We’ve been here before. Ever since the original iPad launched in 2010, rumours of a smaller, 7 or 8-inch model have filled every corner of the web. It wasn’t true then, but is it true now? The market’s completely different now, which is exactly why fresh gossip has arisen from China. Is the iPad Mini [...]
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Fresh iPad Mini rumours surface: Is Apple’s secret Kindle Fire rival coming soon?
April 16th, 2012
admin Stolen Samsung AMOLED Technology Sold to Rival, 11 Arrested
April 6th, 2012
admin 11 suspects have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the alleged theft of AMOLED display technology currently under development at Samsung, South Korea. A news report on Thursday revealed that 11 suspects all of which were employees of Samsung formerly and currently have been arrested in relation to this theft. One 46-year-old researched [...]
Samsung AdHub Market ad platform to rival Apple’s iAd
April 5th, 2012
admin Samsung will introduce a new ad platform for its mobile devices that will rival Apple’s iAd, according to a new report. The Samsung ad platform, dubbed Samsung AdHub Market, will launch in partnership with OpenX Technologies and will launch later this year. The Samsung AdHub Market will be available on the company’s many mobile devices, [...]
Orange brings Zeebox rival TVcheck to Android and iPhone
April 3rd, 2012
admin Second screen TV apps are big business these days: see Sky’s major investment in Zeebox. Now a major mobile network is getting involved in the area too: Orange has announced that it is bringing its TVcheck app for Android and iPhone to the UK in the next few weeks. TVcheck will work with 25 Freeview [...]
Saving the PlayBook: Is RIM’s tablet the best iPad rival going?
April 2nd, 2012
admin The new iPad. Secretly, we all want one. We might not be about to go out and drop £400 on one, but we certainly wouldn’t turn a free one down. I know I wouldn’t. But hang on, what’s this? RIM’s 16GB PlayBook for £169? That’s pretty damn cheap. Can it, after all this time, see [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab is the only iPad rival, says the man who fired Steve Jobs
April 2nd, 2012
admin Can you trust the judgement of a man who’s been listed as one of the world’s worst ever CEOs? You can certainly hear him out when the company he used to head up was Apple. John Sculley has been giving his take on his old workplace, and has some pretty interesting views on the current tablet [...]
HTC designing iPod Touch rival with stereo sound and a kickstand
March 28th, 2012
admin I’ve always been a huge fan of HTC’s build quality from the moment I received my Nexus One, the Sensation, and even more so when I enjoyed some hands-on time with the new HTC One X. Today though we have some interesting news about an upcoming HTC device that isn’t a smartphone, and instead could [...]
Sky Now TV: Netflix rival revealed
March 21st, 2012
admin Sky Now TV will be the name of the new internet TV service for internet connected devices, the broadcaster has revealed today. The service, which was first announced in January, will provide Sky content to those without a dish, meaning non-subscribers can tune in too – marking another competitor into the streaming space. Should Netflix [...]
Digiboo Redbox rival launches in airports
March 17th, 2012
admin Digiboo is a new company that aims to be something of a mix between Vudu and Redbox – offering a physical kiosk that allows users to rent or purchase a movie in digital downloadable format. The titles will be available on Flash drives, allowing customers to view their content on a laptop, tablet, or other [...]
PayPal Here: Square rival gives money back to shops
March 15th, 2012
admin PayPal Here has just been announced at an event in the US. It’s a rival to Square, the start-up founded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, that lets small business take credit card payments through a smartphone, rather than a clunky PIN machine on the end of a cable that costs shops a fortune. For customers, [...]

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