While global attention is on the intense rivalry between South Korean tech giant Samsung and California-based Apple, two phone manufacturers are getting more notice from techies for outstanding features of their devices.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 30, 2013
The U.S. network carrier Sprint has recovered from scarce supply of Samsung Galaxy S4 and announced the good news for consumers that the device is also available on their retail stores. Sprint also released an Over-the-Air (OTA) update for owners of Galaxy S4 to fix most bugs on the device.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 30, 2013
Google services are slowly getting inside the flagship devices of Apple and these are acting more Android than before. One of the core part of the Android OS, Google Now comes to the iOS ecosystem and acts as an alternative for Siri.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 30, 2013
Apple's iPad tablet continued to show competitors that it is still the tablet computer to beat based on the latest result of the U.S. Table Satisfaction Study released on Monday by J.D. Power and Associates.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 30, 2013
In 2011, a college student from the University of Alberta, Josh Le, were only one pair of jeans for 15 months and to his surprise found that the germ level of the garment was not worrisome. Could the same thing be said of shirts?
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 30, 2013
It is not just the new 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 that South Korean tech giant Samsung will release in 2013. Citing a Samsung tablet plans for 2013 leak, SamMobile claims the tech firm will release four more tablets for the remainder of the year.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 30, 2013
Android Open Source Project is now open for Sony Xperia Z and developers are encouraged to contribute to the software. The developer community can have fun tweaking on the said AOSP software to hasten the development which may lead to the official Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean firmware for Sony Xperia Z.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 29, 2013
While Facebook, the world's most popular social media site, continues to pervade the lives of its 1 billion members through the newly released Facebook Home, in Australia, the site is becoming less popular as almost 400,000 Aussies unfriended Facebook since December 2012.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 29, 2013
All eyes are on South Korean tech giants Samsung and LG which one will win the race to produce a smartphone with flexible screens. However, a Canadian laboratory has actually made a prototype that bends and twists when it received a call or short messaging. The model is called MorePhone, made by researchers at the Human Media Lab of Queen's University.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 29, 2013
Unlike the HTC which has been classified by iFixit as a weak phone in terms of repairability, the newly released Samsung Galaxy S4 got good scores from the same repair site.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 29, 2013
Amid concerns over privacy breaches caused by wearing the latest gizmo, the Google Glass, techies have come up with a list of 10 places not to wear the device.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 26, 2013
The month is almost over, but some people are still going back to the first day of April by creating April Fools' Day pranks. A recent joke, similar to YouTube's announcement on March 31 that it will close the popular video sharing site, is a post in Facebook that founder Mark Zuckerberg decided to shutter the most popular social networking site with 1 billion members.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 26, 2013
Who will win tech firms' battle to create and issue the first smartphone with flexible screen? From all indications, it appears it won't be an American, Chinese or Japanese company, but a South Korean tech giant.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 26, 2013
If Microsoft's Surface Pro is the expert's choice of best Windows tablet, what is the device's counterpart among laptops? Techies unanimously picked Apple's MacBook Pro as the best performing Windows laptop.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 26, 2013
Touch your lover over a distance with new innovation over electronic lingerie and underpants called Fundawear. Using tiny vibrating devices similar to smartphones, let it make you feel your partner anywhere in the planet.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 25, 2013
Foxconn could suffer up to $259 million due to substandard or dysfunctional issues of iPhone devices which was returned for repair.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 25, 2013
Verizon confirmed pre-order of beginning on April 25, 2013 with release date of the device on May 30th. Verizon finally answered all the questions regarding product specifications and price.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 25, 2013
HTC released the latest update for their flagship smartphone, HTC One featuring camera, audio, and HDR improvements. Despite the competition with Samsung Galaxy S4 and Sony Xperia Z, HTC continues to devote innovation to their devices.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 25, 2013
Network carriers in the United States are having issues with the supply of Samsung Galaxy S4 and concerned with the possible disruption of selling in the country. Samsung reacts to the unexpected high demands and now making efforts on replenishing stocks soon.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 25, 2013
Several details revealed that Final Fantasy Versus XIII becomes exclusive to Sony PlayStation 4 and will not be released on Xbox. A report details the financial help from Sony to Square Enix for Final Fantasy XIII development.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 25, 2013
Because of their portability and lower prices compared to laptops, the tablet market bloomed in the past two years, causing sales of PCs and laptops to decline further. With so many tablet computers available on the market as tech companies cash in on the tablet trend, experts recommend that potential buyers of the device answer first the following seven questions before making a decision what unit to purchase.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 24, 2013
The new Android OS version 5.0 or Key Lime Pie is expected to appear in the upcoming Google I/O in May, but something might delay this appearance by two or four months. Another news revolves around the absence of both Nexus 5 and Motorola X Phone in the same event. Are these all true?
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 24, 2013
Last week, an apparently Photoshopped image of Apple CEO Tim Cook ranting at the tombstone of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did the rounds of social media sites. Was the image prophetic of what Mr Cook will do these coming days given the second quarter results of the iPhone and iPad maker? Or would he instead gloat because while the numbers spell slower growth, earnings and number of devices shipped beat analysts' expectations?
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 24, 2013
ASUS continues to update their devices with Android 4.2 firmware and includes the Memo Pad Smart ME301T in the list. This update brings new features such as lock screen widgets, improved keyboard experience and bug fixes.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 24, 2013
Sony announced before that the Xperia Tablet S will receive an update of Android Jelly Bean OS but without any certainty. Now, the update that owners have waited for is finally rolling out, bringing 4.1 Jelly Bean goodness.
Ryan Inoyori
Apr 24, 2013
Toyota Motor Corp. does not stop in its attempts to expand. It is widely rumored that the Japan's automaker is to reveal its plans to start production of Lexus cars in the United States. Interestingly, it seems that Toyota Motor Corp. is striving for the title of the No.1 in the US luxury ranking which the company lost back in 2011.
Jamelle Agbuis
Apr 24, 2013
As the world grows more dependent on technology, people who use laptops, PCs, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices also develop bad habits on their usage along the way.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 24, 2013
Smart sensor technology, specifically the ability to control a smartphone interface, is a not a monopoly of Google-Motorola, a U.S. court said, thereby ensuring that the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6, Nexus 5 and the X-Phone will continue to display such capability.
Erik Pineda
Apr 23, 2013
After tech experts from CNET picked in March the Surface Pro table as the best high-end Windows 8 tablets in the market, a month after, another tech Web site pointed to the same tablet as best Windows 8 machines you can buy.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 23, 2013
Instagram's 100 million users could soon earn money from the images they post on the Web site using its popular photo sharing app.
Vittorio Hernandez
Apr 23, 2013