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Independence Day is almost here, and in addition to firing up sizzling grills and popping off fireworks, Austin-based Phunware Inc. would like users to download a free app  launched today …

Recently, RCR caught up with Qualcomm in Taipei to take a look at the firm’s latest developer offerings and tasty treats to lure mobile engineers into the Qualcomm ecosystem.

Many of you have probably already heard about the exciting new Google+ service. It seems to be very much an attempt to target Facebook users in the same way that …

As if RIM didn’t have a tough enough to worry about at the moment, with falling handset sales and a middling response to their inaugural tablet launch, it seems the Canadian handset manufacturer now has to worry about rogue execs penning scathing letters expressing disillusionment with company management.

Do you remember the good old days? Back when you had no responsibilities? Days spent cycling and playing. That summer when you seemed to scrape your knee every other day. …

About one year following Hewlett-Packard Co. buying out the dwindling Palm, HP is launching the inaugural tablet to use Palm’s webOS operating system scheduled for tomorrow. The TouchPad is similar …

Three of my favourite things in life are Android, pizza and coffee. Imagine my delight, then, when I discovered that Dominos Pizza has launched an Android app for the UK …

Oh how the mighty have fallen. One-time king of the social networks, MySpace, has finally been sold by owner News Corp for a rather paltry (rumoured) $30 million to advertising firm Specific Media. The amount is less than a third of the $100 million News Corp were hoping to recoup with the sale of the iconic social network, which paved the way for current social supremo Facebook.

Let it not be said that the RCR team is not dare deviling and adventurous, dear readers! This past week our team climbed the world’s fourth largest telecom tower – and the second tallest freestanding tower in the world – in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to get some good shots of the structure, whose antenna reaches up to a whopping 421 m (1,381 ft).

With all the buzz (pun intended) around Google+ and people vying for invites left right and center, Google has had to close the flood gates, for one night at least, as it attempts to keep up with the “insane” demand for the new social networking service.

The second biggest liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturer in Taiwan has sued Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (T) and South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNLF) alleging patent infringement. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) …

If you have visited a Google site in the last twenty four hours you may have noticed the normally subdued light blue shortcut bar at the top of the screen has been replaced by a rather more striking black and red number. This is a part of a company-wide redesign that Google announced yesterday on their official blog.