Roku updates app to allow for local media streaming
Roku, the easy to use media streaming device, has updated their app to allow for streaming local media. From within the Roku Android app, there is now a Play on Roku option, which then allows you to...
View ArticleQuick look: Sony Xperia Z1 vs. LG G2
Featuring a Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a wicked camera, the Sony Xperia Z1 is one impressive device, perhaps one of the best devices we’ve seen in years. But just how well does it fare...
View ArticleSony Xperia M arrives in the United States for $249.99
Back in June, Sony took the wraps on its low-end Sony Xperia M, which featured relatively modest specs inside of a premium looking shell. After a long wait, the Xperia M was has now landed in the...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra
With the original Galaxy Note, and the success of the Galaxy Note 2, Samsung paved the way for other Android device manufacturers to experiment with devices that feature ultra-large displays. In many...
View ArticleDryft wants to make typing on a tablet easier
If typing on a tablet is something that troubles you, the team at Dryft has a solution. At TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Dryft co-founder Randy Marsden set out to convince the judges their keyboard would make...
View ArticleFingerprint sensors: Do you care? Do you want them on Android? [Open thread]
Apple is really good at selling stuff. Its marketing acumen is second to none, and that is highly visible in its masterfully choreographed events and promotional videos. That’s why I won’t judge anyone...
View ArticleSony preparing a mini version of Xperia Z1?
At the IFA, Sony officially announced their new flagship smartphone known as the Xperia Z1- a beautiful device with powerful features. Now it seems Sony is also working on a mini version of it because...
View ArticleVirgin Mobile debuts $99 ZTE AWE
Virgin Mobile announced on Tuesday that the $ 99 ZTE AWE is now available to purchase through the no-contract carrier. Powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the phone features a 4-inch display, a...
View ArticleIntel announces Quark: ultra-low power chips that might run your future...
Intel, the giant of the PC chip business, has so far failed to threaten ARM’s stronghold on the mobile systems-on-a-chip business. But if anyone in the industry can challenge ARM right now, that’s...
View ArticleSamsung and ARM continue to highlight true 8 core multi-processing on Exynos...
Yesterday Samsung confirmed that its Exynos 5420 processor can use all of its eight core simultaneously when it released a musical video composed of eight parts. The OCTA-pella video was a whimsical...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 3 vs HTC One: First Look
Last week, Samsung officially launched the Galaxy Note 3, revealing a device that is a substantial upgrade to the Note 2 in just about every way imaginable. While at IFA 2013, we were able to get quite...
View ArticleTop 5 Best Android Tablets (September 2013)
Tablets are wonderful creations that have nearly limitless application. People buy them for all sorts of different reasons, whether it be a budget-level device or a premium slate. And, if you ask...
View ArticleLG G Pad 8.3 release date at the end of the month
At IFA last week, we got to spend some time with LG’s new tablet, the G Pad 8.3, and we have to say that we came out quite impressed. The G Pad 8.3 is solid and well designed, boasts a decent spec...
View ArticleMotorola is working on a new tablet. Will it be customizable?
Motorola and its manufacturing partner Flextronics just formally opened the production facility in Fort Worth, TX, where the Moto X is being assembled to the tune of 100,000 units each week. Talking to...
View ArticleThree new Chromebooks, one new Chromebox announced by Intel and Google
At their developer forum in San Francisco, Intel has offered up three new Chromebooks and one new Chromebox, all using their Haswell processor. That architecture is going to “improve battery life by...
View ArticlePhonebloks: the ultimate modular phone concept
Some people look for the slightest resemblance of an excuse to replace their smartphones. The volume rocker is too squishy? I can’t use this piece of junk anymore! On to Amazon… Others, like this...
View ArticleBest Buy trade-in promo offers up to $262.50 for T-Mobile Nexus 4
With the next Nexus likely not too far off, you might be considering selling your Nexus 4 in anticipation of what’s next. If so, you’ll be excited to know that Best Buy has now announced a new Nexus 4...
View ArticleRoot has been achieved on the Verizon Moto X!
Last week we reported that Motorola was officially offering a way to unlock the bootloader for Sprint, U.S. Cellular, Rogers and Latin American Moto X handsets. As to be expected, the same can’t be...
View ArticleNew Kindle tablets shown in leaked pics
BGR has obtained exclusive pics showing off the next generation Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, which are set to be unveiled later this month, according to reports. While only the 7-inch model is shown,...
View Article100,000 Moto X phones shipped weekly from Texas assembly plant, says Motorola
Motorola has officially opened their Ft. Worth, Texas assembly facility for business, even though the building has been pumping out custom (and standard) Moto X’s for a few weeks now. In a blog post on...
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