One of technology’s biggest battles today is the war for the living room. As more and more content becomes available online, users continue to prefer viewing it on their television. Plenty of companies have provided ways to handle that transition. Roku and the Apple TV being among the most popular, but Google has had little […]
The U.S. mobile industry has seen an interesting change in the last few weeks. Three of the big four carriers now offer plans that let you upgrade your phone more often than the standard two years. They sure do sound exciting, with names like Edge, Next, and especially JUMP! (with caps and punctuation included in […]
Ebook readers aren’t quite the hot item they used to be ever since the 7-inch tablet market dropped prices to the sub-$200 range, but they still have great advantages. Text you can read in direct sunlight, outrageous battery life, and at a significantly cheaper price than a more versatile, all-in-one device. Amazon’s most basic Kindle, […]
Edward Snowden has taken the world on a wild ride over the last two and a half weeks, revealing first a pair of massive NSA surveillance programs, and then his own identity, motives, and level of access to the sort of information he revealed. This weekend, Snowden himself became the focus of the story. On […]
Facebook is launching its new Home on Android today. Unfortunately, the app is only available to a select few devices. If you have anything but a flagship device from HTC or Samsung, or if your phone is more than a year old, you can’t try Home yet. What you can do is update your Facebook […]
Samsung will be announcing the Galaxy S IV at 7 PM EST (6 PM CST). Follow along right here for our full coverage of the event in real time.
Techcitement will be live at Samsung Unpacked in New York Thursday evening for the announcement of the Galaxy S IV. You can follow the full coverage as it happens on our Twitter feed, starting at 7 PM EST.
If there has been one absolute in the world of laptops over the last few years, it’s been the trend towards greater portability. From tiny, budget netbooks, to powerful and sometimes expensive Ultrabooks, thinner and lighter is consistently the name of the game. Sometimes, you don’t care about portability. Sometimes, it’s raw power you’re looking […]
I’m kind of nuts about android keyboards. I’ve tried them all, even the weird ones, but I always seem to come back to Swype. It is simply the smoothest interface for one-handed touchscreen input, as far as I’m concerned. At least, it was. The other major keyboard contender has always been SwiftKey. Predictive typing that […]
In the past five months, my Nexus 7 has become a vital part of my daily routine. Compact, lightweight, and feature-rich, it’s everything I want in a tablet. Or at least, it was when it came out. Let’s be honest, I can never be quite satisfied with my gadgets, and the moment I get one […]
