Schmidt: Apple v Google is a cold war, not a riot
Google's ex-CEO Eric Schmidt has described the political situation between Apple and Google as being less like a gun-fight and more like a political balancing act.Describing relations between the two...
View ArticleUpdated: Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie release date, news and rumours
Android Key Lime Pie newsGoogle's showing no signs of slowing its pace of Android development, with Android 4.0 appearing on the Galaxy Nexus late in 2011, followed in July of 2012 by the Android 4.1...
View ArticlePotential 'iPhone 5S' leaked, here we go again
Apple may have finished dazzling us with new products this year, but a new leak from a French website may provide a glimpse into what the company may be up to in 2013.CNET reported Wednesday that...
View ArticleHuawei exec pits Ascend Mate against Samsung Galaxy Note II
Back in October, reports of a new phablet in development at Chinese manufacturer Huawei made the internet rounds.The phone/tablet was rumored to be Huawei's Ascend Mate, a 6.1-inch phablet with a full...
View ArticleRumored HTC M7 could beat Galaxy S4 with Q1 2013 launch
New reports indicate HTC is already planning for the release of a new flagship smartphone during the first quarter of 2013.Even though HTC's Droid DNA hit the market just a few weeks ago, the Taiwanese...
View ArticleXbox SmartGlass update brings iPhone 5 optimisation
Microsoft has issued an update to the popular Xbox 360 SmartGlass second screen app to accommodate the iPhone 5.The free app allows users to navigate around an Xbox 360 with swiping and tapping...
View ArticleQualcomm snaps to with 2 new quad-core Snapdragon S4 processors
Qualcomm, likely now standing as the third-largest semiconductor producer in the world, is expanding on its line of Snapdragon S4 processors with two quad-core CPUs optimized for China.The MSM8226 and...
View ArticleThis could be the Samsung Galaxy S4 processor
The Exynos 5440 quad-core could well be the processor which finds its way into the Samsung Galaxy S4 sometime next year.Samsung has confirmed that the quad-core chip, based on the dual-core version...
View ArticleApple and Samsung head back to court to debate $1bn ruling
Samsung and Apple can't keep away from the courthouse with the two tech giants popping back to chat about Samsung's $1.05bn (£652m) fine. Predictably, the Koreans are gunning for the verdict to be...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S3 gets Galaxy Note 2 features with Android 4.1.2
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is starting to get the Android 4.1.2 update, which may not seem like a big deal on the surface, but there are some key new features packed inside.First up the multi-view function...
View ArticleLatest smartphones give HTC a new lease of life
HTC could well be on the road to recovery after a rocky year, as sales jumped more than 20 per cent in November.The Taiwanese firm managed to rake in $730 million (around £453 million/AU$698 million)...
View ArticleUpdated: iPhone 5S release date, news and rumours
The iPhone 5 may still be fresh out the oven, but whispers have already begun to surface that an iPhone 5S successor could go into production as early as next month.The early arrival of the iPad 4 and...
View ArticleSwiftKey Flow slides in to rival official Android keyboard
Swiping is fast becoming the new tapping when it comes to smartphone keyboards and SwiftKey Flow is looking to get in on the action.The Swype system has been established for some time and recently...
View ArticleFoxconn following Apple's lead into 'made in USA' expansion
Now that Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has spilled the beans on plans to bring manufacturing of its Mac computers back to America, its major Asian supplier has confirmed its intentions to do...
View ArticleRIM offering incentives to switch to BB10
RIM is betting the farm on the release of its BlackBerry 10 operating system. Having not released a new phone in roughly 18 months, the Canadian smartphone company has a lot of work to do to make BB10...
View ArticleSamsung rolls out Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update for Galaxy S III
Samsung has unleashed the Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Android update for international Galaxy S III handset users. The "Premium Suite" upgrade includes new features previously seen in the Samsung Galaxy Note II,...
View ArticleIn Depth: Google Nexus 5: what we want to see
The launch of a new Nexus phone has become as traditional an event as the coming of the usual Christmas debauchery. Google started this trend with the HTC-made Nexus One back in January of 2010,...
View ArticleBBC iPlayer app updated for widescreen iPhone 5
BBC iPlayer viewers can now enjoy full screen playback from the comfort of the new Apple iPhone 5.The Corporation has issued an update for its popular on-demand app, optimising the aspect radio for the...
View ArticleCrucial Apple multitouch patent temporarily ruled invalid
A key Apple patent which governs the use of multitouch technology on its mobile devices has been temporarily ruled invalid.On Friday, the United States Patents & Trademarks Office (USPTO) struck...
View ArticleApple and Google joining forces to mop up Kodak patents?
Apple and Google may be about to form an unlikely alliance to snap up Kodak's vast army of imaging patents, according to reports this weekend.Bloomberg sources have claimed the companies have abandoned...
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