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Pebble blue Samsung Galaxy S III reportedly delayed due to manufacturing issue, shipments to resume in mid-June

There are independent reports from multiple sources today that the Galaxy S III will only launch in marble white on May 29th, as the pebble blue model has been suffering from an unspecified manufacturing issue. According to several Samsung representatives who don’t want to be named, the company has destroyed upwards of 600,000 pebble blue [...]

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Details leak of Nexus tablet: quad-core Tegra 3 for under $200, launching at Google I/O, on sale in July

Some interesting rumours of the Nexus tablet have come to light after TechnoBuffalo received word from a trusted source that the slate will launch during Google I/O next month. The information seems to confirm that the tablet will be manufactured by Asus and will sport a quad-core Tegra 3 chip and a 7-inch screen of [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 goes up for pre-order, Canadian release expected June 22nd

Samsung, according to Future Shop, will bring another Samsung tablet to the Canadian market. This time around it’s the continuation of the Tab family with the Android OS 4.0 powered Galaxy Tab 2. A pre-order page just went live and gives an “Estimated release date” of June 22nd. The price is respectively set at $349.99 [...]

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Apple begins “App of the Week” promotion, Cut the Rope: Experiments is up first

Apple is not known for giving things away for free, but there have been glimpses over the years of its kinder, consumer-friendly side. In the past they’ve handed out promo cards for free apps at participating Starbucks locations, and have made available free songs from popular artists. Now they are now doing an “App of [...]

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Rogers Blackberry Curve 9360 update to v7.1.0.391 now available

Rogers has finally updated the BlackBerry Curve 9360 to OS version 7.1.0.391. This brings brings BlackBerry Tags and mobile hotspot features to the entry-level QWERTY. You can go forth and update it via OTA or the desktop manager, but again, make sure you back up the device before doing so. Grab it here from RIM [...]

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Sony confirms Xperia Play will not receive Android 4.0 upgrade

Sony has done a good job at keeping users informed of where and when their upgrade to the latest Android OS will arrive. Yesterday they published a list of various handsets that included the Xperia ray, arc, arc s, pro, mini, mini pro, neo, neo v. However, one major flagship device was missing from the [...]

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Facebook looking to purchase Opera Software and release its own branded browser?

According to sources at Pocket-lint, Facebook is looking to purchase Norwegian browser makers Opera Software for an undisclosed (but likely sizeable) sum. The appeal is obvious: as Facebook moves to expand its presence not just on its main site, but across the entire internet, Opera would be a relatively easy and powerful gateway to embedding [...]

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Google snatches up core members of webOS framework team

It appears that a few important members of the now-open-source webOS team are moving over to Google from HP. Despite announcing in January that webOS would be open-sourced and bits of pieces of the Enyo framework would be released between then and a final September unveiling, the unnamed members of the team have likely decided [...]

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SecureKey scores a $30 million investment from Rogers, TELUS, Visa and others

Toronto-based SecureKey has secured a $30 million injection of cash from seven investors, including Intel Capital, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Rogers Venture Partners, Rogers Communications and TELUS. SecureKey provides chip-based identity and payment credentials for online and mobile transactions – perfect to make mobile payments in Canada more secure. The new money will go towards deploying [...]

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Absinthe 2.0 untethered jailbreak now available for iOS 5.1.1

They promised it was coming and it’s here! The first untethered jailbreak for the new iPad, plus any other iOS device running 5.1.1, has been made available under the name Absinthe 2.0. It works very similar to the last one-click app, and is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. pod2g, the main exploit finder [...]