With a video featuring lots of cool-looking people staring off into the distance wistfully, Facebook’s Home service debuted today for Android operating systems, with HTC’s new phone First being the first platform the service would land on.
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Facebook lifts the curtain on new “Home” platform for Android phones; HTC First will be the “first” to get it
From The Great Beyond? Next TWO iPhones Possibly Designed by Steve Jobs
Fight the living, and fear postmortem phone designs. What?!?
Facebook Patent Reveals Intent to Charge Users to Remove Ads
Tired of all those “promoted” posts popping up on your Facebook news feed and sidebars? Want to get rid of “Sponsored” posts? Pretty soon, you might have the ability to do that, if an article published this morning at Mashable is to be believed. As users of Facebook’s “Pages” service already know, Zuckerberg and Co. [...]
Apple announces NEW 128gb iPad?! (UPDATED)
In one of the quietest announcements in recent company history, the internet woke this morning to the announcement of an update to the current line of iPads from Apple, bringing the internal storage space to 128gb. This announcement is bizarre, due to it’s lack of fanfare and strange timing. While the device was rumored yesterday, [...]
Instagram becomes Moneygram: How Your Favorite Social Photo Service Intends to Sell Your Images And Not Pay You
Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky, Instagram. In an announcement on Monday, the photo/social sharing service let some new policy fly that turned the internet on it’s ear. If you’re like us and you missed it because you don’t read EULAs, Terms of Services, and all that jazz, the lowdown is that Instagram is set to start selling [...]
Transformers Legends official trailer reminds us the the battle is about to begin
Strangely, there haven’t been many GOOD apps related to the Transformers franchise since the introduction of smartphones. Sure, there was the G1 real time strategy game that was available for awhile, only to be pulled from the App Store, but since then, we haven’t seen much movement on the Transformers front. That’s about to change [...]
3 million iPads sold over the weekend
Apple has released weekend sales stats that show over 3 million new iPads were sold during last weekends release of the new iPad Mini and the 4th gen iPad. This number is a combination of both WIFI only models, and as CEO Tim Cook notes, is almost double the number sold at the release of [...]
Who’s Out At Apple?
Huge news has come out over the last 24 hours about a MAJOR shakeup in the executive branch at Apple. With announcements being made that Sir Jony Ive taking the leadership post over Human Interface, as well as his continued role in Industrial Design, that leaves one man out: Head of iOS Scott Forstall. [...]
First Star Wars Angry Birds in game footage is out, is awesome.
Angry Birds knocking down Bad Piggies by swinging lightsabers? Yup. Check out the trailer below and let it fuel your anticipation for November 8!
It’s officially official! Apple sends out press invites for “iPad Mini” event!
On the same day that Microsoft revealed pricing for it’s upcoming “Surface” tablet ($499 for the 32gb model… tempting!) Apple finally sent out press invites to an event that promises to reveal a “little” something… expected to be the “iPad Mini”, almost one of Apple’s worst kept secrets (if you don’t count the iPhone [...]
How does your email work? Check out Google’s “The Story of Send”
Ever wonder how exactly email gets from your phone to your friend? And back? For non-IT Professionals, the translation of data and the transmitting of of information might get a tab bit confusing. No worries, everyone’s favorite email provider offers a creative insight as to just how the email process works. Check it out here: The [...]
iPhone 5 shipping times slip to 3-4 weeks as Apple struggles to meet demand
iPhone 5. Love it or hate it, it’s on track to become the fastest selling tech gadget of all time, having pushed Apple’s stock prices above $700. Today, the tech giant’s online store listed all models of the phone as being unavailable for shipping for 3-4 weeks, a sign that Apple is having trouble meeting [...]
Twitter breaks up with third-party image hosts, says “we are never ever getting back together.”
A few weeks ago, we featured news that Twitter would soon be locking it’s API to all third party developers, effectively putting a cap on the number of users that could be a part of that experience, thus effectively shutting down the growth of apps and services like Hootsuite, Tweetbot, Favstar, and many more. Now, [...]
Hackers Leak 1 Million Apple Apple Device ID’s, claim FBI has 12 Million Plus on File
Hacker group AntiSec claims this morning to have over 1 million Apple UDID’s that were hacked from an FBI computer. What’s more frightening is that the group reports that over 12 million UDID’s were currently on file with the FBI. Now, this could be related to last year’s raid, or is it something more? The [...]
Samsung ruled guilty, infringed on Apple’s patents
In a short 21 hour deliberation after a grueling three week trial, the jury has ruled in favor of Apple in the Apple vs. Samsung patent trial. Specifically, all 21 of Samsung’s products infringed on Apple’s bounceback patent, while all but 3 products infringed on the Cupertino, CA tech giant’s “pinch and zoom” patent. Perhaps [...]
Time to update: OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.1 is available for Download
The first incremental update to Apple’s new Mountain Lion operating system is available today, addressing several issues users have reported such as decreased battery life. Surprisingly, the update is clocking in at a full 4.34GB… about the size as the initial download! Hopefully that means several fixes for the big cat.
Are We Getting a 7-inch iPad?
According to fan site 9to5mac, yes, and that’s not all we are getting. In a post published just last week, the site reported on some rumors that appeared on site iLounge, which has a pretty good track record of getting rumors right. Here’s what they’ve reported so far: 1. There will be a special Apple [...]
Apps of the Week – 7/29-8/5
Another week is beginning, and you need some new apps, so let the JustUs Geeks suggest you some goodness to download on your smart device, so you can be the geeky envy of all those around you. Flick Kick Football Like soccer but can’t stand the actual feeling of [...]
Surprise! Hulu Plus is now available on Apple TV
Users cranking up their Apple TV’s yesterday should’ve seen something new on the menu: Hulu Plus. The streaming service has FINALLY made it’s way to Steve Jobs’ favorite little hobby, and users can now sign up for a free week long trial to see if the service is right for them. Is your Apple TV [...]
This is most likely the iPhone 5
Parts rumored to belong to the next iPhone have been leaking out for a few months now, sporting changes such as a taller 4″ LCD display, a metal/glass hybrid back plate, a headphone jack relocated to the bottom of the phone, and a new smaller dock connector port. An obscure website called iLab Factory has [...]
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