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Nokia’s preference and love for Microsoft’s Mobile OSes is evident with most of its flagship phones running on the OS,  it’s not surprising when the Finland based company hinted that Windows 8 running tablets might be announced in the future according to Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop. Speaking to reporters in Sydney, Mr Elop said the company was not yet announcing anything, [...]

Apple iPhone is not doing as bad as the reports suggests, Apple sold 17.7 million iPhones in US during the fourth quarter of 2012 according to a from report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Device Strategy Samsung,came second at 16.8 million mobile phones in the same quarter. 52 million phones were sold in the U.S. between October and December. Of the 52 million phones sold, two out of every three [...]

Facebook  introduced the Facebook Card on Thursday , a resusable gift card that can be loaded with balances for different retailers when a user’s friends buy them gifts through Facebook. Facebook has added a number of options to its Gifts platform, including Target, Jamba Juice, Olive Garden and Sephora, who will offer gift cards to be purchased on Facebook. But instead of sending individual gift [...]

Apple has sent a notification to it’s European Distributors and Retailers that it will stop selling the current version of the Mac Pro in Europe due to the fact that it doesn’t meet current legislation according to  9to5Mac. Resellers can continue to sell off any remaining stock of the Mac Pro and that Apple will cease taking orders for the Mac Pro after February 18. Apple sent the following [...]

Facebook today reported Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results, it  reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 17 cents and revenue of $1.59 billion, which was slightly ahead of what the Analysts have expected. Mobile revenue was 23 percent of all ad revenue, a huge increase over the 14 percent it contributed in Q3. “In 2012, we connected over a billion people and became a mobile [...]

Dropbox today unveiled two new products. The first is Quick Start, which shows an instant preview of the file on Dropbox which saves the trouble of downloading the file it to know what it is. Also launched was a photos tab for the web to make it easy to view and share photos you’ve uploaded. “Both are related to a shift that we’re seeing thats underway at Dropbox from thinking about things as [...]

At the New York BlackBerry 10 Live event,  Thorsten Heins announced  the new BlackBerry OS  and new BlackBerry 10 devices, the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10. BlackBerry Z10 comes with a  4.2-inch 1,280 x 768 display with a pixel density of 356 dpi — and measures in at 5.13 (130mm) x 2.6 (66mm) x 0.37 (9.3mm) inches, making it significantly bulkier than the iPhone 5. It is powered by a [...]

Blackberry maker Research in Motion dumped their name and picked up the brand name which made took them to the pinnacle of mobile success, they’ve chosen to change their name and branding to reflect who they really are, they will be known simply as “BlackBerry” going forward. BlackBerry says it says will put the company on the comeback trail in a market it once dominated, promising its BlackBerry [...]

Apple maybe planning to introduce a smaller Apple TV according to some FCC documents first spotted by Engadget,  which reveals that Apple has been working on an updated Apple TV device with a slightly smaller casing. 5 millimeters smaller (0.2”) on each side. This news will come up as a disappointment to anyone who has been hoping for a full-blown Apple TV set. Apple likely accomplished the shrinkage [...]

Microsoft Surface Pro 64GB model will have 41GB of installed assets, leaving users only 23GB of disk space, that certainly will not make the users happy when the device reaches the retail stores on February 9th. Mobile devices  have always had less usable space than their advertised storage capacities because of pre-installed software. Microsoft does warn users of the issue on the Surface webpage, [...]