Stories by Daniel Ionescu

VLC Player Beta lands on Android

VLC, the free media player popular for its capability to play most media formats, is now available for Android phones. You can get VLC for Android beta as a free download on Google Play, although you should wait for the final version if you’re not a ...

Nexus 7 tablet vs. Kindle Fire vs. the rest: Spec smackdown

Google's Nexus 7 tablet, the company's Android Jelly Bean-powered device, is heavy on the specs as it guns for Amazon's Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet.

Google Maps vs. Bing Maps: A showdown of satellite images

Microsoft has set its sights on Google Maps, adding more than 165 terabytes of new satellite imagery to Bing Maps. This is the biggest ever data release for Bing Maps, which had 129TB of data at its disposal.

Report: Samsung says Galaxy S III shipments will hit 10M by July

Samsung said it expects to ship 10 million Galaxy S III smartphones by the end of July.

Samsung Galaxy S III, the Android phone to beat, say reviewers

Samsung’s Galaxy S III is the Android smartphone to beat, the first reviewers of the phones concluded, as the phone arrives in the U.S. on AT&T and Sprint to boot.

Amazon to sell Nokia's 41-megapixel camera phone in the U.S.

Nokia’s bulbous 808 PureView smartphone with its 41-megapixel camera is coming to the U.S. after all, courtesy of Amazon. You won’t be able to get it on the cheap with a two-year contract though, so you will have to pony up $699 for the unlocked and ...

iFixit Teardown: Retina MacBook Pro Will be Hard to Repair

Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display is probably the least repairable laptop so far, according to repair site iFixit. Just a couple of days after it became available, the teardown of the Retina MacBook Pro shows the notebook is a great piece o...

Samsung is not working on a Facebook competitor

Samsung is denying reports that it is working on a Facebook-like service that will debut next year. The company called the rumors “groundless” on its blog, adding that what it’s working on is far from a Facebook competitor.

Virgin Mobile to sell pre-paid iPhones

Virgin Mobile begins selling the iPhone in the US without a contract starting June 29 with service plans starting at $30 a month.

Samsung, HTC spar with Apple over sales injunction cases

Samsung’s Galaxy S III launch in the U.S. won’t be marred by Apple’s request for a sales injunction of the iPhone competitor, the company said.

In Pictures: Top 15 iPhone Apps of 2012, so far

The best of 2012’s apps for your iPhone and iPod Touch, so far, include fun apps for wasting time, image and video editing apps, and utilities that speed up common iPhone tasks.

GameStop pitches Android tablets to gamers

As gamers are slowly abandoning their portable consoles in favor of smartphones and tablets, it might come as no surprise that GameStop, the top U.S. games retailer, is now turning to Android tablets to boost sales.

Facebook phone rumors surface, again

Facebook has five mobile apps, no clear way to monetize its mobile users, and it is now looking to build a smartphone, according to a recent New York Times report.

iPhone screen size may increase to at least 4 inches

Apple is looking to increase the iPhone's screen size from 3.5 inches to at least 4 inches, according to a Wall Street Journal report, a move that's presumably being made because of stiff Android competition.

New iPad: 4G no more (sort of)

Apple has stopped calling the new iPad "4G-capable" after regulators cracked down on its US-only capability to connect to high-speed LTE networks. Although it is still listed as being "4G LTE capable," the new iPad is now called "Wi-Fi + Cellular" in...