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Just a couple of days ago the international variant of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III received a “stability” update that also removed the universal search function. This feature grants users to search through local files using the Google Search application on the phone, as well as the usual Google results. …

Sony is known in the smartphone world for their quality products yet never manage to match the sales of the true giants such as Apple or Samsung. Their upcoming flagship has now been leaked just over a month in advance of its announcement currently scheduled for the 29th of August. …

It seems that Microsoft can't stay out of the headlines recently …. but for all the wrong reasons. With Windows 8 and their Surface tablet just around the corner, we have to ask the question. Do they really know what they are doing? Before I go any further, I need …

Google I/O to the vast majority was so much more than just a developer's conference. While a select few were focused on the many informing developer sessions at the show, many of us were interested in some awesome new products. At the end of the three days we had a whole bunch …

If you have ever been stuck in a foreign airport with nothing to do, you'd probably check out any available Wi-Fi hotspots then have your mouth hanging open a few moments later as the page asking for your Visa details loads. This may be the same feeling some keen visitors …

Microsoft are set to launch their ‘iPad beating' Surface tablet later this year, but it is already circulating that they may be charging more than $1,000 for the privilege of ownership. The news hit after a Swedish Web Site listed the prices of the four future models, including Windows 8 …

The £159 tablet from ASUS and Google has without doubt been selling well since its retail availability in the last fortnight and while some customers wanting the tablet have left stores empty handed, no official sales figures have been released. Data collected by advertisement provider Chitika shows an early insight …

There is a brand new update rolling out to the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S III today. The Samsung flagship has already received a few updates since its launch earlier in the year which smoothed performance but this “stability” update removes functionality. So what does the XXBLG6 firmware …

Apple have announced that OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, will be released on the Mac App Store. The software upgrade is a very reasonable $19.99/£13.99, which is a complete contradiction to the high prices that Microsoft charge for their operating systems. The new operating system will bring a raft …

Qualcomm have released their first quad core Snapdragon based tablet with a whopping price tag of $1,300. Not exactly targeting the mainstream market. CNET Asia posted a picture of the new tablet, saying that the new tablet was firmly targeting the developer audience. The machine boosts a 10.1 inch WXGA …

Sir Stuart Rose was asked to leave M&S with an £8 million handshake and, at 61 years of age, could well retire to a humble Yorkshire mining town – supping bitter and regaling locals with tales of retailing wonder. But he's not doing that. In fact he's getting quite dramatic. …

OfCom released its report on the 4G spectrum auction earlier today, suggesting that it would take place later this year, finally bringing the high speed network to consumers sometime in late 2013. In response, several of the big mobile operators have commented on the news. With over 1,000 pages to …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is another one of those devices with an especially  long announcement to release span, but in a way it has been justified. First announced at Mobile World Congress in February it was meant to ship with a dual-core Exynos chipset. However, it was delayed by …

With the upcoming release of iOS 6 it appears as if Apple will make it much easier for users to install free applications. Users running the third beta of iOS 6 have discovered that they no longer have to enter their password to download free applications from the App Store. …

When a young Nigerian entrepreneur and Bournmouth graduate, Saheed Adepoju, borrowed £40,000 from his family to begin working on a tablet PC for his home market, he had little idea of how much attention and energy his idea would attract. But there are huge struggles ahead. KitGuru scans the 8″ …

Many Apple followers are waiting on the new, upcoming iPhone to be released. The negative impact is that Apple may post low sales in this sector from the third fiscal quarter. No one wants to buy the current model with the new release just around the corner. Apple are estimated …

You may not have heard of Tawkon before but they are the company responsible for the below inforgraphic and applications for iOS and Android that measure radiation output of your phone. The application was removed from the App Store since it doesn't make the iPhone look too good but is …

It is not a big surprise at all to hear that Samsung's Galaxy S III is selling well, after all it was said a couple of months ago that they had collected over 9 million pre-orders. We also rated it a 9/10 in our recent review. Today a Samsung Senior …

Security experts at Venafi, the leader in enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solutions, warn that an estimated 67,000 mobile phones are likely to be lost or stolen during the Olympics in London. Numbers of smartphones and other portable networked devices have exploded over the past few years. As a …

HTC Desire HD users are getting used to feeling like the iPad's poor cousins, especially now it seems that they won't get access to Android's Ice Cream Sandwich. KitGuru licks around the edge of the story to prevent dribbles. While there are, no doubt, benefits to Microsoft's ‘pay big or …

Just in case you've been wondering whether or not HTC's flagship has been abandoned entirely, it hasn't. The HTC One X, One S, as well as the American LTE version, the One XL will get the update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at some stage. Here is the full statement from HTC's …

While I stand by the claim that you're a fool if you drop your tablet or smartphone, it is nice to know that your latest purchase will (or perhaps won't) survive some possible drop scenarios. SquareTrade is a company that offers device insurance but also often does these sorts of …

Yesterday me mentioned that the Samsung Galaxy S III family might not get a 64 GB model in addition to the already available 16 GB and 32 GB flavours. However, Android Central has been in contact with Samsung and they got this as a response from a spokesperson: “The 64GB …

Today in London, ZTE launched their Grand X smartphone. While we're not entirely sure if this is the same phone that they were touting as the “most advanced gaming smartphone” last week but part of me hopes that it isn't. We'll start with the good stuff, the Grand X comes …

In one of the more interesting stories this morning Apple have been ordered by a UK judge to publish announcements that Samsung did not copy the design of their iPad, according to Bloomberg. They said that the judge has forced a notice to remain on Apple's website for a period …

As a lot of our readers will already be aware, some of O2's customers suffered service outages last week due to an apparent ‘network failure'.  This was a massive source of frustration for many people who's phones were unable to register on the network, despite their phones showing signal. O2 has announced …

The ruling by the International Trade Commission two months ago against a number of products in Motorola's Android range takes effect today, blocking them from being imported into the United States.  In total, eighteen of their products are effected by the ban including the Motorola Atrix, Defy, Droid X2, and Xoom. Motorola …

ASUS has always impressed us with their responsive Android tablets; the Transformer Prime was the first non-Google Android device to get an official update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich earlier in the year. While I have been skeptical of ASUS continuing this feat considering their rapidly expanding inventory of Android tablets …

When the Samsung Galaxy S III was first announced a couple of months ago, it was said to come in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions. However, the most spacious of the trio could have been flushed by Samsung as Expansys (a UK retailer) has cancelled its pre-orders …

The use of text messages is continuing to grow in popularity, according to Ofcom Communications. Their market report showed that the average adult sends 200 texts per month, more than double their previous findings four years ago. Mobile phone conversations dropped last year after showing a gradual rise. This could …