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Nintendo, Like Apple, Needs to Control the Experience from Nuts to Bolts to Keep Being Nintendo
Assuming Nintendo’s future lies with mobile devices like smartphones or tablets is wrongheaded thinking.
The HTC One Max May Be Inbound, but About That Fingerprint Sensor…
The jumbo version of HTC’s flagship phone could follow Apple’s lead.
Apple May Be Able to Bypass Your iPhone’s Password, but There’s a Waiting List
Law enforcement requests to hack iPhones are so high Apple apparently has a waiting list.
What If Your Smartphone Could Shape-Shift into a Stress Ball?
Imagine your phone physically transforming into a gamepad…or a stress ball.
Should Toddlers Use Tablets and Smartphones After All?
New research suggests that using screens may in fact yield slight benefits to very young children when it comes to learning
Is the Handheld Video Games Market Shrinking? Or Just Changing?
You’ve probably heard someone, somewhere, claim smartphones are encroaching on handheld gaming’s turf. It’s what you’re seeing anywhere you go, after all: in planes, trains and automobiles, or maybe at family get-togethers, …
Big Changes for BlackBerry as RIM Backs Away from Consumer Market
When Thorsten Heins took over as CEO of Research in Motion at the start of 2012, the BlackBerry phone maker seemed very much in denial about its troubles.
Not anymore. Speaking to investors following another dismal quarter, …
Poll Finds Average Teen, Like, Totally Sends 60 Texts a Day
Back in my day, teenagers talked on the phone, often ones connected to long, stretchy things called cords. Today, it’s all about texting.
A new poll from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that the average teen …
Leaked BlackBerry 10 Images Show Android-Like Widgets, iPhone-Like Apps
BlackBerry 10 is looking a little bit like an iPhone and a little bit like Android in a batch of leaked screenshots.
Images of the BlackBerry 10 operating system, published by CrackBerry.com, apparently surfaced in a document …
RIM Director to BlackBerry Critics: No, You’re the Idiots
Roger Martin, the dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, is also a board member of BlackBerry maker RIM. And in an interview with the Globe and Mail’s Gordon Pitts, he’s anything but sheepish about the …
Steam for iOS, Android Devices Won’t Play Games, but Lets You Chat
Fingers crossed Steam operator Valve might have found a way to plonk stuff like Skyrim, Rage or Sins of a Solar Empire onto your mobile phone? Alas, the new freebie Steam client for smartphones won’t do anything like that. What …