsung and Motorola, who announced a range of new tablets and phones. Next up is Amazon at 10:30 Pacific time later today; they are...
That Previously Thought ‘NFC Chip’ Was Just The Earpiece Speaker [PHOTO]
A broad range of speculation was brought up late last month on whether Apple was going to install an NFC chip on the iPhone. The situation seemed very noteworthy because of Apple's Passbook installment in iOS 6. When photographs hit the internet of an unknown chip within the iPhone, many believed it was related to near-field-communication. Just...
Bloomberg: No New Apple TV Product In 2012 As Talks With Content Providers Fail Once Again
For the past few months, Apple has been rumored to be working on a new set-top box that would offer access to live and on-demand television content. Additionally, rumors of an Apple branded television set releasing 2012 holiday season have also been around but a new report by Bloomberg seems to confirm that no new Apple TV product is...
Grooveshark Launches Updated HTML5 Web App [Free Music]
Grooveshark has announced a revised HTML5 web app to stream their library of 15 million songs, which works on iOS devices and also plays in the background. Back in May, we noted the initial release of this HTML5 player to circumvent the App Store and Google Play, where the app is banned (it is available...
Photos of the ‘iPhone 5’ Next to iPhone 4S–Thinness Comparisons [PICS]
iResQ has once again posted more pictures of the upcoming iPhone 5 (via MacRumors) and this time they concentrate their images around the thinness of the new device compared to the iPhone 4S, as they received the new screen assembly and was able to install it into the back casing. Based on the pictures below,...
Apple Store App Compatibility Update Indicates iOS 6 Is Coming Soon
Well folks, iOS 6 will be released soon. Apple has updated their Apple Store application minutes ago with the description "iOS compatibility update." It has been months since we last saw an update to iOS 5; allowing us to assume this is for a final release of iOS 6 Looking back at history, iOS 5 was released...
August Mobile Traffic Dominated By iOS Devices [INFOGRAPH]
While this may seem blatantly obvious, iOS devices account for a majority of mobile traffic. If that wasn't an astounding fact, then maybe the exact statistic may shock you. During August of 2012 mobile-ad firm Chitika completed a study of mobile traffic in the United States and Canada. They found 65.03% of traffic came from iOS devices. That...
Apple Acquires Many LTE Patents To Prevent Possible Samsung Lawsuit
Apple has recently acquired many LTE patents in effort to deflect a potential lawsuit from the South Korean Samsung. After losing the case against Apple; Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee mentioned striking back if the iPhone was released with LTE. Considering the iPad has LTE, the iPhone without question should include LTE. Chosun has details on Apple and Samsung's LTE...
New iPhone vs Nokia Lumia 820/920: Which Would Win?
Nokia Executive, Jo Harlow, introduced two new Nokia smartphones earlier today in New York. As part of the smartphone launch frenzy, Nokia unveiled its Lumia 820 and 920 just a week from the iPhone event. But when it comes to choosing a phone that can be hard unless you're an Apple fan boy of-coarse. On the table we have three...
TrapCall Caller ID Unmasker Forced to Shut Down in Canada Due to CRTC Pressure
This January, TrapCall debuted in Canada with its blocked call unmasking service, made available on our major carrier networks. Essentially the service allowed people to see the caller ID of any incoming call. Soon after though, TrapCall's app disappeared from the App Store and the service wasn't available anymore five months later. Turns out the...
Casio Announces New G-Shocks That Communicate With iPhone Over Bluetooth
Casio, the popular Japanese electronics manufacturing company known for its calculators and digital watches, has announced two new Bluetooth G-Shock watches, the GB–6900AA and GB-5600AA , that can communicate with an iPhone via Bluetooth v4.0, reports The Verge. While Casio's G-Shock lineup has continuously evolved in terms of technology and performance over the years, this time the company has taken...