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While HTC might not be as gung-ho about Windows Phone compared to Nokia who have pretty much put all of their eggs into the Windows Phone basket, it does not mean that they have forgotten their Windows Phone customers, and […]

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The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is currently supported by some PC games. It has yet to become a widely adopted peripheral that games are designed around, but with its virtual reality capabilities, we don’t deny that it would making […]

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Apple’s gone shopping again, this time picking up Locationary, a small Canada-based company that deals in local business data and locations. The deal’s been confirmed by Cupertino, although as is often the case, it told AllThingsD that it doesn’t discuss the purpose or plans behind its buys. You’d imagine, however, that the small startup will most likely be involving itself in Apple’s very own mapping software, which continues to make up for its messy launch on iOS. Locationary uses a large data exchange platform and crowdsourcing to constantly gather, merge and verify data and geographic points for local businesses — hopefully meaning the next time you pop out to your nearest Best Buy, it’ll still be there.

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Yesterday we reported that thanks to what appears to be sketches taken from the Samsung Galaxy Note 3’s user manual, we can more or less guess what the handset will look like, which is a device with rounded edges and […]

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I’ve always been taught that, in order to land a job, you need to show the employer that you stand out from the crowd – you need to demonstrate that you’re both unique and suited for the job. In Alexander Velicky’s case, that involved spending over 2,000 hours basically designing his own game.