The jury has finally reached a verdict in the round two of Apple vs Samsung trial and has found Samsung to have infringed on two out of five patents of Apple. As a result, Samsung has been ordered to pay Apple around 120 million dollars ($119,625,000 to be exact) in damages, a far cry from $2.2 billion which Apple asked for.
Just when you think you've heard it all, a company comes with through with a new mobile case that helps to deal with the issue of "selfie arm." If you've never heard of this recently-coined phrase, it's used to describe the visible arm in self-shots, or selfies, taken with a mobile device, and the Selfy case looks to, ahem, arm you against this unsightly intruder with the assistance of a remote Bluetooth shutter control.
Social apps often overlap each other. It's the nature of the beast that if one service implements a useful new feature, several others will follow suit. On a day that has already seen Snapchat go all instant-messaging on us, Foursquare has announced Swarm, an app that helps you find close-by friends and discover things to do. The app represents a departure from the company's check-in ways, and also throws down the gauntlet to a neat little feature that Facebook added to Paper only a week or so ago.
There has been an ongoing debate since the announcement of Google Glass as to whether the head-mounted gizmo will appeal to the everyday consumer, and one of the major factors that has stopped many folks from testing out so far has been the pricing. At $1,500, the Explorer Edition of Glass doesn't come cheap, but according to a new estimates, the hardware that comprises the face computer costs a total of just $80.
The deals are certainly rolling through for the ravenous tech community this week, and off the back of news that a refurbished MacBook Air could be snapped up for a mere $599, those on the hunt for a new smartphone may be interested in a one-day price-drop on the Moto X smartphone. Running Google's Android, it's been compared with the Nexus line-up in that it's both cheap and relatively high-end, and for a 24-hour period, the device is available off-contract for just $299.
The team behind Project Glass has been steadfast in offering constant updates to the software of the beta'd face computer, and via the official Google+ page, has announced a series of updates headed the way of Glass Explorers this week.
With the recent releases of the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC's One M8, Korean company LG is about to take the wraps off its new flagship handset. Unsurprisingly, it's set to be called the LG G3, succeeding last year's release of the LG G2, and although we haven't been treated to many leaked details as yet, we're expecting yet another powerhouse device with a couple of unique quirks to boot. The invitations for special cross-continental launch events in late May have just been dished out, and we've got the important details right here.
The Nexus lineup of devices has made a fan following of its own, and rightly so. The series that started with Nexus One and continued all the way up to Nexus 5 has always promised a high-quality pure Android experience throughout the years, sans any manufacturer modifications (or bloatware, as we’ve come to know it) or delays in receiving updates enforced by the OEMs. It seems, however, that the line has finally come to a close, with Nexus project about to be discontinued. Fret not; it is being replaced by something bigger and better, which the insider sources claim to have been dubbed Android Silver program.
The legalities of the service may have been, shall we say, ambiguous, but Popcorn Time, the popular free movie downloading site, is back with a bang. With its original creators seemingly scared off by the threat of the copyright hammer, its source code was picked up last month and work has been progressing ever since. Now, an Android version of Popcorn Time is almost ready for general release, as confirmed by one of the developers behind the rebirth.
Whenever a new Android device surfaces, the first objective of the community is to gain root access, and that's exactly what Chainfire has managed to achieve with Samsung's forthcoming flagship, the Galaxy S5. Even though the handset itself is not scheduled to be released for two weeks, the Galaxy S5 has been successfully rooted.
