Could North America be getting some Galaxy SIII action in less than a month?We’ve been hearing a lot about pre-orders for the Galaxy S III in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world. However, thanks to the fact that Samsung hasn’t announced an official North American release date, we’re still (mostly) in the dark about the phone’s arrival stateside.
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Canadian Leaks Shows Galaxy S III Launching June 20
Are you a Londoner so taken with the Galaxy S III that you want to pre-order one before you’ve even held an in-store dummy unit? Samsung wants to give you a little something something for your eagerness: namely, Olympics tickets.
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PSA: Samsung giving free Olympics tickets to early Galaxy S III buyers at London store, hopes you’ll vault the queue
What’s in a name?
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Netgear passes On through FCC with new router, name
To hell with Instagram. Seriously
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InstaCRT puts all other photo filter apps to shame (video)
Insiders predict the obvious: Thunderbolt will be a key competitive spec for motherboard manufacturers in 2H 2012.This week, both Asus and MSI launched the very first non-Mac motherboards featuring Intel’s Thunderbolt technology. The Asus P8Z77-V Premium and later the P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt are based on Intel Socket 1155 and the Intel Z77 Express chipset as does MSI’s own Z77A-GD80 motherboard.Thunderbolt will allow these boards to provide two-way bandwidth reaching up to 10 Gbps to Thunderbolt-compatible devices
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Thunderbolt Will Become Key Motherboard Spec in 2H 2012
After introducing video on-demand streaming for mobile devices on the iPad early last year and iPhone last May, Comcast has finally extended the courtesy to Android users as well. Unlike its iOS counterpart however, on Android there’s a separate Xfinity TV Player (simply labeled “Player” in the launcher) app from the Xfinity TV remote control app. It’s a free download from Google Play for devices running Android 2.3 or higher and when we checked it out just now it was smooth but plain looking, although it a native tablet interface at launch is a nice touch.
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Comcast Xfinity TV Player app brings VOD streaming to Android devices
Cisco had grand plans for a Cius tablet on every fast-paced executive’s desk, but those dreams appear to have been dashed not long after getting off the ground. Senior VP OJ Winge says the company will “no longer invest” in the design, leaving the already rather creaky Android 2.2-based, 7-inch tablet to an eternal slumber outside of occasional specialized orders.
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Cisco drops Cius tablets after the BYOD crush, plans upgrade to Android 4.0 out of kindness
In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line. If you’re like Charles Mangin, you love your iPad or Android tablet, but wish it was a little more Wacom-esque
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Insert Coin: PressurePen stylus lets you make all kinds of lines on your tablet
Since its IPO earlier this month, Facebook has wasted no time in expanding its empire — it’s already purchased the Karma mobile gifting service and launched a standalone camera app — and talk about the social network’s next steps doesn’t seem to be quieting down. The latest rumor, from Pocket Lint, says Facebook is looking to buy the Opera browser as part of its larger effort to compete against Google, Mozilla and other internet mammoths
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Facebook could be looking to buy Opera browser
Remember the Cray XK6 at the University of Illinois that drives the National Science Foundation’s Blue Waters project? Well, it looks like it’s getting a little memory upgrade, sorta. We’re not talking a slick new SSD here, or even a sweet NAS, all that computational power requires nothing less than..
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Supercomputer gets a memory boost with 380 petabytes of magnetic tape
Well, this is interesting.A few years ago, search giant Google joined the web browser race with Chrome. Now, Yahoo! is getting in on it, too
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Yahoo! Releases Own Web Browser Dubbed ‘Axis’
Have we finally found a tablet match for the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note?
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ViewSonic teases 22-inch Android ICS ‘tablet,’ promises more at Computex
More Info Samsung Galaxy S III is official: 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, quad-core Exynos processor and gesture functions Samsung Galaxy S III preview: hands-on with the next Android superphone (video) Samsung Galaxy S III software impressions (video) It’s a strange feeling, receiving such a keenly anticipated phone to review. The hubbub of launch events, hands-on previews and heated debates suddenly dies away, leaving you with one small and intensely silent cardboard box. In this instance, the packaging contained the “marble white” version of the Galaxy S III (not the more daring “pebble blue”) alongside one burning question: apart from all the hype, do this handset’s paper credentials translate into a product that is worthy of serious cash and a 24-month commitment
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Samsung Galaxy S III review
Toshiba’s answer to the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive should arrive in September.During a briefing session in Tokyo last week, Toshiba Corp president and CEO Norio Sasaki laid out the company’s plans for its semiconductor/storage business. The plans include launching its “Hybrid HDD” in September which will be targeted at the Ultrabook sector.Tech-On reports that Toshiba is aiming to achieve sales of ¥850 billion (approx US $10.7 billion) with its HDD and SSD business in fiscal 2015.
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Toshiba Launching Hybrid HDD by September
Amazon has been offering a free app of the day for a while now, but that offer is good for Android users only.
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Apple introduces ‘free app of the week,’ kicks things off with Cut the Rope: Experiments
A lot’s bubbling in the Law & Order sector of technology news this week, and you know these guys will get you hyper-informed on the ins and outs of patents, patent trolls, and the definition of “obviousness” as it applies to the lives of both the dinosaurs and the pioneers of said sector. If you’re not into that stuff, we can’t blame you, and for you we’ll play along with Maker Faire from home and wax meta on Finnish phone companies. From our studio, to your home, it’s The Engadget Podcast
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Engadget Podcast 295 – 05.25.2012
We already knew that Nokia had been running its fingers through Bing’s map-like hair, marking it with its scent, now it’s added a little lipstick to its collar. The latest addition to the Microsoft-mapping service now uses Nokia’s live traffic and geocoding algorithms. This brings the functionality of Nokia’s “Where” platform over to 24 nations (including the US, UK and Canada) of Bing users
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Nokia has its wicked way with Bing Maps, stork delivers traffic advice and geocoding
Get ready, folks. We’ve got quite the treat for you this week.
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Distro Issue 42 lands with the Engadget Summer Gear Guide, a handsome new look and more!
Paid for subscriptions from RealNetworks you didn’t ask for a few years ago? You may be eligible for a refund.
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RealNetworks to refund $2 million, ‘guilt’ box stays un-ticked
Google has announced a partnership with a UK charity that will see it provide computer science teachers for under-privileged schools.Children are our future, and the future is full of technological advancements that we can scarcely imagine. As such, it’s important that we equip today’s children with an education that will help them once when they leave school and become a part of the real work
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Google to Buy Arduino, Raspberry Pi Kits for UK Schools
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Read more: MoPub Launches A “Buy It Now” Private Marketplace For Mobile Advertisers
Continued here: Exec, The YC-Backed Mobile App For Instantly Doing Your Errands, Raises $3.3M
While the upcoming Huawei myTouch may not be the phone at their top of everyone’s want list, it did just pass through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile store shelves in the near future. The FCC filing actually provides some details surrounding/confirming the phones specs as well including a 4″ WVGA display, 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot. Pretty much all the [read full article]
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Keep your eye on Wirefly.com tomorrow as they drop a nice little deal on the HTC One S for Memorial Day weekend. Beginning tomorrow, May 25th through May 28th, Wirefly is offering an extra $25 off their HTC One S pricing for T-Mobile. So what kind of pricing are you looking at — how about $125 for new activations and qualifying upgrade customers
Developers are uniting this weekend and putting a number of awesome Android titles on sale this weekend and if you’re a mobile gamer, you should be excited. They have a number of my own personal favorites including World of Goo, Canabalt HD, Anomaly Warzone Earth HD, Great Little War Game, Fieldrunners and more.
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We’re checking out IDC’s newest report for the first quarter of 2012 showing Google’s Android platform continuing it’s march toward global domination as its market-share climbs to 59%, with Apple a distant second at 23%.
Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke this morning during his company’s investors call and said that a T-Mobile merger is still an option, though an outright sale is more than likely off the table.
Excerpt from: Autodesk Launches The Pen-And-Ink SketchBook Ink App for iPad
The rest is here: Big Apple Leads Millennial Q1 Device Ranks By Wide Margin: 28% For Brand, 15% For iPhone
On the heels of a Wall Street Journal report indicating Google is prepared to announce a variety of partnerships for their exclusive Nexus lineup of smartphones — comes news that these five devices will all arrive on November 5th. Remember, remember the fifth of November
Read more: Sonar Rolls Out “Here-Now” Mobile Social Network, Adds Status, Messaging, Notifications
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Some low-key news today as the T-Mobile Prism has already been available through the likes of Best Buy and Walmart since the beginning of May. Today does the mark the day however, that the Prism is available through T-Mobile owned retail stores as well T-Mobile.com. Interestingly enough, T-Mobile’s official press release back on May 2nd indicated the Prism would retail for $149.99 sans contract
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More: Target Rolls Out Shopkick Integration Nationwide
Read the original here: McAfee: Mobile Malware Explodes, Increases 1,200% In Q1 2012
See original here: 9M Users Strong, MapMyFitness Brings Check-Ins, Advanced Google Maps Integration To Fitness Tracking
Read more here: Betaworks Acquires And Relaunches Hownow, The Semi-Anonymous Hyperlocal Social Network iPhone App
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I wish I could say that you’re preparing to watch a twelve minute walk-through of a T-Mobile branded Galaxy S III, sadly that isn’t the case. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to see any of the US branded handsets appear in the wild but, this video courtesy of Tech65.com is a great 12 minute walk-through showing off plenty of Samsung’s flagship smartphone features. At the very least, you’ll have something to do for 12 minutes ..
Original post: Clueful Scans The Apps On Your iPhone, Tells You Which Ones Are Doing Naughty Things With Your Data
Read more: Appcelerator Partners With Geoloqi To Bring Location Services To Its 1.6 Million Developers
Read the rest here: Forget Those Scraps Of Paper, SnipSnap Lets You Save And Share Coupons From Your iPhone
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See original here: Quikr, India’s Spin On Craigslist, Gobbles Up $32M From Warburg Pincus, eBay & More
