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AMPY Charges Your Phone Using Your Movement
Smartphones, tablets, and MP3 players are all great, but they all have a common flaw. Eventually, they each have to be charged lest they lose their charge and die; and all the gadgets in the world are useless with a dead battery. Honestly, it’s not too hard to carry... Read more
Study Shows You Probably Stare At Your Phone 3 Hours A Day
I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but everywhere you go it seems like people are using their smartphones. Maybe they’re looking at their Facebook newsfeed, maybe they’re snapchatting, or, maybe they’re just taking a picture or two. (Or, God forbid, they might actually be using the phone... Read more
Study Shows That Half Of Us Use Damaged Phones
I am known for taking meticulous care of my smartphone. It is rare indeed when my iPhone is out of it’s protective case, and in those times, I make sure it’s not over the toilet or over an area where it would break were it to fall to the... Read more
Google Reveals First Android One Smartphones‏
Google has kicked off its Android One initiative in India, announcing three new smartphones from local manufacturers Micromax, Karbonn and Spice Mobile. The three smartphones will go on sale for 6,399 INR or $105 USD. The three smartphones will be fitted with decent specs, compared to the feature phones... Read more
Australian With First iPhone 6 Drops It Right After Buying
I’ve never bought an iPhone on release day as I don’t think I’d be able to handle all of the crowds and the excitement, but those things don’t stop tons of others from lining up at Apple stores all over the world each time a new iPhone is released.... Read more
Police Take Down Student for not Giving up Phone in School
When I graduated from high school, cell phones were just starting to get popular. Every student didn’t have one, no one could look at the internet in class or get on Facebook (it didn’t even exist yet), and I can’t remember texting being all that big of a deal... Read more
Google to Pay Out Over Unfair In-App Purchases
In the last few months the use of in-app purchases has come under a great deal of close scrutiny.  Headlines over Apple paying out a fortune regarding the issues caused waves in the industry. Now it looks as though rival Google is to pay at least $19m (£11.6m) to... Read more
iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Officially Unveiled
Apple has announced two new iPhones at their press event, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. We were a little off on the “iPhone Air” name, but Apple has been surprising us all with names this time, going with Apple Pay and Apple Watch, instead of iPay and... Read more
People Are Already Camping Out For New iPhone
Wow. We are less than a week away from Apple’s big reveal on September 9th, and while many people are excited, some people are extremely excited. While that’s the date we expect Apple to officially reveal two new iPhones and possibly the first iWatch, apart from rumors and speculation, there’s not... Read more
Google Invites India Press To Android One Launch Event‏
Google is looking to officially announce Android One in India, sending out press invites for an event on September 15. Most of the event should just be reiteration from Sundar Pichai, or whoever is the main speaker, telling Indian customers what Android One is and why it is better... Read more
iPhone Air Leaked On Video With 5.5-inch Display‏
Apple’s September 9 event is just around the corner, but it looks like Cupertino will not have any surprises to show on the mobile side. French website Nowhereelse has released some more screenshots and a video of the 5.5-inch “iPhone Air”, apparently coming this year. Rumors of the iPhone... Read more
Now’s The Time To Sell Your Old iPhone
As September 9th and the expected reveal of two new iPhone models inches ever closer to us, your chances at getting a really good price on your used iPhones are steadily decreasing. It only makes sense – why would someone pay top dollar for something that’s not the latest... Read more
Secret App Hacked, Reveals Anonymous Identities‏
Secret is a new hit US mobile app, based on the idea of Twitter and Instagram, without the profile, name or any identity. This allows users on Secret to expose different “secrets” that they would otherwise never speak about on the Internet. Like most cases with anonymity, Secret has... Read more
Swing Copters: The Sequel To Flappy Birds
Many people gasped when the craze that was known as Flappy Birds was taken off of the market. The game, where you had to make a bird flap through Mario-esque levels without hitting the familiar green tubes, was so popular at the height of its day that it made its... Read more
Factory Resetting Android Phones May Not Erase All Data
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably took to sites like eBay or Craigslist to get rid of your used cell phones. And why not? Who wants to keep a drawer full of old phones when there’s some money to be made from them? All you have to do... Read more
Wonderblox: Interactive Educational iPad Toy
Toys are great!  I love playing with all sorts of different toys with my children.  In fact, sometimes I think I might enjoy playtime more than they do!  Educational toys are the best though, as they can teach your children how to interact with the world around them. They... Read more
Google Now Wakes You Up At Your Bus Stop
I might as well admit it – even though I use an iPhone, I am pretty impressed with Google Now. Every few weeks it seems the service is updated to allow another awesome feature. I thought it keeping track of all of your favorite sports team’s scores was pretty... Read more
Man Drops Smartphone in Toilet & Gets Stuck for 6 Hours
What won’t a person do for their beloved smartphone? Just within the past few months, Techbeat has written more than one article detailing the importance we as a society now place on our phones. In one of those articles, it was revealed that more than two thirds of all... Read more