BlackBerry ousts marketing and operations chiefs, replaces CFO
The high-level shakeups aren’t over at BlackBerry just because the company has a new CEO. The company has just let go of Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear (pictured at left) and Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben (right), both of whom had a…
Remotte, the first remote control for Google Glass, seeking Kickstarter funding
Google Glass may only be on the faces of about 50,000 people or so, but that isn’t stopping one company from starting to make an accessory for Google’s ambitious wearable computer. Remotte, the first remote control for Google Glass, launched a Kickstarter campaign Wednesday to try to…
ZTE’s first smartwatch will only work with its own phones when it launches next year
Though smartwatches may or may not be selling well, such market conditions aren’t stopping newcomers like Qualcomm and others from entering the game. Now, China’s ZTE has told the WSJ that it’ll launch its own model in the second quarter of 2014 w…
Twitch cracks down on ‘non-gaming’ broadcasts by PlayStation 4 owners
Faced with an influx of living-room livestreamers and the risqué content that follows, Twitch has begun a crackdown on PlayStation 4 streams. The company has taken to its Twitter account to remind users that broadcasting via the console’s P…
Square-Enix Releases 3D Remake of ‘Final Fantasy IV: The After Years’ for iOS Devices [iOS Blog]
Square-Enix has released a full 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for iOS devices, bringing its 2008 title to Apple’s mobile platform for the first time. The game has players control various characters from the Final Fantasy IV universe in ten tales, with the game’s…
HTC reveals another gold-colored One, this time without the 18-carat finish
It seems a limited edition 18 carat gold One just isn’t enough for HTC. Today, the Taiwanese smartphone maker unveiled another golden variant of its Android flagship, swapping the soft and expensive exterior of its MOBO-themed One for a familiar a…
Oculus Rift-based virtual reality game could help restore 3D vision (video)
Many will tell you that video games are bad for your eyes, but James Blaha doesn’t buy that theory. He’s developing a crowdfunded virtual reality title, Diplopia, that could help restore 3D vision. The Breakout variant trains those with crossed ey…
Even Up Review: A Simple, Yet Incredibly Addictive Numbers Game
You’d think by now that we’d have seen every puzzle game involving numbers that could ever have been conceived. Not so, says Simple Machine, who, using Sudoku as the inspiration, has made a new game on Android called Even Up that uses numbers in its own unique and addictive way….
HTC Drops HTC One Google Play Edition Kernel Source And Framework Files For Android 4.4 Update
We heard just over a week ago from HTC that they had submitted the Android 4.4 KitKat code for the HTC One Google Play Edition to Google, meaning that an OTA release would be in the very near future. Perhaps goaded by the fact even the Moto X has been updated to Android 4.4, HTCdev […]
Samsung Follows HTC’s Lead, Makes Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition Android 4.4 Files Available
We haven’t heard that much about the Android 4.4 KitKat update to the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition lately, though we always assumed that it would be released in a similar time-frame to the HTC One Google Play Edition, and as it turns out, that is probably just about right….
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