Google+ Hangouts gain Docs integration, business users rejoice
Google’s Hangouts feature on Google+ has been much lauded, bringing the first video conference integration with social networking (Facebook jumped on the bandwagon soon after, of course). The service has been used by celebrities to talk to fans, business users to collaborate, and friends to, …
Verizon to offer family data plans by the middle of the year
Later this year, Verizon will be offering family data plans, which should help heavy data users by bringing multiple caps under one umbrella. Of course, this also has the potential to screw some people out of data usage, depending on how they implement it. We …
Sony not rushing to quad-core this year, looking at 2013
In the tech race, it’s generally numbers that the various manufacturers strive for. Whether it be more megapixels or a wider screen, the general rule is the bigger, the better. Now we have quad-cores on the horizon, and Sony isn’t convinced, at least according to …
TazTag to be first phone with both NFC and ZigBee at MWC
Much hoopla has been made over the magical synergistic qualities of NFC, from payment options to data transfer on Google’s Android 4.0 ICS. ZigBee might be new to most people, but it’s basically a much more advanced and efficient wireless network than anything currently in …
Qualcomm announces “Pro” iteration of S4 processor
Qualcomm has always been known for excelling in mobile processor design, both in performance and efficiency. The S4, being their latest iteration, was no exception, competing aggressively against rival processors and garnering respect from the media and business from manufacturers. Not content to rest on their …
Rumor: HTC Jewel to crown Sprint’s LTE network?
There were some fantastic announcements this week at MWC, there’s no denying. Those keeping track may have noticed a curious silence on the Sprint end of things however, particularly from the HTC camp. Maybe there’s a reason for that… PocketNow has received a bit of …
NVIDIA Announces 5 HD games for Tegra 3, including Sonic the Hedgehog
NVIDIA definitely raised some eyebrows with their announcement of their Tegra 3 processor, a powerhouse that’s going to usher in a new era of mobile speed. While raw power is important, it’s nothing without some software to make it look good; Nvidia, of course, knows …
Motorola throws Siri and Voice Actions into the ring…Voice Actions wins?
It seems like anytime that Apple launches something that’s already in existence, the media goes into maddened convulsions. Drop down notifications? Yeah, Apple wasn’t the first to that. Split keyboard on a tablet? Nope, not first for that either (and still not the best). Such …
Gameloft bringing its most popular HD games to Intel smartphones and tablets
One of the dangers of entering the tech market with a new product is the necessary adaptation that other manufacturers or developers will have to make to support your product. This is especially true in the processor market, where many software and firmware companies of …
Duracell showcases Powermat WiCC, the future of wireless charging
Duracell’s Powermat is a pretty well-known name in the mobile industry, offering wireless charging for various smartphones over the past several years. There’s a base station that actually does the charging, and then a proprietary replacement battery door that would connect to the base station …
Google reconsiders Clearwire involvement, sells stake for $47 million
Despite a rather large monetary refresher from Sprint, Clearwire’s financial woes haven’t ended quite yet. Earlier this month, Google announced that it would be selling its 29.4 million shares in the mobile data company for $1.60 each, a total of $47 million. Letters were sent …
Google integrates Google+ functionality within Voice
Chances are there’s not just one person that you don’t want to hear from; there are more than likely several, though that may be the cynic in me. Likewise, there’s probably people you know that fit into other groups, like “family,” “friends,” and “mafia connections.” …
List of HTC’s possible MWC devices leaks, we wipe the drool off our faces
The observant reader will notice that we’re getting a bit stoked for MWC this year, but we can hardly be credited as the only ones. Our friends over at HTC Source are gearing up for the event too, and they’ve pulled together a list of …
NEC debuts 2012 MWC lineup ahead of schedule
MWC is one of those special times of the year when the media and tech nerds can come and drool together over beautiful soon-to-be-iconic devices. It’s also one of those times that seems to take forever to get here. Fortunately, we get scraps of information …
HTC makes mysterious post on Facebook, what does it mean?
Those who follow HTC on Facebook will have noticed a rather ambiguous post this morning. The picture above was posted along with a one sentence commentary. This Sunday you’ll discover something fast. We do like fast things around these parts. The real issue that’s burning …
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