Category: TechNews

Samsung Electronics officially announces the first motion-controlled angry birds App for its Smart TVs. Angry Birds is one of the most popular smartphone game apps worldwide with over a billion download. Photo Credit: Samsung Tomorrow Conventionally, Angry Birds is played by touch-drag-release control scheme to fire a slingshot. But with Samsung Smart TV you can do it remotely without touching the TV screen. The game will respond to the gamer’s gestures to set off the slingshot and activate each bird’s unique abilities. Samsung Smart TV will become the first TV to offer the world’s most popular game and set a ... Read more

Online shopping is a lot convenient than personal shopping especially for gadgets. Because aside from the internet accessibility to search for the complete specifications, you can instantly browse for peer reviews and feedback. Though you do not have the grasp of the product you wanted to buy which I guess is also essential for decision-making, the savings you got from fare-free shopping and the detailed reviews are enough to compensate it. I have enlisted below some of the trusted online gadget stores. KimStore A GoNegosyo 12 Young Entrepreneurs 2011 awardee, KimStore bears a Multiply’s Trusted Business seal. Kimstores sell variety ... Read more

Previously, you have the iTunes app pre-installed in your Mac or iOS device (iPod, iPhone, iPad) but you do not have the access to its premium contents. I mean, you are willing to pay but Apple is not willing to sell these contents to users that reside in the Philippines along with other Asian countries. Thus, iTunes media store is not made available to these locations. But recently, Apple Inc. announces the launch of the iTunes media store in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Residents of the mentioned countries ... Read more

Sold at $10,999.99 or nearly half a million pesos (PHP), Sharp’s 90-inch LED TV (Aquos LC90LE745U) stands 4 feet tall, 6 feet wide and weighs 64 kg (141 lbs). Like any other LED TVs of Sharp’s Aquos family, Aquos LC90LE745U is already a Smart TV with built-in web browser and Wi-Fi and is 3D capable. It also features a surround sound subwoofer system. Though it was tagged as the largest LED TV, it does not surpass the planet’s largest Plasma TV, Panasonic’s 4K2K 3D 152-inch Plasma Display Panel. Sharp’s 90″ LED TV (Photo from SharpUSA.com) Specifications: 90-inch LED-LCD screen 3D-capable ... Read more

Within 24 hours from its release Tuesday last week, Instagram had reached more than a million downloads. This may be one of the reason why iPhone users started to object for the release of the long-been iOS app to Android devices. These reactions were getting the attention of loyal Android users out there which eventually sparked a word war of these two consumer group. Twitter User, vs8, was angered with the availability of Instagram on Android A user who dislikes Instagram for Android According to one user (i suppose he is using an iOS device), instagram is getting slower since ... Read more

Something cool is coming this May 2012 in the Philippine gadget stands, the Nokia 808 Pureview. The latest Nokia phone is not powered by Windows Phone 7 OS but with the near-dead platform, Symbian Belle. The phone’s soft launched came after the announcement of Nokia and Microsoft’s partnership to topple Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Symbian OS, by the way, is currently maintained by Accenture. What is making Nokia 808 Pureview a lot interesting is its integrated 41-megapixel camera backed with Carl-Zeiss optics which Nokia aptly renamed as Pureview and a performing xenon flash. It is about capturing and housing ... Read more

It is almost a year when rumors spread over the internet that Research In Motion (RIM) is planning to release an Andriod and iOS license for its flagship messaging service, BBM (Blackberry Messenger). October last year, photos showing Blackberry Messenger installed in iPhone and Android Phones were being proliferated among tech blogs, believed to be released by BBM insiders and tipsters. It was also the same month when unofficial announcements were being made that the multi-platform BBM will soon be released in 2012 but are paid aps (through subscription) for non-Blackberry users. A photo showing BBM used in an Android ... Read more

After the successful release of Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich last year, Google is set to release a new version of the mobile operating system called Jelly Bean or Android 5.0. Jelly Bean, which will be available in the third quarter of 2012, is available for both mobile and tablet devices. The release is said to coincide with Google I/O, an annual conference organized by Google. Android 5.0 of Jelly Bean is set to release on Q3 If you may have not noticed, Android versions are released in alphabetical order named after delightful sweets or desserts. These versions are ... Read more

The biggest name on online payments, PayPal, is introducing a new way to accept payments via smartphones like iPhone or Android devices anytime and anywhere. PayPal Here™ is a mobile payment solution that allows you to easily and securely accept credit card (such as Visa and MasterCard) and PayPal payments. PayPal Here includes a free app, which is already available in the App Store and later on Android Market (now Play Store), and a credit card reader or dongle, which you can get for free when you register before September 1, 2012. This will automatically linked to your existing PayPal ... Read more