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BlackBerry Delays Highly Anticipated Release of Messenger System on Rival Operating Systems

BlackBerry wants to try and stay popular in an ever changing world by releasing its most popular service, BlackBerry Messenger, to other phone operating systems. However, the roll out of this service has now been delayed.

PayPal to Replace Credit Cards with New App Update

PayPal has been around for a while, and when it first came about, no one could have foreseen that it would grow into what it has become today. That being said, PayPal is still looking to expand even further. Now its goal is to get you to ditch…

BlackBerry Tries to Stay in the Smartphone Race with New 9720

BlackBerry is losing its footing in the world of smartphones. it is trying everything it can to stay current. However, its latest operating system has yet to catch on. In order to keep its dying user base, BlackBerry has released a new phone sporting an old OS.

FireFox OS Phone Challenges iOS and Android With $80 Price Tag

When people think of phones, they usually think of two operating systems: Android and iOS. Of course, it is hard to blame people who think this way because the market is dominated by these two operating systems. It now appears, however, that…

Pandora Gets Stutter-free Playback and Auto-pause in New iOS Update

Pandora has just launched a new update for iOS devices. This update includes bug fixes, an auto-pause feature and event "stutter free" playback.

Six Reasons to get the Google Nexus 7 or the Amazon Kindle Fire

With two new cheap quality tablets on the market, one would ask themselves which one to get. We think both are swell, and have compiled a list of reasons why!

Top Games for Programmers: Combine two passions into one!

Here are some great programming oriented games that I have found over the years, which can be played by programmers and non-programmers alike.

Friday Internet Bulletin: Pikachu is a bad example for the kids

Heavy hit with some tech news about Windows Phone 8, some exciting video game news about Unreal Engine as well as NVIDIA, some interesting news items, and, of course, Pikachu on drugs.

Four annoying things that tech companies do

When a tech industry company changes something or makes a decision on our behalf, it can become a grievance, bugging the crap out of consumers and fans alike. Here are some annoying things that corporations do.

I for one welcome our new overlord: Google buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion!

With Google facing court battles and legal disputes around the world and especially in Europe, it seems that anything they do results in patent issues. Rather than delay the release of Android-based devices such as smart phones, tablets, desktops, and other embedded technology, Google has taken steps to purchase the mobile wing of Motorola.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes out June 8! Are you ready for it?

With the brand new NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor, a beastly CPU that will give the Samsung Android Tablet a pretty substantial upgrade, the new Samsung Galaxy looks to become a large jump for the mobile device market. Plus it's lighter and more energy efficient!

Samsung Continues to Lead Android Market by Shipping 2 Million Galaxy Tabs

While there are still over 15 million iPads shipped by Apple, an impressive and outstanding number for such a new platform, Samsung is quickly proving that there is room for competition. Not just content on helping Android take the second highest mobile phone ownership slot away from Apple, Samsung now seems prepared to put in all of its efforts to narrow the gap between iPads and Android-based tablets.

New Google Translate update on your Android, now with full conversation mode!

Google has announced that Google Translate, their popular app that makes language barriers almost nonexistent, has received an update to the Android version which makes a pretty hefty step into the future of communication. Gone are the days of fiddling through translation books looking for the right thing to say or awkwardly uttering words of phrases that you barely understand. Google made it easy in their first version of Translate for the Android by allowing you to convert text on the fly and even speak into the phone and have it translated.

Android phone ownership now larger then iPhone

According to the statistics ending November 2010, Google Android users now make up 26% of the mobile phone market, second to RIM's (owners of Blackeberry) leading 33.5% market share. Compared to the numbers from August 2010, it seems as though the Android user surge hurt the Blackberry and Microsoft mobile markets the most, with Microsoft losing 1.8% and Blackberry losing a whopping 4.1%!