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Mobile

Nokia iPhone 5c Tweet One of the Most Popular Marketing Tweets Ever

September 23, 2013 5:01 AM - by: Jim Tanous

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 5c earlier this month, Nokia wasted no time in delivering its own marketing response, pointing out via Twitter that Lumia phones have long offered users a variety of colorful hardware. That Tweet has now become one of the most successful marketing moves in Twitter history.

Hardware

Touch ID and Missing M7 Coprocessor Revealed in iPhone 5s Teardown

September 20, 2013 3:44 AM - by: Jim Tanous

The iPhone 5s has just gone on sale in North America, and repair firm iFixit already has a nice teardown of Apple’s newest flagship. The teardown revealed a very similar layout to the iPhone 5, although the new Touch ID and a glued-down battery could cause some repair headaches.

Mobile

Apple Quietly Raises App Store Cellular Download Limit to 100MB

September 18, 2013 8:37 PM - by: Jim Tanous

Alongside the launch of iOS 7, Apple on Wednesday quietly upped the size limit for cellular App Store downloads from 50 to 100MB. The increase will help users without access to a Wi-Fi network grab the new iOS 7-optimized apps.

Mobile

How to Get Your iPhone 5s or 5c on Launch Day

September 17, 2013 9:04 AM - by: Jim Tanous

Excited to pick up a new iPhone? Apple issued a press release this morning detailing exactly how and when anxious customers can grab their new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c at Apple Retail Stores and online this Friday.

Mobile

Older iDevices Can Now Download ‘Last Compatible Version’ on App Store

September 17, 2013 6:39 AM - by: Jim Tanous

With iOS 7 about to launch, and a ton of updated apps to follow, Apple wanted to ensure that its customers running older devices could still download apps. The Store will now automatically offer an older compatible build of certain apps if the current version doesn’t support the user’s version of iOS.

Mobile

Pew: One-Fifth of US Mobile Users Get Online ‘Mostly’ via Their Phones

September 17, 2013 1:11 AM - by: Jim Tanous

A new Pew Research Center study found that 21 percent of all US mobile phone users now access the Internet “mostly” via their cell phones, up from 17 percent last year. Further, more than half of all Americans now “go online” via mobile phones.

Games

Xbox 360 Users Report Graphics Bugs After Installing Second GTA 5 Disc

September 16, 2013 11:45 PM - by: Jim Tanous

Xbox 360 owners eager to pick up Grand Theft Auto V on Tuesday should note that Rockstar recommends not installing the game’s second disc to the console’s internal hard drive, as doing so causes a number of graphical glitches while playing.