BMW and Mini connected cars now support Amazon Cloud Player
Almost a year after it rolled out to select Ford models, Amazon has finally secured itself another automotive partner for its cloud music service. The company today confirmed that its recently-updated Cloud Player iOS app can now connect to in-car…
FiftyThree’s Paper app updated to play nice with its Pencil stylus
FiftyThree’s shipping out its first Pencil styli early this December, but before you can work its sketching magic, the firm’s Paper app will need the appropriate updates. Good thing the company’s released those changes today, because waiting on a …
Visualized: Inside the Vertu workshop, where phones are made by hand (video)
While not everyone’s comfortable with splashing out on a fancy Vertu phone, there’s no stopping us from appreciating the company’s craftsmanship and engineering expertise since its Nokia days. We’re talking about dealing with various luxurious mat…
Amazon announces second annual 12 Days of Deals for books
You bought yourself a new Kindle Fire HD or Android tablet, eh? You do plan to use that for educational and informational reasons, right? Amazon has introduced its second annual 12 Days of Deals for books. Note that it is not required that you own an Amazon tablet or something with…
BenQ announces two affordable smartphones – BenQ F3 and A3
Last time we heard from BenQ, it was back in 2009 and now it seems they are planning to make a come back with a pair of smartphones. BenQ has officially launched the BenQ F3 and A3 – both are budget-friendly Android powered smartphones, and luckily their specs are not that bad for a…
Apple’s Second Dutch Store Opens in Haarlem on December 7 [Mac Blog]
Since March 2012, Apple’s stunning Amsterdam store has been the company’s only retail location in Netherlands, but that will change this Saturday, December 7 when the company’s Haarlem store opens for business in the city’s main shopping district. Ha…
UK carriers agree to cap bills on lost and stolen cellphones
It’s bad to rack up steep cellphone bills through your own actions, but it’s even worse if a thief does that on your behalf. Thankfully, the UK government has struck a deal with EE, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone to cap bills on any cellphone r…
Netflix’s first original animated series to premiere on Christmas Eve
You remember when that ironically titled film Turbo came out this past summer? The one about the snails (thus the irony)? Apparently it was popular enough to warrant an exclusive animated series on Netflix — the streaming service’s first such inv…
Microsoft begins sign-ups for its Project Spark open beta
Reckon that you could do a better job of building console games than the pros? You now have your chance to prove it. Microsoft has started taking sign-ups for Project Spark’s open beta; as long as you’re running Windows 8.1, you could be among the…
UPS experimenting with delivery drones, set to challenge Amazon’s Prime Air
When Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes and mentioned that Amazon was experimenting with delivery drones, we knew it was only a matter of time before other companies revealed similar plans. And, one day later, sources at UPS have told The Verge that th…
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