Samsung is planning an event for March 22nd in France, and the speculation has immediately turned to the potential launch of the Galaxy S III. With the smartphone manufacturer opting to forego the announcement of their new flagship model at MWC and recent rumors pegging the phone with a May release date, the timing leaves [...]
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Samsung schedules March 22 event in France, speculation begins about Galaxy S III
February 6th, 2012 
Kevin Krause Netflix’s first original series ‘Lilyhammer’ is now available for streaming users
February 6th, 2012 Nathan Ingraham Netflix has officially begun distributing its own original content: its new series Lilyhammer is now available to stream on your computer or Netflix-enabled device. All eight 45-minute episodes of the first “season” are available …
Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S III To Be Better Than Galaxy S II In Numerous And Suspiciously Predictable Ways
February 6th, 2012 David Ruddock I don’t like talking about "industry insider" rumors. They are inevitably wrong about one detail or another, end up being total speculation, or are just downright trolls. Those that are true tend to be the ones that are very detailed and often …
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No Comments »HUD Google Glasses are real and they are coming soon
February 6th, 2012 Seth Weintraub We detailed the first information about the Google [x] Glasses project in December. They are in late prototype stages of wearable glasses that look similar to thick-rimmed glasses that “normal people” wear. However, these provide a display with a heads up computer interface. There are a few buttons on the arms of the glasses, but otherwise, [...]
Samsung sends out invites for press event on Mar. 22 in France
February 6th, 2012 Jordan Kahn While it’s likely not for the delayed Samsung Galaxy S III, that we now know won’t debut at the Mobile World Congress later this month, Samsung has sent out invites to several French Android blogs for an event scheduled for Mar. 22, 2012. The event will take place just weeks after MWC wraps up on [...]
HTC concedes big, battery-hungry LTE phones were disappointments
February 6th, 2012 Kevin Krause After reporting a downturn in revenues, HTC’s top brass is conceding that some of their woes can be attributed to a disappointing crop of bulky, power-hungry LTE handsets. CFO Winston Yung wasn’t mincing words during the company’s quarterly earnings call, saying that HTC “dropped the ball” with last year’s lineup of high-end smartphones. Yung pointed [...]
Free Android Wallpaper of the day – Iowa Sunset
February 6th, 2012 Android Central Today's free Android Wallpaper comes to us from reader jcarley0830, who snapped this sunset on Jan. 31 in Altoona, Iowa, with a Canon T2i and an 18-55mm lens. Download this wallpaper See all new Android wallpapers Share your own Android w…
Facebook and Twitter are more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol, study finds
February 6th, 2012 Zach Epstein A new study suggests that social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter are more difficult to resist than cigarettes or alcohol. A team from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business recently conducted an experiment involving 205 people in Wurtzburg, Germany to analyze the addictive properties of social media and other vices. Participants in the week-long study were polled via BlackBerry smartphones seven times per day and asked to report when they experienced a desire within the past 30 minutes, and whether or not the succumbed to that desire. They were also asked to gauge each desire on a scale from mild to “irresistible.” In total, 10,558 responses were recorded and a total of 7,827 “desire episodes” were reported by
Posted in News Tags: addictive, facebook, social, social media, Social network, study, twitter No Comments »Frequent teen and young adult texters are found to be more shallow, like totally
February 6th, 2012 Phone Arena According to a new study conducted by WebMD after they surveyed more than 2,200 college psychology class students regarding their texting frequency. Rather than focusing on spiritual or moral goals, its looks like teens and young adults that text exten…
Thoughts on Samsung’s Super Bowl XLVI Galaxy Note Commercial? Too Much or Hilarious?
February 6th, 2012 Kellex Samsung’s 90 second spot for the Galaxy Note dropped some time around the beginning of the 4th quarter during yesterday’s Super Bowl, and boy was it somethin’. I’ve watched it a number of times now, yet still can’t decide …
