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comScore: Market Share Continues to Increase for Both Android and Samsung
February 6, 2013 | Vincent MessinaIt’s time to go over some comScore numbers and they all look good for Android and Samsung. In the 3 month period ending December 2012, Android managed to gain an addition 0.9 percentage points from the previous period. With an overall U.S. market share of 53.4%, Android continued to dominate the competition. Read More
Brand new, Redesigned Activity Feed Comes to Untappd in Latest Update
February 6, 2013 | Vincent MessinaIf you enjoy beer, discovering new beer, socializing with those who enjoy beer, finding new places that serve beer, beer, beer, beer, — you get the point — then you’ve probably heard of Untappd. Untappd is the social discovery and check-in network for beer connoisseurs, and it has just recently been updated to version 2.2. Read More
Samsung Files for Trademark Protection on a Slew of new Galaxy Names
February 6, 2013 | Vincent MessinaSamsung is once again trademarking a bunch of names just in case they decide to actually use one. While this is pretty fruitless information, it’s always interesting (and sometimes funny) to see what names are up for consideration. Read More
Twitter App to Receive Better Search, Single Stream Discovery, and More
February 6, 2013 | Vincent MessinaThere’s been a lot of buzz lately over the third-party Twitter app Carbon, however, Twitter isn’t going to simply roll over and die. In fact, they’re about to roll out a new update in hopes of preventing users from straying away. Read More
38 of the Most Popular Ski Resorts now Available via Google Maps
February 6, 2013 | Vincent MessinaIf you’re one of those people that actually enjoys the cold weather, fresh powder, and strapping on a snowboard or set of skis, then you’ll be excited to hear that Google Maps now offers mountain information for 38 of the most popular ski resorts. Read More
LG Hoping to Drum up Excitement for MWC With Unexciting Teaser
February 6, 2013 | Vincent MessinaLG is planning on showing off its new series at Mobile World Congress this month, and to drum up excitement, they’ve posted the most unexciting teaser to their Facebook page. Read More
Gingerbread Steadily Declining as Android 4.0+ Nears 50-percent Adoption
February 5, 2013 | Vincent MessinaIt’s that time again. The time when we get to see what percentage of Android devices are running which versions of Android. This data is extremely useful to developers and great statistical fodder for us bloggers. Read More
NVIDIA Shows off Borderlands 2 in Their First Installment of Project Shield PC Mondays
February 5, 2013 | Vincent MessinaInstead of feeding us consumers with any information that we actually care about: price, availability, etc., NVIDIA continues to show us video demos of what Project Shield is capable of. Read More
Is Google Planning to Release a Unified Messaging Service?
February 5, 2013 | Vincent MessinaIn the early morning (here in the U.S.), François Beaufort treated Google+ to a look at rich notifications on Chrome OS. However, it was an icon pinned to the launcher tray that really caught everyone’s attention. Read More