Archive for: August, 2013

Android Exec Hugo Barra Leaves Google for Xiaomi

Hugo Barra, Google’s vice president of product management for Android, has resigned from the company, according to a report from AllThingsD. Barra, who has been with Google since 2008, is one of a handful of public faces behind the Android team and often appeared at press events. Barra has accepted a position with Xiaomi, a […]

Samsung Convoy 3 Now at Verizon for $99

Verizon Wireless today made the Samsung Convoy 3 available for sale from its web site. The Convoy 3 is a rugged flip phone with push-to-talk services. The phone’s main features include dual color displays, dual microphones for noise cancellation, and mil-spec rating for protection from shock, dust, vibration, heat, and moisture. The Convoy 3 also […]

Flickr for iOS Updated with More Filters and Editing Tools

Yahoo today provided an update to its Flickr application for iOS devices. The update adds a handful of new features, chief among them the ability to preview filters before taking pictures. The app now includes more filters, and lets users adjust the behavior of the filters. The camera offers improved focusing capabilities, pinch-to-zoom, grids, and […]

Vodafone Confirms Talks to Sell Verizon Wireless Stake

Vodafone today confirmed reports that it is in talks with Verizon Communications to sell its 45% stake of Verizon Wireless. Verizon Wireless is a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone. The companies held talks earlier this year, but no deal was reached. The two firms rekindled their discussions in July due to changes in […]

Sprint Will Turn Off Some U.S. Cellular Service in October

Sprint today reminded U.S. Cellular customers located in the St. Louis metropolitan area that it will shut down existing U.S. Cellular service on October 31. Sprint acquired some spectrum and assets from U.S. Cellular earlier this year. The shutdown will affect the customers, leaving them without service. Sprint is urging those who’ve not already switched […]

New Gravity Poster Gives a Close Look at George Clooney

A new character poster for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity is here, featuring George Clooney’s Matt Kowalsyy. In the film, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The […]

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Has Started Production – Full Cast Revealed

Walt Disney Pictures has announced the start of production for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and the release includes the full cast, the synopsis and more. Disney has kicked off production on “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” the first live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst’s […]

Ford Makes It a Fiesta of an International Bacon Day

You can now buy vinyl wraps to make it look like your subcompact Fiesta is covered in huge strips of bacon as part of a promotion by Ford linked to International Bacon Day on Aug. 31. Options include subtle accents, racing stripes of just covering nearly your entire car in bacon. The wraps are available […]

New International Poster for 47 Ronin

Following the new international trailer for the film yesterday, IMP Awards has debuted a new international poster for 47 Ronin featuring star Keanu Reeves. In the film, directed by Carl Rinsch, after a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their people. […]

Official Trailer for Grand Theft Auto V is Here!

Rockstar Games has brought online the official trailer for Grand Theft Auto V which you can watch in the player below! The game is set in Los Santos, a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis full of self-help gurus, starlets and fading celebrities, once the envy of the Western world, and now struggling to stay afloat in an […]

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