You’ve probably read about the “fight” for purchases on the high street and the “fight” amongst hosting providers in the realm of cloud computing – but you probably haven’t read about the silent war going on in the realm of free desktop instant messaging.  In short, Facebook is slowly taking [...]

According to figures from Strategy Analytics, Samsung is now bigger than both Nokia and Apple in terms of mobile phone handset shipments. This all happened in the first quarter of this year when Nokia, who are down in third place with regards to smartphones, moved from first to second place [...]

An unlocked mobile phone is something most people associate with buying the handset from the manufacturer directly, and don’t ever consider unlocking it themselves. But there are many reasons behind why you might consider unlocking the handset yourself, some of which you’re probably not aware of. First and foremost, what [...]

Now that there are countless smartphones on the market then finding one that suits your own needs can be a tricky process. It’s made a little more confusing because of the different operating systems, about which everyone has an opinion. While the Apple iOS is to be found on the [...]

Facebook is planning to launch its own smartphone, built under licence by HTC, and currently codenamed Buffy (“the smartphone slayer”). It will run Android, but a highly modified version, with Facebook integrated into the very core of the OS. Everything you do with your phone will, in effect, be done [...]

When is it time to admit a product’s failure and cut bait? For RIM, six months isn’t quite long enough. Not long ago rumors circulated that they were set to discontinue the BlackBerry PlayBook, their disappointing initial tablet offering. RIM shot down those rumors with vehemence, calling them “pure fiction.” [...]

*Guest Post* In this new technology battle, tablets are approaching the battle front with reinforcements in the rear. By December of 2010, Apple sold nearly 15 million IPADs, IBTTimes.com. However, laptops have been around longer and therefore already have the majority market share. It’s estimated that nearly 47.5 million laptops [...]

*Guest post from our forum*   Much like the original Droid and Droid 2, the Droid 3 features a slide-out, five-row QWERTY keyboard but boasts a larger and better 4-inch qHD (960×540) touch screen. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread-based smartphone also packs a dual-core processor, 16GB of internal memory, and an [...]

It’s been a few months since NetherRealm (formally Midway Games) released it’s reboot on the once popular fighting franchise Mortal Kombat. At the time the series had fallen from both relevancy and competitive play, remaining more of a curiosity and homage to what was formally the definitive name in competitive [...]

It’s been a popular story for over a year now amongst gaming websites and forums: The rise of the casual gamer. With many who grew up in front of their consoles and PCs treading through dungeons and blowing up alien starships finding themselves increasingly becoming part of the corporate world [...]