Saturday, April 6, 2013

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Microsoft says Facebook Home is "remarkably" reminiscent of Windows Phone

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:11 AM PDT

Facebook Home is an Android add-on that's all about putting people ahead of apps. That concept, and implementation unveiled alongside the HTC First Facebook-oriented phone, sounds awfully familiar to Microsoft executive Frank X. Shaw.
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HTC One pre-orders live for AT&T, Sprint, and unlocked developer version

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 07:53 AM PDT

AT&T began accepting pre-orders for the HTC One yesterday, and the phone is now available for early reservation on Sprint. There's also a solution for U.S. consumers who don't want to buy the HTC One with a contract attached to the purchase.
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BlackBerry 10 R-Series leaks to show QWERTY keyboard and lower-cost BB10 device

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:21 AM PDT

The BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 are great smartphones; hwever, both of those phones are premium BlackBerry 10 devices. The leaked BlackBerry R-Series smartphones will provide access to BB10 without breaking the bank.
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Samsung sold about 68 million smartphones in Q1 2013

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:50 AM PDT

Samsung's most recent quarter ended a streak of five quarters in which it broke earnings records, but the slower quarter still yielded big results on the back of millions of smartphones sold.
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Friday, April 5, 2013

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Facebook Home compatible with only half of Android users

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 12:09 PM PDT

Facebook Home, Facebook's new "Family of apps" that injects itself into Android devices, will support only six phones when it officially debuts on April 12. Home will be preloaded on the HTC First and compatible with the HTC One and One X, Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S 4, and Galaxy Note II. Facebook says that it plans to support more devices later, but only Android 4.0 or later devices can access it. Based on Google's recent stats about Android 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, only 54 percent of users will be able to access the app..
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Hooray, deals! Microsoft Red Stripe Deals Collection lowers costs of Windows Phone apps

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:47 AM PDT

Microsoft has announced a new Windows Phone Store collection that should lower the cost on some Windows Phone apps. Today marks the first day that developers can lower the costs of their apps and appear in the discounted section.
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HTC First is the first Facebook phone

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:08 AM PDT

The Facebook Phone is real, and it's name is the HTC First. Moments after it announced Facebook Home, a new Android home screen and lock screen that better integrates Android with Facebook, HTC and AT&T announced they will be the first to release a phone pre-loaded with the software.
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Facebook Home brings brand new lock screen, home screen, and floating message experience to Android

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 10:27 AM PDT

Facebook today announced Facebook Home as a way to continuously connect users to their friends and surroundings. Facebook Home is not a new operating system; it's a new lock screen and home screen combo pack meant to be make phones more social and accessible to Facebook connections.
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AT&T LG Optimus G updates to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 08:07 AM PDT

The LG Optimus G didn't launch with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but the AT&T version of the phone is upgrading to the newer version of Android. AT&T announced that the Optimus G is updating beginning today.
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BBM Music shutting down June 2, Rdio trial vouchers given as replacement

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 06:29 AM PDT

BlackBerry Music arrived in 2011 as a way for BlackBerry to offer its customers a new option to stream and share music on their smartphones, but the premium music subscription is going to shutdown later this summer. BlackBerry is sending email notifications to subscribers warning that BBM Music will be discontinued.
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Instagram, Dropbox, Facebook, Google+, and all your other photo sources are now in one place with Cooliris

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 06:02 AM PDT

An update to the Cooliris iPhone and iPad app puts all your favorite photo sources - Instagram, Dropbox, Facebook, Drive, and more - in one place. It's out to make the iOS Photos app obsolete.
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T-Mobile adds nearly 580,000 ahead of upcoming iPhone launch

Posted: 04 Apr 2013 05:45 AM PDT

T-Mobile USA lost millions of customers in recent years because it didn't offer the iPhone and failed to convince consumers that its network could rival other companies. As T-Mobile prepares to finally offer the iPhone, the company can finally report mostly positive news about its sliding customer numbers.
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