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iPhone Beating E-Readers at Their Own Game?

With the iPhone still the hottest smartphone, there's much speculation about how its future will pan out. For some the money's on gaming, but new research from Flurry is surprisingly different: eBook apps are overtaking games in the ...READ»

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Layar Gets Fresh Funding, Promises Multiple Realities

Layar, the augmented reality app that lets you see where stimulus money is being spent, among other things, has just gotten a fresh $1 million cash infusion from European investors. The Dutch company, which makes iPhone and Android ...READ»

Droid: Almost Not Worth Writing About
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Droid: Almost Not Worth Writing About

If you're curious about Verizon's new Droid, don't be. Don't even read this post. Just go hibernate, and dream that by spring Verizon will have a better Android option. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. It's not that the ...READ»

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GOOGLE   |  11 comments

The iPhone's Cool, but Android 2.0's Convenience May Blow It Away

Everyone loves the iPhone--today. It does two things extremely well: calling and email. To date, no other device can top it. But by this time next year, that may not be enough. And Android will be waiting in the wings. Google and ...READ»

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Apple's Tablet Apps Will Live and Die by One Nerdy Thing

For an Apple Tablet to be a hit, it will have to be more than a big-screen iPhone. And the difference between a lithe, touch-based Mac and a giant, lame iPhone comes down to one crucial nerd-factor: memory management. Memory ...READ»

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NASA Rides the Moon-Bomb Wave and Releases an iPhone App

We were all pretty tired of NASA and its endless shuttle missions--until, of course, it bombed the moon. Now the agency is capitalizing on that good PR with a new iPhone app, perhaps hoping that some more public interest will help it ...READ»

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Is Your Neighborhood Blustery Enough for a Wind Turbine? There's an App for That.

Apps are increasingly targeting homeowners who use green technologies--there's an app to monitor the performance of your rooftop solar panels and the Wind Speed and Wind Meter apps use the iPhone's built-in microphone to capture the ...READ»

Nokia Sues Apple: Jealous Much?

Nokia Sues Apple: Jealous Much?

Nokia may be the World's biggest cell-phone maker, but its performance in smartphones has been largely disappointing, especially in the post-iPhone era. Apple's device is so jealousy inducing it seems to have prompted ...READ»

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SAMSUNG   |  1 comment

Samsung Raises Hardware Bar With Super-Fast Android Phone

Smartphones have taught us to get excited over software--apps and OSes--but Samsung's new Android phone, the Moment, is all about hardware. The device is quite possibly the fastest smartphone on the market, with a screaming 800 ...READ»

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ITUNES   |  1 comment

How to Stream Your Music From Mac to Anywhere

Apple's new Mac Mini now ships with server software, but Apple's suggested uses are vanilla. With 1TB of storage and plenty of power, let's put it to good use and stream some music and movies over the Intertubes. Snow Leopard ...READ»

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