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Angry Birds goes Kart Racing on December 11

Rovio continues to find new ways to market its industry leading mobile game franchise, Angry Birds. This time, instead of teaming with another major franchise, as it did for Star Wars, the Finnish company is heading to the race track. Today Rovio unveiled Angry Birds Go, a new racing game set to hit app stores on December 11. "It’s a complete

Virgin Mobile’s YouTube Wants to “Blinkwash” You

Virgin Mobile is running a new video on Youtube. It's called "Blinkwashing". You will need a webcam connected to your computer, which the YouTube page will calibrate your face and blinking. This will act as a remote control to switch the video up. Every time you blink, the video changes. It doesn't lose place in the video; it just moves

Zens Qi Wireless Charger

Although I was disappointed by the Nokia DT-900, I wasn't ready to give up on wireless charging nirvana for my Nexus 4. With a bit of searching and review-reading, I plumped for a Zens Universal Qi Single Wireless Charging Plate which garners 4.5 stars on Amazon. Although unknown to me, Zens is a young Dutch company specialising in wireless charging products,

SIM Card Security Flaw Exposing 750 Million Cell Phones

Outdated encryption is to blame for a new risk on your cellular device. According to a report by SRLabs and research which will be presented at BlackHat on July 31st, the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card can be hacked in a few ways, including through SMS messages. According to SRLabs, SIM cards use 56-bit DES encryption - a technology created in

Rovio rolls out account sync to iOS and Android

Rovio again makes the news, this time not with a major game release racing up to the top of the download charts, but instead with the beginning of its account roll out. Why is this a big deal? Simply because customers can now put down their phone, pick up their tablet and play a game right from where they left

It’s Time for Dual-Band Bluetooth Please!

So this first week with my Google Glass has come with a lot of fun tasks like getting out and capturing the city through this new device. Yet, it also brought some annoyances - mainly the pairing of Glass to a mobile device. Whenever I got in my car, my Jabra hands-free unit kicked the Glass out and Glass never

Rovio officially announces Angry Birds Star Wars II, makes you wait for it

Last week Rovio teased something big coming today and hinted it had to do with Angry Birds Star Wars. Most folks expected a release of new levels or, perhaps, even a new game. The latter turns out to be true, but there are complications -- well, one. The Finnish game make only announced Star Wars II today. "Today we’re extremely