Microsoft is reportedly cutting the price it offers Windows to its OEMs in an effort to push new form factors later this year.The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft has been offering price breaks on its Windows 8 and Office so…
Ferrari outfits supercar with iPad minis as it looks to deepen collaboration with Apple
Ferrari is adding iPad minis and Siri voice integration in its four-seater FF in the first show of collaboration since car-collecting Apple VP Eddie Cue joined the sports car maker’s board in November. Bloomberg Businessweek rep…
The Pirate Bay admits North Korea move was a hoax, chides fans who cheered it anyway
Yes, it turns out that the Pirate Bay’s alleged virtual move to North Korea was indeed a hoax and the infamous file-sharing website isn’t too happy with any fans who cheered a potential move to what it called “the most hated dictatorship in the world.” On the Pirate Bay’s official Facebook page, the group said that people needed to be more critical and that no one should support the group relying on a government such as North Korea for hosting. “You can’t seriously cheer the ‘fact’ that we moved our servers to bloody North Korea,” the group writes. “Applauds to you who told us to [expletive] off.” The Pirate Bay has been searching around for a new host ever since its
Team Coco app now supports phones, full episode streaming
The Conan O’Brien Team Coco app now supports phones as well as full episode streaming right inside the app. Previously, the app was only available for tablets, which didn’t make a whole lot of sense. The new update opens things up to phones, and has a pretty solid UI to go along with it. You have access to videos, photos, articles and show schedule from a slide-in panel on the left, and a video clip viewer on the main page.
You can also now “sync” your phone with the TV broadcast for enhanced functionality while watching, or even watch full episodes on demand in the app. The Team Coco app still shows ads, unfortunately, but surely has a lot of increased functionality in this latest update. You can grab a download from the Play Store at the link above.
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The world’s smallest and lightest phone now does email, is still ridiculous
Ultrapixels, styli and Retina displays — enough. Willcom’s Phone Strap 2 has arrived and it weighs 32 grams. Does it look familiar? It should, as it’s the spitting image of its predecessor, the WX03A. With the same 32mm x 70mm footprint (though it’…
Android Overload: Google Play Store celebrates 1st birthday with app sale, Sprint announces Bring Your Own Device program, and more [VIDEO]
The Android Overload is where we feature the biggest news stories from throughout the day (see above video), as well as stash all of the stories/articles/news bits that didn’t make it onto our front page. But just because they weren’t featured doesn’t mean they aren’t worth taking a look at. In fact, there’s almost always [...]
LTE handset shipments surged by a ‘phenomenal +1100%’ in Q4 2012
2012 will likely go down as the year when LTE became a standard smartphone feature rather than a luxury. Strategy Analytics has put out new research this week showing that the fourth quarter of 2012 “witnessed phenomenal +1100% annual growth for LTE handset volumes, led by Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (005930) in developed markets.” 2012 was certainly a banner year for LTE in the United States after Sprint (S) finally got around to launching its own LTE services and both Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) continued expanding their LTE networks to cover the majority of major markets throughout the country. With much of the U.S. now covered, carriers’ next big milestone will be deploying Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services that will let users make
Chrome beta for Android delivers a proxy-based speed boost, now syncs autofill and saved passwords
As Google continues to work on improving Chrome for Android, today’s update for the company’s beta build of its browser appears to be a step in the right direction. Aside from the usual stability improvements and bug fixes, version 26.0.1410.26 adds …
Samsung Galaxy Stellar receiving Jelly Bean OTA
Verizon has published support documents indicating that the Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy Stellar is on its way out. The update to Android 4.1 — software version JZO54K.I200VRBMA1 — is rolling out to devices OTA (Over The Air) now, and weighs in at a hefty 403MB. Users will see several improvements from Jelly Bean, such as Google Now, expandable notifications and Project Butter. The update also brings support for 64GB SDcards, improved networking and removes the Verizon app store.
If you have a Galaxy Stellar, be on the lookout for the update notification to hit your device. As always, you can check for the update manually via the “About phone” menu as well. Once downloaded, expect your device to be out of commission for about 15 minutes while it installs. If you want a little more information on the update, hit the source links below.
Source: Verizon; Instructions (PDF)
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Google Play celebrates first birthday with week of free downloads and discounts
It’s already been a year since the Android Market was renamed Google Play, and the folks in Mountain View are offering up a boatload of free party favors throughout the week to celebrate. Technically, the store’s birthday is March 6th (yes, it’s a Pi…
