In Depth: Love Tetris? Then check out these iPhone and iPad block-stacking games
From the moment Tetris escaped its original home, an obscure Elektronika 60 in Moscow's Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, it became something of a phenomenon. There can be few games as immediately...
View ArticleBlip: S4 'Samsung Style' Gangnam rip off is awful and brilliant in equal measure
Samsung India is getting a lot of flack today for a largely ill-advised aging-pop-culture-phenomenon marketing-tie-in video-thing advertising the Samsung Galaxy S4 through the medium of Gangnam...
View ArticleiPhone 5S may celebrate its independence in July
As we draw nearer to the start of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, reports of what the Cupertino company is bringing to the table have been escalating.It just so happens that...
View ArticleSony Xperia SP hits Orange and T-Mobile on PAYG for just £249.99
The mid-range Sony Xperia SP has arrived on the Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK with a pretty attractive pay-as-you-go price point.The somewhat scaled back version of flagship Sony Xperia Z is...
View ArticleNew photo, size questions add to Samsung Galaxy Note 3 mystique
The size of Samsung's rumored Galaxy Note 3 phablet has been a subject of much debate, and those keeping score can add a new column to their charts: 5.99 inches.Previously the two most popular guesses...
View ArticleHTC One's front-facing speakers coming to new budget handset?
Beyond its sleek aluminium chassis and its UltraPixel camera tech, perhaps the most lauded feature on the HTC One handset was its front-facing dual speakers.Now it seems the Taiwanese company is hell...
View ArticleBlip: EE's 4G bandwagon rumbles on, hits 12 more towns today
Aylesbury, Berkhamsted, Billericay, Blackpool, Brentwood, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Lytham St Annes, Marlow, Pontefract, Thame and Windsor. Not just a killer road-trip itinerary, but also the 12 latest...
View ArticleBlackBerry CEO expects to sell 'tens of millions' of the keyboard-toting Q10
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is not tempering his estimations when it comes to the keyboard-toting Q10 handset, telling Bloomberg he expects the new phone to sell "tens of millions" of units.If true,...
View Article4G promises mobile shopping boost
More than a third of consumers reckon they are likely to buy more items by phone when they begin using 4G technology, according to a new survey.The eCustomerServiceIndex (eCSI) survey of 2,000 people,...
View ArticleImpossibly slender Huawei P6 could be world's thinnest smartphone
It's a title which changes hands every few months and the next handset in line to be crowned the "world's thinnest smartphone" could well be the Huawei P6-UO6.The Huawei P6 hasn't been officially...
View ArticleApple and Samsung to do battle again this November as court sets date
Apple and Samsung will be off to court once again come November 12 as the tussle over the level of damages the Korean firm is due to pay the Cupertino-based company continues.Last summer saw a long,...
View ArticleOriginal iPhone becomes 'vintage' on June 11
Look out for the Primrose Hill set rocking a 2G iPhone after June 11, as the first Apple handset is set to be classified "vintage" as of that date. At least, that's the case in the US according to this...
View ArticleBlip: WhatsApp to get vocal with push-to-talk?
Now that WhatsApp has gone some way to give traditional SMS messaging a good kicking, it might now be setting its sights on a BBM-Voice-rivaling voice chat function.The guys over at 9to5Mac have posted...
View ArticleSony's 6.4in Togari detailed again, could come with oversized sibling
Specs for two giant Sony smartphones have been posted on a handful of Chinese sites, promising a 6.44-inch Xperia Z successor and a 5-inch option code-named Honami.The reports come from somebody...
View ArticleIn Depth: Can Firefox OS be the new Android?
"It cannot be right that two companies lock down and control their experience … it's the equivalent of two companies controlling every service you use on the internet." So says Dan Appelquist, Open Web...
View ArticleiPhone patent may save your life, prevent drunk phone calls
Apple has won a new patent for a phone which can intelligently detect the best means of contacting someone.Confused? Let us explain. The iPhone would use features such as the GPS and accelerometer to...
View ArticleApple rumored to deepen auto integration with iOS 7
Now that automobiles are finally rolling off the assembly line with Siri's "Eyes-Free" technology introduced with iOS 6, Apple may be eyeing even deeper integration for the next version of its mobile...
View ArticleFacebook makes guinea pigs out of Windows Phone users with new app
Facebook has today made a new version of its app for Windows Phone available, which will give users the opportunity to test new features before they hit the main app.The social network and Microsoft...
View ArticleSamsung doubles down with world's first 4GB LPDDR3 mobile DRAM
Samsung is further narrowing the gap between mobile devices and PCs thanks to today's announcement that it will begin producing the world's first 4GB LPDDR3 mobile DRAM.The memory, comparable to that...
View ArticleApple granted a multiplayer gaming patent with chat capabilities
Apple has been loading up on video game-related patents recently, but so far all of its controller copyrights have made the ideas seem like single-player affairs.This week, however, it was revealed...
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