After months of rumors about the Galaxy S III smartphone, Samsung has finally sent out press invites for a London event on May 3, asking attendees to “Come and meet the next Galaxy.”
There’s a hint of Apple coyness to …
Are you longing for the day you can play a game with depth on your phone or tablet, then hop onto your PC when you get home to continue the adventure? That day may be here, if Spacetime Studios has …
Aerospace giant Boeing is hard at work developing a super-secure Android phone that the U.S. government can use for defense and intelligence purposes, the company revealed to National Defense Magazine.
The device, dubbed “the Boeing phone,” will offer a more …
First seen at the Consumer Electronics Show in early 2012, Sony has launched its SmartWatch, an Android-powered watch with its very own apps.
The watch connects with your Android phone and will vibrate when you get a text message, phone …
Samsung will soon launch updated versions of its 7- and 10-inch Galaxy Tab devices with better specs and the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the company announced Wednesday evening.
While Samsung’s tablet efforts have not been anywhere near as …
Instagram’s still-new Android app, which has already attracted more than 5 million downloads, has been updated with some key bug fixes and support for the HTC One X smartphone.
It’s been an incredible past few weeks for Instagram. Facebook acquired …
You’d think that by now, Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility (its largest acquisition ever) would be shaping into some sort of brilliant strategy. But you’d be wrong.
We’ve heard little about Google’s plans since it announced the acquisition …
The Adobe Reader app for iOS and Android now includes the incredibly helpful ability to e-sign PDF documents with your finger. And get this: It’s free.
One thing I absolutely hate is being sent a document that I have to …
Hot blog-baker Tumblr has cooked up a zany and colorful update to its Android application.
Five-year-old, New York-based Tumblr is the go-to blogging platform for the young and hip. The company now powers more than 51 million blog sites and …
Consumers the world round have fallen so hard for the charms of tablets that sales are expected to balloon by 98 percent this year.
Research firm Gartner forecasts that tablet sales will reach 118.9 million units this year, up from …
Amazon is rolling out a new service today within its Android app store that will allow developers to set up a shop inside of an application.
We first learned about Amazon’s in-app purchasing service a few weeks ago when it …
The good news for photo-sharing app Instagram keeps on coming. Just a day after Facebook announced that it would acquire Instagram for $1 billion cash and stock, Instagram’s new Android app has attracted 5 million downloads in just six days.…
Lenovo showed off its latest Android tablet, the IdeaPad S2109, in a teaser video today.
According to the video, the tablet will have a 9.7-inch display that uses IPS technology for a wider viewing angle (that’s the same technology Apple …
Google has upgraded its Android emulator for developers with hardware acceleration and support for a broader range of inputs, the company announced today on the Android Developers Blog.
“The Android emulator is a key tool for Android developers in building …
Now that the news of Facebook buying up Instagram has made its way around the Internet, you may be looking for an alternative to the uber-popular photo sharing app. With all of Facebook’s privacy issues, some mobile photographers may shy …
After spending a few hours talking to Facebookers about the company’s mobile strategy, I can safely say that Instagram’s move to Android probably had a lot to do with the $1 billion price the startup fetched in this morning’s acquisition …
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It’s April 8 and I haven’t started on my taxes yet. They’re due in about a week, but a combination of travel, the workload here at VentureBeat, and the general fear of what I owe have kept me from taking …
Android tablet users can now get their hands on the hot photo sharing app Instagram, though the experience appears to be only slightly better than what iPad users currently have. This app comes just a few days after Instagram launched …
Urban dictionary defines turd polishing as “The act of trying to make something hopelessly weak and unattractive appear strong and appealing. An impossible process that usually results in a larger, uglier turd.” Luckily, one mobile game developer was able to …
A security hole recently discovered in Facebook’s iOS and Android apps has now been found in Dropbox’s iOS app as well. The flaw allows anyone with physical access to your phone to copy your login credentials — because, get this…
