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Orange: Android sells because it’s cheap

Android sells more phones in Europe than Apple because of price, according to France Telecom boss Stephane Richard. Speaking to Bloomberg, Richard said that European customers are “more focused on price”, saying that this was the [...]

HTC One delay results in plunging profits

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> The HTC One might be one of the best Android handsets available – but its delay [...]

BioShock Infinite holds on to UK games chart top slot

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> BioShock Infnite is the top selling video game in the UK at retail for the second [...]

Next-gen Xbox to be announced May 21st, says blogger

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> The next Microsoft console will be announced this coming May and be in retailers’ [...]

Google planning to buy Whatsapp?

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> Whatsapp has emerged as one of the most popular cross-platform messaging applications [...]

Zuckerberg: I would love Home on iOS

Mark Zuckerberg has expressed his desire to launch Facebook Home on the Apple’s iOS, but acknowledged that it is extremely unlikely to ever happen. Speaking to TechCrunch, the chief executive of Facebook said that the company has a great [...]

Microsoft apologies for ‘always-on’ rant

Microsoft has labelled comments from Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth as ‘inappropriate’. Last week, Orth attacked comments by gamers about the rumoured always-on functionality of the next generation Xbox. “Sorry, [...]

Mozilla working on new web payment for Firefox OS

The JavaScript API, navigator.mozPay() is, according to Firefox OS engineer Kumar McMillan in an official blog post, a modified version of Google’s system to include multiple payment providers, and carrier billing. McMillan states, “Mozilla [...]

Apple removes popular app discovery service AppGratis from App Store

Apple have been known to pull apps when the app crashes from its latest update or when it uses a private API. AppGratis are not communicating on the recent removal of the App from the App Store, TechCrunch reports. The issue that Apple have [...]

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 officially launches in the UK

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 version on sale is the WiFi only version with 16GB of internal storage, priced at £339 (around $516). ZDNet reports that a customer representative from the store does not think higher capacity versions will be making [...]

Blackberry Q10 price and release date confirmed for UK

In an official blogpost from BlackBerry, customers can now pre-order from both Carphone Warehouse and Phones4u across a range of networks, including O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Three, EE, Vodafone and TalkMobile and will be available at the end of [...]

Warframe announces 1M players in less than two weeks

Since October 2012, players have partcipated in the Closed Beta of the game before it went into its Open Beta phase on March 21. Almost two weeks after this, an official press release posted on Blue’s News says Digital Extremes have enlisted [...]

Dell offers Ubuntu Linux OS on Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop

The Alienware X51 starts at just $599 configured with Ubuntu Linux and an Intel Core i3 processor. Alienware’s official site states, “Its open-source operating system allows users to experience Ubuntu in a flexible manner that is [...]

Audi and T-Mobile release unlimited in-car WiFi data plan

Audi owners will be granted access to features such as Google Earth, weather and fuel prices, real-time news and Google Voice Local Search over the Audi connect infotainment and navigation system. The official press release states that, “Passengers [...]

Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon images leaked

The press shot, which The Verge has confirmed is geniune, was leaked by Twitter user @evleaks showing the front and back view of the Lumia 928. The high-end Windows Phone 8 device appears to have rounded sides and flat and bottom edges which [...]

Sony unveils Lightning speaker dock in Japan

The PlayStation maker, Sony, have not said much when it comes to the release of Lightning-friendly docks for Apple’s iPhone 5 and new iPod. According to Sony Japan, the SRS-GC11IP has been announced from the company sporting a 0.8W speaker [...]

Facebook Home on HTC First can be disabled for stock Android

According to Phandroid, the HTC First “will not only be the world’s first Android device tailored to run Facebook Home, but it’s also the first HTC device to run stock Android since the T-Mobile G2. HTC have confirmed that [...]

HMV acquired by Hilco

HMV has been spared the fate of becoming the latest high-street casualty after news has emerged the retailer has been bought by restructuring specialist firm Hilco in deal believed to worth around £50 million. <!– Pull Quote Image [...]

Game expands tablet range

Video games retailer Game is set to increase the number of tablets it sells, after it announced that it will start stocking the iPad, and a number of cheaper Android devices. Up until now, the retailer – which was recently rescued from administration [...]

Music streaming overtakes radio revenues in the UK

Royalties from streaming music have overtaken those of radio for the first time, figures from the Performing Rights Society have revealed. Last year, the Performing Rights Society (PRS) collected royalties of £51.7m from online performances. [...]

Nokia closes flagship store in China

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> Nokia has closed its flagship Chinese store in Shanghai in an effort to save costs [...]

Track the ‘toughest race on earth’ in realtime

Former T3 man Mat Evans is set to run the quite frankly insane Marathon des Sables – known as one of the toughest foot races on the planet – for charity. The Marathon des Sables, known simply as MdS, is a six day, 251km ultra-marathon through [...]

Minecraft PC breaks 10m sales mark

More than 10 million copies of Minecraft have been sold on PC, Mac, and Linux, the company has revealed. Speaking on his personal Twitter feed, Jens Bergensten said: “Minecraft (PC) has hit 10M! As promised, a subtle hint on the main [...]

Microsoft executive defends ‘always on’ for consoles

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> As players and industry analysts await the inevitable unveiling of Microsoft’s [...]

RIM releases BB10 demo

BlackBerry is offering iOS and Android users the opportunity to experience what it is like to use its new operating system BB10 on their own phones. The in-browser demo, which uses HTML5, has been designed to mimic the user experience of the [...]

Facebook unveils Home

Facebook has taken the wraps off the much talked about its oft rumoured phone, revealing a launcher for Android that takes Facebook integration to a whole new level, as well as a phone with the new software preloaded the HTC First. “Today, [...]

Disney closes LucasArts

Disney has announced it will be closing LucasArts, the game development and publishing company started by George Lucas. Disney bought LucasArt for $4bn late last year. According to the company, the decision to close the studio was taken after [...]

Android accounts for nearly half of Instagram users

Despite only launching on Android a year ago, nearly half of Instagrammers use Google‘s mobile operating system. Instagram was originally launched in October 2010 as an exclusive app for Apple‘s iPhone. According to reports, the [...]

Anonymous hacks North Korean social networks

<!– Pull Quote Image PrevNext “Xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xx xxxxxx xxx!” Joe Blogs xxx xxxx xxxxxx Xxxxxxx xxxxx –> As global tensions over North Korea’s threat to launch a nuclear strike against [...]

Gamestop says next Xbox will make "world stand up and take notice"

The boss of major US games retailer Gamestop has said that “the world is going to stand up and take notice” once Microsoft announces the successor to the Xbox 360. Speaking with Games Industry, J. Paul Paines said: “We’ve [...]
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