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A Google employee walks in to a bar. What next? He leaves his yet-to-be-released Nexus 5 right there! Videos have emerged of a Nexus 5 that was reportedly forgotten there by a Google employee. Bars and smartphones seem to have an inseparable relationship. Many bars have been involved in high profile leaks of upcoming smartphones….
Ouya was hoping for lightning to strike twice when they launched their “Free the Games Fund.” After the Ouya console itself was funded by a kickstarter that snagged a good chunk of cash and became one of the most successful campaigns ever, they figured they’d try again for the software side of things. The premise…
Reports have emerged claiming Nokia had been testing Android on its Lumia handsets before the sale of its Devices & Services division to Microsoft. The company reportedly had Android running on its Lumia phones and was strongly considering dumping Windows Phone before the Microsoft deal happened out of nowhere. Android Was Up and Running On…
At 450 meters, it’s not the tallest building in the world. But South Korea is making it special in itself. Called the Tower Infinity, the skyscraper is going to come up near Seoul, South Korea – and it’s going to be ‘invisible’. Tower Infinity: The ‘Invisible’ Skyscraper Architectural firm GDS Architects recently announced approval of…
Finnish giant Nokia seems to have gotten very optimistic, post its sale to Microsoft. Well, it’s CEO, to be precise. The company’s current interim CEO – Risto Siilasmaa, is envisioning the company 150 years in to the future. Yes, 150. “This is the beginning of the next 150 years of Nokia’s story” As part of…
Apple’s Cupertino event has come and gone, and finally, we’re getting to see the company’s latest baby – the iPhone 5S. Confirming months of speculation and leaks, the iPhone 5S will indeed come in a Gold color, and 2 more in fact – Black, and ‘Space Grey’. What else does the iPhone 5S feature? Here’s…
HTC is experiencing a prolonged rough patch. From once commanding 25% of the worldwide smartphone market a long time ago, the Taiwanese company only constituted about 4% of all smartphones last year in 2012. And it’s going from bad to worse. Revenue Free Fall HTC recently released its unaudited revenue for the month of August…
AT&T put up a post on Twitter in commemoration of 9/11. Sadly they chose to use an image that a larger number of users seem to have taken offense to. After being posted up on Wednesday a good number of people started posting tweets detailing how offensive they found the photo. So what exactly was the…
Screenshots of the upcoming GDR3 (General Distribution Release 3) update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 have leaked online. The photos confirm many expected features – including multitasking improvements, screen rotation lock, and more. Many Rumored Features Confirmed A forum poster on WP Central claims to have bought a Windows Phone device running on the update…
The world’s largest retailer – Amazon, has been rumored to be coming up with an Android phone for long now. Recently, a report emerged claiming that the company would soon launch one this year and for free. Amazon however, has denied this – at least partly. Amazon Phone Coming Next Year? Last week, Amazon was…
According to the great words of Douglas Adams from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (you know, the one who solved all our problems to the life, the universe and everything with the number 42), dolphins are actually more intelligent than humans: “On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than…
According to the German news site Spiegel, the National Security Agency seems to be particularly fond of the iPhone. No, I don’t mean that people who work at the NSA use iPhones. I mean that the NSA likes the fact that you have an iPhone because it is apparently an information heaven for them. …
Yahoo’s ’30 days of Change’ campaign came to an end last week on September 5th, and the company concluded by unveiling its final, new logo. Unfortunately, it failed. The internet major began to show a new logo for itself every day on its website as part of its corporate re-branding strategy. However, the public doesn’t…
In Greek mythology Zeus is the ruler of Mount Olympus and the ruler of all gods. The new AIO Robotics Zeus seems to be following in the steps of it’s mythological namesake as the lord of all 3d printers. We’re all more than familiar with the 2d printer/copier combo that resides in just about every…
If you’ve been keeping up with the release of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, then you’re probably aware that they started giving away a free week of gameplay. This was to make up for the faulty performance of their servers upon the launch of the MMORPG reboot. Well now Sony is giving back as…