Just the other day I reported that Instagram for Android was taking sign ups, so that you could be among the first to download the program. Well, after launching…
Sure, over the years you may have heard the phrase “dude, I got a Dell,” but you know what you didn’t hear? “Dude, I got a Dell smartphone.” The company hasn’t…
Tell me if this scenario is familiar: You’re hungry. You walk to the kitchen and open the refrigerator. Nothing is in there other than some mustard and a plastic container of…
Angry Birds was met with nearly-universal acclaim when it initially hit iOS in December of 2009 and has since become something of a phenomenon. The action puzzler and its various sequels have spread like a plague to various platforms…
Even though this story already had a happy ending, it’s now got a happy epilogue as well. Sahas Katta is an Android user who participated in his local Microsoft Store’s “smoked by Windows Phone” competition, in which contestants using…
Instagram is coming to Android soon, if the new sign-up page is any indication. At the recent SXSW, company co-founder Kevin Systrom remarked that the Android version of the popular app is better than the iOS version; hopefully we’ll…
This really isn’t that surprising given the crazy popularity the Angry Birds franchise has seen, but Angry Birds Space, the latest in the series, has reached 10 million downloads in just three days. Angry Birds Rio, the previous game…
Not since Alfred Hitchcock’s unforgettable 1963 classic The Birds has the world seen an avian assault the likes of Angry Birds. The latest game in the series, Angry Birds Space, is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and PC.…
In-game advertisements have always been annoying and invasive, and now it looks like they’re actually affecting the way in which your phone functions. Researchers from Purdue University and Microsoft have discovered that when an app drains your battery, it’s…
Ah, NetZero. You were an integral part of me becoming the man I am today, and by that I mean a socially inept nerd who’s tethered to the internet. But the company has come a long way since free…
The Amazon Appstore launched on March 22, 2011, meaning it will be one year old in less than a week. To celebrate, they’re discounting several Android apps, starting yesterday with Plants vs. Zombies for only 99 cents…
In a new study from Strategy Analytics, 90 percent of U.S. and U.K. smartphone owners favor a phone with a bigger screen than what they currently have. According to Paul Brown, a Director in the Strategy Analytics User Experience…
