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Nokia Lumia 925 arrives at AT&T for $99.99 on-contract September 13th, pre-orders open tomorrow 27 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
After making an appearance at T-Mobile last month, Nokia's Lumia 925 is landing at AT&T on September 13th. While there's a bit of a wait to actually have the device in-hand, pre-orders for the 4.5-inc...
Amazon extends its Associates program to Android app developers with new API 27 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
It looks like you may well start seeing more links to products sold at Amazon in your Android apps. The company has just announced the launch of its new Mobile Associates API, which will let app devel...
Google looks to boost Translate in Africa with Somali, Zulu and other languages 27 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm
Google Africa is asking volunteers to judge the quality of beta translations for African languages Hausa, Igbo, Somali, Yoruba and Zulu. That means it's likely only a matter of time before they're add...
Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 to manufacturers ahead of October 18 launch 27 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
We caught the first Windows 8.1 (aka Blue) news back in March, and after several betas and a preview, it's been bundled off to manufacturers. That's a mere five months from alpha code to gold master, ...
Kickstarter coming to Australia and New Zealand 'soon' 27 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
Clue's in the headline, really. Fresh from tours of the UK and Canada, Kickstarter is ready to land in Australia and New Zealand. The move will enable domestic pitches from Aussie and Kiwi inventors l...
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 Kids get real, ready to 'make learning fun' 27 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
It peeked its head out just a day ago by way of a Korean back-to-school catalog, and now Samsung's ready to let its kid-friendly cat out of the bag. The Galaxy Tab 3 Kids is, as the name implies, aime...
Samsung's 55-inch curved OLED hits Europe this week for 7999 euros 27 Aug 2013 | 05:29 pm
We guessed Samsung wouldn't be far behind LG in terms of its curved OLED's European debut, and we were right. Starting this Wednesday, if you're in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlan...
Broadcom adds WiFi Direct to its embedded device platform, furthers our internet-of-things future 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Broadcom, wireless. Peanut butter, jelly. Together, they just work. So today's announcement that the company is adding WiFi Direct to its WICED (Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices) pl...
ParaShoot wearable camera lets you shoot stealthily, monitor on a smartphone 27 Aug 2013 | 04:32 pm
GoPros are great, but if you'd rather film discretely without your subjects going into "dude" mode, there's now the ParaShoot wearable camera on Kickstarter. The idea is to sport the 1.3 ounce device ...
Goophone to launch $100 iPhone 5C clone, still KIRFing it 27 Aug 2013 | 03:46 pm
Goophone's shaping up to be an enduring passenger aboard the iPhone clone train. Hence, it comes as absolutely no surprise that it's conjuring up an iPhone 5C copy months after it released an iPhone 5...