Craig Lloyd

Samsung Facebook campaign backfires

By Craig Lloyd
on 18 Sep, 2012

A lot of companies try their hardest to engage their fans on social media to try to bolster up their public image. The best way to engage people is to pose a fun and interesting question for them to answer. However, Samsung's question to its followers a couple weeks ago backfired on them pretty badly.

ASUS updates TF700 and TF300 with bug fixes, improved performance

By Craig Lloyd
on 18 Sep, 2012

ASUS has ended up playing a cruel joke on Transformer Infinity TF700 users today with an update to both the TF700 and Transformer Pad TF300 tablets. Many TF700 users initially thought the update was Jelly Bean, but it turned out to be just a maintenance update that fixes some bugs and improves performance a little. The TF700 update includes updated firmware for the camera, as well as a simplified boot animation. The TF300 received mostly minor bug fixes, since it's already on Jelly Bean.

Twentieth Century Fox bringing more movies to Google Play and YouTube

By Craig Lloyd
on 18 Sep, 2012

Google Play already has a wide selection of movies and TV shows to watch on your Android devices, but get ready for even more. Over 600 new titles from Twentieth Century Fox are coming to both Google Play and YouTube. All of the new content will be available to either rent or buy.

Samsung says Galaxy S4 rumors are “not true”

By Craig Lloyd
on 18 Sep, 2012

The rumors about Samsung announcing the Galaxy S4 in February 2013 with a global launch the next month have turn out to be false. Samsung confirmed through Twitter that the rumor "is not true." They even want as far as questioning the motives of these rumormongers asking, "why spread these rumors?".

“Bad Piggies” Angry Birds sequel will be the MacGyver of mobile games

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Rovio's latest creation and the sequel to Angry Birds will be called Bad Piggies. The game will focus on the viewpoint of the evil pigs that we all loathed in previous Angry Bird installments. However, it seems the infamous Angry Birds won't be anywhere to be found. Instead, Bad Piggies will be all about building vehicles and trying to get them from point A to point B with the pigs on board. It's a trial-and-error puzzle game that looks to be on par with Rovio's Amazing Alex.

New Kindle Fire devices are locked up tight, root methods may be difficult

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Last week, Amazon announced a slew of new Kindle devices, including the all new Ice Cream Sandwich-equipped Kindle Fire HD. A lot of folks are really excited to get their hands on one, but developers and rooters alike may not be too happy when they set their eyes on the new device. It turns out that Amazon locked up the bootloaders of their 2nd-generation Kindle Fires using the same techniques that are used on most "high-security" devices.

Google acquires Instagram-competitor Snapseed

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Nik Software, the company behind the popular photography app Snapseed, has been bought by Google today. The search giant plans to bolster its Google+ photo features with the Snapseed acquisition and compete with Facebook and Instagram head on. The app, which is available on iOS, Mac and Windows (with an Android version coming soon), has gained over nine million users within its first year.

AT&T to launch push-to-talk service nationwide in November

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

AT&T plans to launch its Enhanced Push-to-Talk service to all of its customers in the U.S. starting in November, according to FierceWireless. AT&T's PPT service has been available for some time now as a testing platform for a few businesses, but the carrier is now looking to spread it to all of its customers around the country.

Shazam hits 250 million users, adds TV-tagging capabilities

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Shazam, the popular music-tagging app for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and BlackBerry, announced today that its hit 250 million users with around two million new users joining every week. To celebrate, the app has been updated to include TV tagging for U.S. users, which allows you to find out what music is playing on your favorite shows, as well as other useful info.

Samsung Galaxy S4 rumored to arrive in March 2013

By Craig Lloyd
on 17 Sep, 2012

Samsung is rumored to announce the Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress 2013 later this coming February. The S4 will most likely replace Samsung's current flashship phone, the Galaxy S III. Our friends at SlashGear have word that the rumored phone will see a global launch in March 2013.