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AVG launches LiveKive cloud sync and backup tool

A while back, we told you about AVG’s new LiveKive service, a new cloud synchronization and backup tool which appears to have been named after a vat in which mash is made during the brewing process. But enough about AVG’s odd choice of monikers — LiveKive has launched and is now ready to accept your [...]

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Words With Friends for Android updated, promises “smoother game experience”

As several of you noted in the comments to our post asking for cross-platform iOS/Android games, Words With Friends for Android does not provide the smoothest gaming experience… and that’s being rather charitable. You might be happy to hear that a couple of days ago Zynga released an update which promises to solve many of [...]

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Fooducate review: Best food rating app for iPhone

Fooducate review: Best food rating app for iPhone “If you want to be more consciously aware of the food you’re eating, Fooducate provides an amazing amount of information and user feedback that’ll help you do just that.” If you’re trying to change your eating habits and eat healthier with less additives and better ingredients, Fooducate [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 Gallery

Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 Gallery Rihanna Jordana Brewster Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Google’s special ‘HUD’ glasses to come sometime, cost something, says NYT

Google’s special ‘HUD’ glasses to come sometime, cost something, says NYT Google apparently is still planning on selling some sort of special Android-powered "head-up-display" type glasses, according to The New York Times' Bits blog. The latest unnamed sources say it'll come sometime this year, and cost roughly the same as a current smartphone, which the [...]

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LG Optimus Vu gets demoed on video, still looks big

LG Optimus Vu gets demoed on video, still looks big Youtube link for mobile viewing With the LG Optimus Vu getting it's official unveiling ahead of Mobile World Congress, there is plenty of folks out there looking to get their hands on the device to get a better look at it. Luckily, the device has [...]

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ASUS gives Transformer Prime a bootloader unlock tool, Ubuntu promptly ported

Ah, it was indeed only a matter of time. Much like the way HTC caved into fan pressure, ASUS has finally released a bootloader unlock tool for its Transformer Prime TF201. Understandably, the tablet will no longer be covered under warranty once you set it free, but the other catch is that it needs to [...]

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Gargantuan SQL injection infects 3.8 million URLs, installs rogue antivirus

Over the last few days, a mass SQL injection attack has been quickly gathering speed. Just three days ago only 28,000 URLs were affected, but at the time of writing, there could be up to 3.8 million infected URLs. Websense has a complete write up the attack, dubbed ‘LizaMoon,’ but here’s the basic gist: it [...]

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LG Optimus 3D MAX specs

LG Optimus 3D MAX specs Here's your full specification list for the LG Optimus 3D MAX – Chipset: 1.2GHz Dual-Core processor (OMAP4430) Display: 4.3-inch 3D WVGA Display with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 Memory: 8GB Internal Storage, 1GB Internal Memory Camera: 5MP Dual-lens OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread Battery: 1,520 mAh Others: HSPA+ 21Mbps HDMI connection 2D/3D [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus gets a bugfix update

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus gets a bugfix update The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus Android tablet has a small bugfix update available. No real idea of what's new, other than "software and stability improvements," but the update takes half of forever to apply, which is a little surprising given that it's only a 19.38-megabyte [...]

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Weight Watchers Barcode Scanner review: Fastest, easiest way to track food points on your iPhone

Weight Watchers Barcode Scanner review: Fastest, easiest way to track food points on your iPhone Barcode Scanner is exactly what you need to easily find and enter PointsPlus values, and a great companion app to Weight Watchers Mobile for iPhone If you’re a Weight Watchers subscriber using Weight Watchers Mobile for iPhone, Weight Watchers Barcode [...]

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Mobile Nations Fitness Month: Old habits die hard

Mobile Nations Fitness Month: Old habits die hard Well, that was quicker than I expected. Here we are, mostly through February — Mobile Nations Fitness Month — and what started as two weeks of solid daily walking as slipped back into 16-hour days at a desk. Why am I not surprised. I know I'm not [...]

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No, Idiots, Anonymous Isn’t Going to Destroy the Power Grid [Hackers]

The Wall Street Journal and NSA are bleary-eyed with terror over the newest cyber bogeyman: Anonymous is going to cause a blackout! Except they can’t, and they won’t; they’re saying so themselves. So why the misinformation? More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/h8pzLXKr7vI/no-idiots-anonymous-isnt-going-to-destroy-the-power-grid Tibco Software Thq Texas Instruments Teradata Teletech Holdings Technitrol

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Mitoza is a fun, freaky Web toy with an artistic look

While not a game per se, I found Mitoza intriguing enough to spend quite some time with it. You start off with a seed, and are then presented with two choices: you can either click a flower pot, or click a cute little birdie. If you click the flower pot, a flower pot appears and [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 launched, Android apps available to all

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 launched, Android apps available to all It sure has been a long time coming for our brothers over in the BlackBerry camp, but today is a day to remember. PlayBook OS 2.0 has finally been released, bringing with it access to Android applications through the Android Runtime.  Many have been tinkering [...]

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Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 only $16.95 [Daily deal]

Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 only $16.95 [Daily deal]For today only, the iMore iPhone case store is offering the Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 for only $16.95 — that’s a steep 43% off! Get it before it’s gone! Shop Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone [...]

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Google’s special ‘HUD’ glasses to come sometime, cost something, says NYT

Google’s special ‘HUD’ glasses to come sometime, cost something, says NYT Google apparently is still planning on selling some sort of special Android-powered "head-up-display" type glasses, according to The New York Times' Bits blog. The latest unnamed sources say it'll come sometime this year, and cost roughly the same as a current smartphone, which the [...]

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Words With Friends Review

Words With Friends Review Words With Friends is one of the most played games on the iPad and iPhone. It has been downloaded thousands of times in the Apple App Store and played by millions of people around the world. It has been described by players as “scrabble on steroids”. The Apple App Store offers [...]

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Security firm RSA attacked using Excel-Flash one-two sucker punch

It has emerged that the underlying cause of RSA’s SecurID gaffe was the recently-reported zero-day vulnerability found in Adobe’s Flash Player. The exploit, which used specially-crafted Flash embedding in Excel spreadsheets, was first reported on March 15 and has since been fixed. RSA was hacked sometime in the first half of March when an employee [...]

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This Is the First Solely Nvidia-Powered Smartphone [Phones]

While Nvidia is no stranger to the mobile computing game, until now it’s only really been providing scraps of technology required to build mobile phones. ZTE, however, is about to launch the first entirely Nvidia-driven smartphone, and this is it. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/vGSb8-Fxs6U/this-is-the-first-solely-nvidia+powered-smartphone Bharti Airtel Bt Group Canon Memc Electronic Materials Microsoft Millicom Intl Cellular

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SwiftKey apparently makes the leap from Android to BlackBerry PlayBook

SwiftKey apparently makes the leap from Android to BlackBerry PlayBook So our pals at CrackBerry have been killing it with their BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 coverage. Killing it. But in keeping an eye on it — remember that part of BB's MO now is to just use Android applications — something looked strangely familiar.  See, the [...]

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Initial Snapdragon S4 benchmarks show promising performance

Initial Snapdragon S4 benchmarks show promising performance It's not often we get excited about benchmark numbers, but we'll make an exception today. Early benchmarks of the first chips based upon Qualcomm's new Snapdragon S4 ("Krait") architecture have appeared, showing dramatic improvements from earlier Snapdragon chips. The tests run by AnandTech on Qualcomm's S4 Mobile Development Platform (powered [...]

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Words With Friends Review

Words With Friends Review Words With Friends is one of the most played games on the iPad and iPhone. It has been downloaded thousands of times in the Apple App Store and played by millions of people around the world. It has been described by players as “scrabble on steroids”. The Apple App Store offers [...]

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Twitter for iPhone update brings back swipe shortcut

Twitter for iPhone update brings back swipe shortcutTwitter for iPhone has received yet another update and brings back some high-demand features including the swipe shortcut. There is also a nice clear warning that explicitly states that the Find Friends feature accesses your contacts’ email addresses and phone numbers. Twitter for iPhone has received yet another [...]

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Comcast to launch Xfinity Streampix streaming video service, challenge Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (update)

It was only a matter of time, right? The Wall Street Journal reports that Comcast is rolling out a VOD competitor for Amazon, Netflix and Hulu so it can grab a slice of the streaming video pie. Called Xfinity Streampix, it brings shows from NBC and ABC, along with movies from Sony Pictures and Warner [...]

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Brand New iTunes Store on the Way? [Rumors]

Unlike Amazon.com, which is both ugly and hard to use, the iTunes Store is only the latter. Behind all that Apple sheen is a hellish shopping labyrinth—but a makeover might be coming soon. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/VQSOh4NtCUU/brand-new-itunes-store-on-the-way On Semiconductor Nvidia Nuance Communications Novellus Systems Novell Network Appliance

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Learn how to salsa dance with Pocket Salsa for iPhone and iPad

Learn how to salsa dance with Pocket Salsa for iPhone and iPadWe’re over halfway through Mobile Nations Fitness Month, so it’s time to spice up your fitness routine with some salsa dancing. Pocket Salsa is an iPhone and iPad app that will have you workin’ your moves, burning calories, and having fun all at the [...]

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Bug in iOS 5.0.1 allows unauthorized access to your contacts and call history

Bug in iOS 5.0.1 allows unauthorized access to your contacts and call historyA new bug found in iOS 5.0.1 may allow an unauthorized user to access your contacts, make phone calls, or use FaceTime on your iPhone even if it’s passcode locked. The iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS all seem to be affected [...]

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Syncing iTunes, Normal battery life [From the Forums]

Syncing iTunes, Normal battery life [From the Forums] With all the Android world abuzz over Mobile World Congress, we took a look at what you all can expect from Barcelona today. A must read if you've been keeping yourself up-to-date on all the latest rumors. Give it a read and make sure you also stop [...]

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US Cellular officially getting the Samsung Galaxy S II

US Cellular officially getting the Samsung Galaxy S II It's been a couple months now since we broke the news that US Cellular would be getting the Samsung Galaxy S II, and today the carrier manufacturer made it official. Samsung's flagship phone from 2011 will be making its debut on the regional carrier sometime in [...]

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Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 only $16.95 [Daily deal]

For today only, the iMore iPhone case store is offering the Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 for only $16.95 — that’s a steep 43% off! Get it before it’s gone! Shop Incipio [performance] Sport Armband for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 now! Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/vmGseSwmEok/story01.htm Mobile Telesystems Nanya Technology Nii Holdings [...]

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How Patent Battles Threaten the Simple Act of Unlocking a Phone

Unlocking a smartphone is perhaps its most basic function. It’s a no-frills feature, but an important one. And yet over the past six months, the simple act of unlocking a phone has grown absurdly controversial. Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/smartphone-slide-to-unlock-google/ Idt Ibasis Hypercom Hewlett Packard Co Heartland Payment Systems Google

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CyanogenMod 9 gets some bad-ass boot animation

CyanogenMod 9 gets some bad-ass boot animation Youtube link for mobile viewing We're just gonna shut up and let you watch this one. via +CyanogenMod Nicole Scherzinger Katie Cassidy Arielle Kebbel

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Finally, a second official Cristiano Ronaldo app for Android!

Finally, a second official Cristiano Ronaldo app for Android! If last year's Cristiano Ronaldo Freestyle app wasn't enough for you, you can now download another official Ronaldo app, this time from developer Mobile Roadie. The official Cristiano Ronaldo app for Android gives fans access to up to the minute news and "never before seen" photos of the Real [...]

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Me In My Place Android ‘app’ doesn’t do the women justice (or the photographer, either)

Me In My Place Android ‘app’ doesn’t do the women justice (or the photographer, either) For far more than a year now, a semi-secretive series has graced the pixels of a Tumblr blog as well as the pages of Esquire magazine. Dubbed "Me in My Place," the series was shot by "a notable photographer, who [...]

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LG unveils style-focused Optimus L3, L5 and L7 ahead of MWC

LG unveils style-focused Optimus L3, L5 and L7 ahead of MWC Following the recent announcents of the Optimus Vu and Optimus LTE Tag, LG has taken the wraps off three more Android smartphones ahead of next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Optimus L3, L5 and L7 make up what the manufacturer calls its [...]

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