Archive for: January, 2014

Zelda: Four Swords Free on 3DS eShop this Weekend

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition is free on the 3DS eShop this weekend. Nintendo tweeted as much today, saying the offer is good through February 2. The game is a re-issue of the multiplayer version of Four Swords that was packed in with the GameBoy Advance port of The Legend of Zelda: […]

Marvel To Debut New Developer Portal and Comics API

Fast Company is reporting that Marvel Comics is unveiling its programming interface (API) and developer platform in a beta version tomorrow morning, swinging wide the gates to the Marvel universe of comic heroes to fans and developers around the world. The API–which will include comic book artwork, character histories, creator insights, and expanded stories–will grant […]

IDC Tablet Reports Show Apple Losing Share, While Lenovo and Samsung Gain

Following up on its release of smartphone data, IDC has published numbers on tablet shipments and marketshare for the fourth quarter of 2013. Apple’s iPad saw shipments grow from 22.9 million to 26 million year-over-year, but lost marketshare, sliding from 38.2 percent to 33.8. This appears to have primarily benefited Samsung, which grew its share […]

Beats Music Hits Windows Phone Store

Beats Music today became available to the Windows Phone platform after a slight delay. The app, which was made available to Android and iOS devices last week, is a curated music streaming service that costs $10 per month.

Facebook Intros Paper App for iOS Devices

Facebook today announced Paper, a stand-alone application meant to enhance the experience of exploring the newsfeed. Similar to Flipboard, Facebook’s Paper app pulls content from the newsfeed and arranges it in a magazine-like design. Users can customize the sections in order to make it more personal. According to Facebook, the app has its own swiping […]

Sprint Spark Comes to Kansas City

Sprint announced that its Sprint Spark service is available in and around Kansas City beginning today. Spark uses tri-band LTE to improve connectivity and mobile broadband speeds. Sprint Spark is already available in a handful of cities, including Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Antonio, Tampa, and others. Sprint expects to […]

HTC Says KitKat Still In the Works for HTC One

HTC  said it will miss its self-imposed deadline of updating the One within 90 days from the time Google released Android 4.. KitKat. It originally committed to giving the One the latest version of Android by the end of January. According to HTC, KitKat is now undergoing carrier testing with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon […]

FCC Wants Small Carriers, OTT Text Apps to Offer Text-to-911

The Federal Communications Commission today indicated that it wants more industry players to participate in on-going efforts to enable text-to-911 services. The four largest carriers have already committed to offering such services by May 15 of this year, but the FCC believes this is not enough. It is requesting that the country’s smaller, regional carriers […]

Three Character Posters for Captain America: The Winter Soldier Released

Marvel Studios (via Yahoo!) has debuted three new posters for Captain America: The Winter Soldier featuring the star-spangled man himself along with Nick Fury and Black Widow. Captain America: The Winter Soldier will pick-up where Marvel’s The Avengers left off, as Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha […]

Nintendo to Develop New Product Aimed at Quality of Life

Nintendo’s big plan for the future isn’t mobile games — it’s boosting your “quality of life.” At a briefing for investors and the media held on Thursday morning, Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata outlined the company’s plan to create a third platform to sit alongside its Wii U and Nintendo 3DS game machines. “What Nintendo will […]

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