If you think you might purchase and activate a smartphone at Best Buy this year, you might want to consider signing up for a free $50 gift card. Best Buy often runs this promo which works by signing up with your phone number and email address. Read More

Maybe I’m just old, but I’ve never been one to understand virtual currency. Why anyone would trade real currency for virtual currency is beyond me, however, it’s an economy that has been thriving and therefore becoming more popular. Amazon is jumping on the virtual currency train with the introduction of Amazon Coins. Read More

The little Android console that could will be making its way to big box retailers this June and pre-orders have already begun. You can now head over to Best Buy, Gamestop, Target, or Amazon and pre-order an OUYA for $99.99. Read More

Despite the more recent HTC One X+, DROID DNA, and soon to be unveiled M7, HTC’s revenues and profits continue to fall. HTC claimed a while back that it was marketing to blame and so they went ahead and hired a new Chief Marketing Officer. However, I’m pretty sure I didn’t see HTC anywhere near the Super Bowl — so much for effective marketing. Read More

The only thing more surprising than the Super Bowl power outage yesterday, was the long overdue Carbon for Twitter app hitting the Play store. Read More

A couple weeks back, James Taylor, former owner of HTCRUU.com was issued a Cease & Desist order from HTC’s lawyers over his domain name and the copyrighted files hosted on his site. Confusion soon arose over what exactly HTC took issue with and it soon escalated into a perceived attack on the developer community. Read More

If there’s one thing that Nexus devices lack, it’s official accessories. There’s usually little to choose from and worst of all they usually don’t become available until months after a devices launch. One such accessory happens to be the wireless charging orb for the LG Nexus 4. Read More

Most Thunderbolt owners have already accepted the fact that they’ve been shafted on so many levels, but now that Verizon has actually gone ahead and released Ice Cream Sandwich for the aging device, will they feel any differently? Read More

It’s a proud day for Imangi Studios as Temple Run 2 has shattered records with over 50 million downloads in just 13 days. To put thing in perspective, last April, Angry Birds Space became the fastest growing mobile game with 50 million downloads in 35 days. To think Temple Run 2 accomplished such a feat in 22 days less than download king Angry Birds, is quite impressive. Read More