Smartphones

Hot on the heels of the Dashboard update for the Xbox 360, Microsoft’s SmartGlass integration is now a reality for Android 4.0 users. The companion app branches out from the earlier My Xbox Live app for Android and allows direct control of some console features from Google-powered gear. While Windows Phone users will find the Continue Reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier this week said it’s been a “truly prolific year of innovation” at the company, which has unveiled three new versions of the iPad, including the iPad mini, a slimmer, larger-screen iPhone, redesigned iPod media players, updated Mac notebooks and desktops, and new generations of its mobile and desktop operating systems. Continue Reading →

One area which often surprises me is how Hispanics’ leading role in mobile social marketing is often overlooked or ignored altogether. Ever since the first iPhone was introduced, I’ve witnessed how readily young Hispanics have embraced smartphones. UM’s latest quantitative social media study, Wave 6, continues to underscore how Latinos have been trailblazers in this Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Surface tablet debuted on Friday. It’s going to run Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system and Microsoft is making a big deal out of it. Is the Surface a Tablet or a Laptop? Perhaps it’s somewhere in the middle. Will you love it or hate it? So much depends on your Windows needs and Continue Reading →

SmartGlass functionality may already sort of exist on Xbox 360 per the console’s latest Dashboard update, but Microsoft’s making it a full-on reality on October 26. As it stands, the Xbox 360 allows for SmartGlass support, but without an update to Microsoft’s 360 companion app, there’s no way to use it — when Microsoft’s Surface Continue Reading →

Google is working on a new version of Google Wallet for mobile phones and it may include support for the iPhone. As first noted by BusinessInsider, the Google Wallet home page has been updated to allow users to request an invite to a new Google Wallet that is now in the works. What’s interesting is Continue Reading →

Apple’s planning an event Tuesday with the promise that it has a “little more” to show its devoted fans. Speculation to this point has been clear on one thing: Apple’s teasing tag­line is almost surely meant to refer to a smaller iPad. Here’s a last-minute look at the rumors that are still standing ahead of Continue Reading →

Microsoft shocked everyone when it announced it was buying Skype for $8.5 billion last year. Slowly but surely, we were expecting Skype to replace Microsoft’s own Live Messenger client as the default messenger and to be slapped it into every Windows Phone device and Xbox 360. While Microsoft’s stance is that Skype will remain in Continue Reading →

With the debut of Windows Phone 8 a little more than a week away, Best Buy has begun taking pre-orders for Nokia and HTC flagship smartphones running Microsoft’s new mobile operating system. The electronics retailer’s Web site now lists the Lumia 920 for $149.99 with a two-year commitment and off-contract at $599.99. It also lists Continue Reading →

Diverting some of the attention away from Apple’s ‘iPad mini’ unveiling on October 23 and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event on October 29, Google is to unveil a number of new devices and software improvements on the same day as Microsoft – and we have all the details. A source with knowledge of Google’s plans Continue Reading →