The iPhone mini Would Help Apple Reach 580 Million New Customers

Were Apple to make available a less expensive iPhone, it would allow the company to reach 580 million potential consumers. These users represent 65 percent of the smartphone market, according to AppleInsider. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray is out with his initial take on the so-called iPhone mini. The technology analyst believes that the device would not only prove successful, but also not hurt Apple’s profit margins. He believe a...

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Windows Phone programming for iOS programmers (and iOS coding tips)

With the release of Windows Phone 8 and backed by (at least when it comes to Nokia) truly excellent and unique hardware manufacturers, Microsoft's mobile platform has become really interesting. Therefore, I, a seasoned iOS programmer (and iOS programming lecturer) decided to provide you, preferably an iOS programmer (or at least a geek interested in coding) a long tutorial series specifically tailored for fellow iOS programmers to greatly...

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Find Out Who Is Checking Out Your LinkedIn Profile

If you want to see if potential employers are viewing your resume Reddit user benjimusprime found any easy way to see who is viewing your profile. On the LinkedIn stats page you'll often see a message that "1 of these 10 industry professionals" has viewed your profile. Take a screenshot of the list of names and go back the next day where you will have 9 new randomly-generated "industry professionals" and the real person from yesterday...

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Samsung to test the waters with Tizen OS in 2013

Samsung and Android go together like peanut butter and jelly. Android wouldn’t have gained so much market dominance without Samsung’s Galaxy line, and that Galaxy lineup wouldn’t exist without Android. Surely these two would enjoy a long, peaceful relationship for the foreseeable future, right? Maybe not. Samsung is reportedly looking at launching several phones running Tizen instead of Android in 2013. Now, this isn’t weird...

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Crytek: Crysis 4 might not be an FPS

Prophet’s William Tell LARPing session takes a turn for the interesting. After the glossy trilogy’s completion, Crytek could explore other genres for the Crysis franchise. Speaking to Dusty Cartridge, Crytek Producer Michael Read said he believed the don’t-call-it-Crysis-4 sequel would keep the saga going, but not necessarily as a shooter. Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli’s dedication to solidifying a free-to-play version of Crysis might hint at future...

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The Pirate Bay Is Down Across the Globe

If you sketchily poked on over to the Pirate Bay to do a little downloading of a legal, quasi-legal, or outright illegal nature recently, you may have noticed you can't get through. No, your ISP hasn't started blocking it; it's down for everyone, everywhere. Proxies too. It's not uncommon for the Pirate Bay (or any site really) to have a spell of downtime now and then, but considering all the enemies the Bay has, there's always that lingering...

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Samsung Galaxy S IV tipped for May release

While we all know Samsung is preparing their next generation smartphone, today the folks from Samsung Lebanon posted to their Facebook Page and revealed some information — of sorts. During some discussion the release date of the upcoming device was brought up, and was clearly detailed as May of 2013. For those expecting a CES reveal, sorry to let you down. We probably won’t see it at MWC either as Samsung will hold their own event for the...

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Wilson Electronics announces Sleek 4G signal booster with multi-carrier support

If you've ever found yourself on a lone road in the middle of nowhere with zero bars of reception on your phone, it's quite likely that you've entertained the idea of grabbing a signal booster. Wilson Electronics, one of the best known manufacturers of such devices, is introducing its latest Sleek 4G booster at CES. What makes this version different from the models launched just a few months ago? Instead of needing separate boosters...

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Fulton's latest innovation: a tablet that also functions as a wireless charging mat

Fulton Innovation has been showing off advances in wireless power at CES for years now, and while the technology still isn't exactly mainstream, it got a bit of a boost in 2012. High-profile phones like the Nokia Lumia 920, HTC Droid DNA, and Nexus 4 are all compatible with the Qi standard that Fulton supports, and we'd expect to see even more devices include the feature in 2013. source...

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Wii U buyers can reportedly redownload games bought by the previous owner

Wii or Wii U owners already know that transferring account data between consoles can be a nightmare, with Nintendo network accounts strongly linked to the hardware they're on. In many cases, selling a console or having one break means losing the games you've downloaded. But a NeoGAF forum member who bought the Wii U used is now saying that he's reaped an unexpected benefit from the policy. User "DSN2K" says that after...

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Sources: Sony could launch world's first 4K OLED TV at CES

Sony backed away from OLED TVs by showing off its Crystal LED TV prototype at CES last year, but it looks like the company could be competing with LG and Samsung this time around. Sources tell us that Sony will show off a 4K OLED TV at CES 2013, meaning it could be our first chance to see an Ultra High-Definition OLED display. LG said last year that it plans to launch a 4K OLED set in 2013, but we...

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Is it crazy to think that can we see a Yahoo! phone or mobile OS at some point?

There is a major Internet brand in Silicon Valley that has hundreds of millions of users, significantly improving mobile apps, a position that places it between the Big 4 of Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, and it may not be out of the realm of possibility that it could come out with a smartphone or OS or both sometime in the not-too-distant future. Facebook? Sure, most likely – maybe even a sure bet. But, as Yoda would say, there...

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Library of Congress Twitter Collection: 170 Billion Tweets Strong

When future generations look back to get a general sense of the zeitgeist from the past six years or so, they'll have plenty of digital information to look at – it'll just be limited to 140 characters or less. At least, that's the premise put forth by the "Twitter collection" at the Library of Congress. If you've been curious about how much data the Library has amassed as part of its plan to archive all public tweets, first announced in...

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Apple now selling refurbished 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display beginning at $1,869

   We can't say we're exactly surprised to see Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro show up on the company's "Certified Refurbished" online store -- still, it's good news for folks looking to save a little cash while getting a taste of Retina MBP straight from the source. Currently, Apple is only offering the 15-inch model (with a 2.3GHz, quad-core i7 CPU, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD) for $1,869, making it about $330 less than its...

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Samsung Korea posts Galaxy S II Jelly Bean update details, but not the release date

Samsung Galaxy S II owners waiting for an update that adds features (instead of taking them away) may not have long to wait, now that support pages for the official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update -- announced months ago -- have been found on the company's Korean website. Listing details for all three local carriers, the update will arrive via KIES and change the amount of available internal memory from 12GB to 11GB. Other than the usual...

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