Samsung: 10 million Galaxy Note 3 shipments in first two months
Samsung has reportedly shipped at least 10 million Galaxy Note 3 devices in the first two months of release. As the fastest moving member in its family, it is beats its predecessor by two months. As for the first model in the Galaxy Note line, it too roughly nine months to hit the mark….
Temple Run 2 updated with water slides and Santa goodies
Imangi Studios on Tuesday announced a new update for the popular Temple Run 2 game for Android and iOS devices. Arriving just in time for the holidays, the new release brings about some Santa Claus/Christmas hats and artifacts. For those who refuse to admit that the temp has been dipping into…
Testing for electromagnetic interference at Samsung’s EMC lab (video)
Samsung’s EMC Laboratory is right in the middle of its huge “Digital City” compound in Suwon, Korea. This site goes through roughly 4,000 products a year, with different rooms tasked with testing different sections of Samsung Electronics’ admitted…
Google’s Open Gallery lets others create online exhibitions, but is it art?
When Google’s not busy fulfilling GIF requests, it also enjoys cataloging arguably more important things for us to vicariously see, read or visit. With so much still so inaccessible, though, today the firm’s launched Open Gallery, which allows “an…
Microsoft’s Socl social network gets iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 apps
The Microsoft Research team launched Socl in beta form a little over a year ago — and yes, it is still very much alive. Now, Redmond’s experiment could potentially have a more extensive reach, thanks to newly launched applications on iOS, Android…
Viber now lets you make calls to any phone number
Viber’s quest to become the VoIP app du jour has taken another leap forward with the news that, with Version 4.1 its iOS and Android apps, you’re now entitled to make calls to any mobile or landline number. The service, entitled Viber Out, was pre…
Apple Opening New German Retail Store on December 14 [Mac Blog]
An Apple Retail Store is set to open in Düsseldorf, Germany this Saturday, December 14 reports Macerkopf [Google Translate]. The company originally posted job listings for the new location this past March. Düsseldorf is best known as an international business hub, playing host to…
Seattle’s high-speed internet project delayed due to money problems
Seattle residents may have to wait a while longer for high-speed fiber internet — Gigabit Squared (the company developing the network) won’t be able to deliver as promised. According to GeekWire, the city’s fiber-to-the-home initiative is facing …
Google Hangouts app update tweaks texts and group messaging
Since Google bundling text messages into Hangouts, it’s had its share of quirks, and the Android app’s latest update addresses a few of them. If you were aggravated by the application converting group messages to MMS by default (and the possible u…
Qualcomm’s Raj Talluri: wearable displays should be always on
Qualcomm isn’t exactly known for launching its own consumer products, but in the case of its $350 Toq smartwatch, the move makes sense for Raj Talluri, SVP of Product Management.
“Sometimes you have to build the whole thing to show what’s possibl…
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