Saturday, May 18, 2013 9:11AM Written by Cyrus Langhorne Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West is officially back on his music grind after unveiling his “New Slaves” single in more than 60 cities Friday (May 17) night. According to reports, Yeezy relied on a new form of promo for his upcoming untitled solo album’s first single. Tonight [...]
More Smartphones Were Shipped in Q1 2013 Than Feature Phones, An Industry First According to IDC FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The worldwide mobile phone market grew 4% year over year in the seasonally slow first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly [...]
Netflix has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, and in that period it’s added over three million customers worldwide. Domestically it added 2.03 million customers alone, pushing its total number over 30 million (including trial users) in the US. That means it’s passed HBO in paying subscribers for the first time [...]
BBC Worldwide and Foxtel forge new partnership to build the BBC brand in Australia New channel to make Foxtel the home of BBC TV in Australia In a significant new multi-platform deal, BBC Worldwide is to launch a premium BBC channel on Foxtel, offering premiere British drama and comedy, ad-break free and as close to [...]
LG PASSES TEN MILLION MARK IN LTE SMARTPHONE SALES LG Expands LTE Market with Compelling Lineup Targeting Diverse Range of Consumer Needs SEOUL, Mar. 3, 2013 — LG Electronics (LG) reports that it has sold more than 10 million LTE smartphones worldwide, a result of the company’s aggressive push into 4G markets with a combination [...]
When LG took the wraps off of its Optimus L-Series II family of phones only the L7II had any launch details attached to it. Now the company say its smaller L3II will debut in Brazil this week with other unspecified Central / South American, European and Asian markets on deck. Bucking the bigger-is-better / more-power [...]
A possible brake pump failure in certain 2012 i-MiEV models manufactured from December 2, 2011, through September 7, 2012, is forcing Mitsubishi to recall a worldwide total of 14,700 examples of its electric hatchback. The recall affects 1,402 vehicles in the United States. In a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the [...]
Posted by Samantha Martin on 01/22/2013 at 11:53 AM News The Popdust Files: joe jonas Did you stop ’round these parts hoping to find the solution to the great mystery posed in this headline? Friend, you’re in luck. Turns out, Joe Jonas made a boy cry. Specifically, a man stan by the name of Andy [...]
LG proved with the Optimus G that it can produce a smartphone that stacks up with the best of ‘em, and according to the company’s newly released sales figures, consumers are starting to take notice. As it stands, more than 1 million Optimus G’s have been sold since the handset’s September debut. While the figure [...]
CHRIS DOANE AUTOMOTIVE AND THE MANUFACTURER What It Is: The next generation of Hyundai’s luxury sedan, which is being designed to take on the competition not just in the U.S. and Asia, but in Europe, too. The new Genesis sedan will sport Hyundai’s Fluidic Precision styling language: Even though the example caught by our spy [...]
Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 9:36AM Written by Cyrus Langhorne Young Money rapper Drake has landed a spot on the annual Top 50 worldwide tour gross chart with over $ 40 million in the bank. Although nowhere close to Madonna’s $ 296.1 million, Drizzy managed to snag a spot at No. 19. Madonna grossed $ 296.1 [...]
James Bond’s latest big screen outing has earned itself a prestigious place amongst some of the highest-grossing films ever made. Not content with simply setting records in the UK (where it became the highest grossing film ever with a current total of £100m), Skyfall has now made a total of $ 1bn at the worldwide [...]
Rob Kardashian and Rita Ora’s relationship has come to an end after Rob sent out a series of angry tweets accusing his ex of cheating on him with 20 men. Rob, brother of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian and one of the stars of E!’s “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” reality show, reportedly broke up with [...]
Well, that was quick. We started off this month with word from Samsung that its 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II passed three million in sales, and now the company is announcing it’s moved two million more in less than a month. Now available on North American carriers the stylus-packing smartphone is apparently experiencing popularity in all [...]
Google is bringing voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation to Android smartphone users in India. While the functionality’s been available since January if you’ve rooted your device, the official version lands today with a localized “Indian English” voice option. At the same time, it’s adding live traffic information for major roads in big cities like Mumbai, New Delhi [...]