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Girl posts cash pile image on Facebook, house gets robbed within hours
Minecraft Being Played More Than Call of Duty According to Xbox Live
Facebook Rumoured to Be Purchasing Face.com
BBC Confirms No iPlayer App Planned For Windows Phone In The Immediate Future
Monster Shows off Three New Headphones
Dynaudio XEO 5 $4,500 Wireless Speaker Tower
Laptop Workstation Is Actually a Desk with Speakers and a USB Hub
Yahoo Livestand iOS News App Bites The Dust
PlanetSide 2 Massive Air Combat Teaser Trailer (video)
Battlefield 3 : Close Quarters VFX Destruction Montage Trailer (video)
Assassin’s Creed 3 And Ghost Recon: Final Mission, PS Vita Games Spotted
Absinthe Jailbreak Used On 1 Million iOS Devices Over The Weekend
Nvidia Cloud Graphics Used In Hawken Mech FPS Game Demonstrated (video)
Samsung Registers Galaxy Rush, Galaxy Helm And Galaxy Amp Trademarks
Steampunk Devon Tread 1 Watch (video)
Android 4.0 ICS Running On Sony Xperia S (Video)
Daylight Viewfinder for iPhone (video)
SIM Free Nokia Lumia 900 Now Available In The UK
GameStop Now Stocking Android Tablets In Over 1,600 Stores
Groupon Testing Mobile Payments Service Similar To Square
Self Stirring Pan Uses Thermodynamics To Provide More Efficient Cooking (video)
Awesome Scamander High-Speed Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle (video)
Samsung Galaxy Note Headed To T-Mobile 11th July?
Circle Printer Concept
LTE Becomes Popular For LG With Over 3 Million Smartphones Sold
Habey BIS-6569A Embedded Mini PC Unveiled
Renault Demos Alpine A110-50 Concept Supercar (Video)
Cisco Pulls The Plug On Its Cius Android Tablet
Motorola Demos Their New Android 4.0 UI (Video)
V-Moda Crossfade M-80 Headphones With BLISS Noise Isolation Technology
Microsoft’s New Xbox 720 To Come With Skype Integration?
Frontrow Camera App Lets You Zoom And Capture YouTube Live Streams (video)
BBC iPlayer Arriving On Windows Phone In Next Few Weeks
Nokia Lumia 900 Batman Edition Headed To The UK
PayPal Announces New Mobile Payment Deal With 15 Retailers
Sony Confirms No Android 4.0 For Xperia Play
Samsung Galaxy S III Gets Reviewed
Apple To Sell Nest Thermostat In Retail Stores?
Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In US June 20th
Amazon To Offer Pre-paid Mobile Service In Japan
AndyPad Tablet Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update
RIM To Lay Off 2,000 Staff In Restructuring Plan?
Facebook Hires Ex Apple Engineers For Facebook Smartphone
LG Announces 5 Inch Full HD Retina Smartphone Display

Girl posts cash pile image on Facebook, house gets robbed within hours

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:50 AM PDT

There are a few things that you should not announce online. Don’t tell them when you are going on vacation and leaving your house unattended and just like in any city, don’t go flashing a wad of cash around. A home in Australia was robbed last week by two masked men, a few hours after an image of cash appeared on Facebook. posted by a 17-year-old girl who was helping count her grandmother's savings.
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Minecraft Being Played More Than Call of Duty According to Xbox Live

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:30 AM PDT

Call of Duty was such a massive hit that we knew it would take a very special game to get folks to stop playing it in favor of anything else. Well, now it looks like Minecraft is being played more than Call of Duty.
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Facebook Rumoured to Be Purchasing Face.com

Posted: 28 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT

It’s been rumoured that Facebook maybe looking to purchase the facial recognition service, provided by Face.com. With prices being circulated that Facebook is looking to pay around $80-$100 million for the acquisition of Face.com and its facial recognition technology.

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BBC Confirms No iPlayer App Planned For Windows Phone In The Immediate Future

Posted: 28 May 2012 06:48 AM PDT

Contrary to a Nokia spokesperson saying that a BBC iPlayer app was currently in development and only a few weeks way from being launched. The BBC has today confirmed that no such app is being planned and that it has no plans to develop one in the immediate future.

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Monster Shows off Three New Headphones

Posted: 28 May 2012 06:38 AM PDT

Monster no longer makes the popular Beats headphones after the split between the partners. Monster is still making headphones though and it has unveiled three new sets at the Monaco Grand Prix. The new headphones include the Diamond Tears, VEKTR, and Inspiration. All three sets promise style and quality sound.

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Dynaudio XEO 5 $4,500 Wireless Speaker Tower

Posted: 28 May 2012 06:37 AM PDT

Dynaudio has unveiled a new addition to their range in the form of the wireless Dynaudio XEO 5. Every Dynaudio XEO 5 speaker is hand built in Denmark and use a transmitter to project your audio wirelessly to the speakers, keeping unsightly wires to a minimum.

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Laptop Workstation Is Actually a Desk with Speakers and a USB Hub

Posted: 28 May 2012 06:31 AM PDT

It’s been long time since I’ve said the name The Sharper Image. It used to be that you couldn’t get away from commercials for the company’s air filtration devices. The latest product to surface from The Sharper Image is a laptop workstation that small and compact. Unlike most laptop desks that are designed to set your lap, this was more like a real desk in his own rollers.

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Yahoo Livestand iOS News App Bites The Dust

Posted: 28 May 2012 06:16 AM PDT

During the last Yahoo! earnings call, the company revealed that it was going to discontinue or consolidate a number of products across Yahoo!’s technology platforms during the course of 2012.

Unfortunately for some, one of those services to be closed down is the Yahoo! Livestand iOS news application. Yahoo! say they are moving to a more mobile-products-first development model, which follows on from the recent launch of Yahoo!’s Axis browser plug-in.

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PlanetSide 2 Massive Air Combat Teaser Trailer (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:56 AM PDT

Planetside 2 the sequel to the popular Planetside game launched back in 2003 by Sony Online Entertainment, and which is currently under development. Is hoping to build on the awesome gameplay and worlds of the first and take the popular game to the next level.

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Battlefield 3 : Close Quarters VFX Destruction Montage Trailer (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Anyone looking forward to the new Battlefield 3 Close Quarters themed expansion pack which is set to arrive next month for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, which adds a more close quarter fighting environment to Battlefield 3 for gamers.

Might be interested in this new teaser trailer which has been released by EA showing a little of the destructive force that can be applied to the environments within the new maps, arriving with Battlefield 3 Close Quarters.

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Assassin’s Creed 3 And Ghost Recon: Final Mission, PS Vita Games Spotted

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Over the weekend a couple of unannounced games have been spotted advertised for arrival on Sony’s latest portable gaming console the Sony PS Vita. The spotted games include the upcoming Assassins Creed 3, which is a little less of a surprise than the arrival of the Ghost Recon: Final Mission which were both spotted on retailer websites.

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Absinthe Jailbreak Used On 1 Million iOS Devices Over The Weekend

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:12 AM PDT

On Friday the Chronic Dev team released the new Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreak for Apple’s iOS devices, the jailbreak works on a number of Apple’s iOS devcies which are running iOS 5.1.1.

It would appear that the Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak was incredibly popular over the weekend as it was used to jailbreak almost one million iOS devices in just a couple of days.

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Nvidia Cloud Graphics Used In Hawken Mech FPS Game Demonstrated (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 05:04 AM PDT

Nvidia has this week released a new video demonstrating next generation cloud graphics gaming, on their highly anticipated Hawken FPS game, that will be launching this fall. Hawken an upcoming independent multiplayer mech first person shooter combat game currently under development by Adhesive Games.

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Samsung Registers Galaxy Rush, Galaxy Helm And Galaxy Amp Trademarks

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Samsung has been registering quite a few different trademarks for smartphones and tablets over the last few months, and now it looks like Samsung has registered three more to add to its Galaxy range.

The latest Samsung trademark filings were filed recently and they are for the Samsung Galaxy Helm, the Samsung Galaxy Rush and the Samsung Galaxy Amp.

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Steampunk Devon Tread 1 Watch (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:39 AM PDT

We have featured a number of different version of the Devon Tread 1 Watch here on Geeky Gadgets, including the latest bullet proof version. Now the California-based watch maker Devon has unveiled a steampunk version of their very unique Tread 1 Watch watch. The new Steampunk version has made the jump from concept to production thanks to customer feedback and intrest in the design.

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Android 4.0 ICS Running On Sony Xperia S (Video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:37 AM PDT

Sony recently announced that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sony Xperia S would be released at the beginning of June, and now a video has been leaked showing ICS running on the device.

The video of the Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was obtained by the guys over at SonyXP.com, have a look at the video below.

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Daylight Viewfinder for iPhone (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:25 AM PDT

If you have ever tried taking a photo using your iPhone on a sunny day you will already know the difficulties you come across when trying to view the iPhone’s screen.

Paul Anderson is hoping to help iPhone users overcome this problem, with a new design for a daylight iPhone viewfinder he has designed, and published on the Kickstarter website. Watch the video after the jump to hear Paul take you through his new invention.

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SIM Free Nokia Lumia 900 Now Available In The UK

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:23 AM PDT

The Nokia Lumia 900 has been available in the UK for a while now with a range of mobile carries, and we just got an email from the guys over at Unlocked Mobiles to let us know they now have the SIM free version of the Nokia Lumia 900 available.

The SIM free Nokia Lumia 900 is available for £445.98 including taxes and it comes with the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

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GameStop Now Stocking Android Tablets In Over 1,600 Stores

Posted: 28 May 2012 04:11 AM PDT

Following on from the rumour reported earlier this month that GameStop might begin to sell refurbished MacBooks. GameStop has announced this week that they have begun to stock and sell Android tablets at over 1,600 of their U.S. stores.

Tablets such as the Acer Iconia Tab A200 and ASUS TF300T and Toshiba Excite 10 are now available to purchase priced at $300, $400 and $450 respectively.

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Groupon Testing Mobile Payments Service Similar To Square

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:59 AM PDT

It has been revealed this week by the Venture Beat website that Groupon, the deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies, is now testing and developing a payment gateway along the lines of Square, developed and created by Jack Dorsey creator of Twitter.

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Self Stirring Pan Uses Thermodynamics To Provide More Efficient Cooking (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:34 AM PDT

A self stirring pan called the Kuru-Kuru Nabe or "Pot Round and Round", which has no mechanical or moving parts has been invented by a Japanese dentist Hideki Watanabe, and been revealed this week.

The Kuru-Kuru Nabe pan has been designed with a special sculptured base and sides, which then use the properties of thermodynamics to automatically stir the pans contents when liquids within are heated.

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Awesome Scamander High-Speed Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:12 AM PDT

The Scamander all -terrain vehicle is the brain child of Peter Wheeler, once owner of British sport car maker TVR for 23 years. But unfortunately before the Scamander design could be realised and before completion of the project, Wheeler died.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Headed To T-Mobile 11th July?

Posted: 28 May 2012 03:07 AM PDT

We know that the Samsung Galaxy Note is headed to US mobile carrier T-Mobile, and now it looks like we may have a possible launch date for the handset on T-Mobile.

According to TMO News, the Samsung Galaxy Note will be available on T-Mobile from Wednesday the 11th of July, although this date has yet to be confirmed by T-Mobile.

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Circle Printer Concept

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:58 AM PDT

Designer Yang Jae Wook has created an innovative take on the humble printer, re-designing the traditional rectangular design in to something a little more rounded.

If you only need to print documents now and again, the circular design of the concept printer allows the device to take up much less desktop space than traditional printers. Freeing up space that would normally be wasted on larger devices that you would only use sparingly.

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Posted: 28 May 2012 02:40 AM PDT

LG has announced that they have sold over three million LTE enabled smartphones around the world, which could make LG one of the most popular LTE smartphone manufacturers.

LG has released a number of LTE enabled handsets over the last year which include the LG Revolution which was one of their first LTE handsets, the LG Optimus LTE, and the recently announced LG Optimus LTE II.

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Habey BIS-6569A Embedded Mini PC Unveiled

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:28 AM PDT

Habey has unveiled a new embedded mini PC they have created in the form of the Habey BIS-6569A, that is equipped with a low powered 10W Intel Atom D2700 processor clocked at 2.13GHz, which can be supported by up to 4GB of DDR3 memory.

The Habey BIS-6569A mini PC measures just 7.5 x 7.5 x 2.5 inches in size and is also fitted with a Nvidia GeForce GT520 GPU with 1GB of dedicated GDDR3 video memory. Providing it with the capability to produce display resolutions of up to 2560×1600 via its HDMI port.

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Renault Demos Alpine A110-50 Concept Supercar (Video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Renault has released a video and some photos of a new Aline concept supercar, the Renault Alpine A110-50, and the company unveiled this new concept carat this years Monaco Grand Prix which took place over the weekend.

The Renault A110-50 takes its design inspiration and styling from the Renault DeZir concept that was shown off a few years ago, it will have a 24 valve V6 engine and is capable of around 400 hp.

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Cisco Pulls The Plug On Its Cius Android Tablet

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Cisco has this week announced that its will be closing down production of its Cisco Cius tablet, which was designed for enterprise clients. The Cisco Cius Android based tablet was priced at around $750, and was announced on June 29th at Cisco Live 2010.

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Motorola Demos Their New Android 4.0 UI (Video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:05 AM PDT

Motorola recently announced that both the Motorola RAZR and RAZR Maxx would be getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update sometime before the end of this quarter.

Now Motorola has released a couple of demo videos showing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on their devices along with their new custom Android 4.0 user interface.

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V-Moda Crossfade M-80 Headphones With BLISS Noise Isolation Technology

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:55 AM PDT

V-Mode has launched a new addition to their range in the form of the Crossfade M-80 White Pearl headphones which are now available to purchase for around $230. The V-Mode Crossfade M-80 White Pearl headphones are equipped with 40mm Dual-Diaphragm drivers, together with BLISS noise isolation technology.

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Microsoft’s New Xbox 720 To Come With Skype Integration?

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:52 AM PDT

We know that Microsoft is working on their next generation Xbox console, which is rumored to be called the Xbox 720, and now it would appear that the new Xbox 720 may come with some sort of Skype integration.

Microsoft purchased Skype last year, a new job listing at Microsoft has revealed some plans that Microsoft has for Skype on their next generation Xbox consoles, which you can see below.

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Frontrow Camera App Lets You Zoom And Capture YouTube Live Streams (video)

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:39 AM PDT

A new application has been created that allows you to capture pictures from YouTube’s live streams and share them via your social networks. The new camera application called Frontrow has been developed by and Australian team and has made its first appearance at the Vivid LIVE, “an artist-driven festival, defined by special commissions, one-off events and Australian premieres” from May 25 – June 3

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BBC iPlayer Arriving On Windows Phone In Next Few Weeks

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

A Nokia representative has revealed to the Inquirer website that, the BBC iPlayer will be coming to Windows Phone handsets “in weeks”. Nokia is still yet to make any official announcements regarding the arrival of the new BBC iPlayer service to their range of smartphone running Windows Phone. But its expected that the application will arrive in the Windows Phone Marketplace very shortly.

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Nokia Lumia 900 Batman Edition Headed To The UK

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:25 AM PDT

Some of our readers will remember the limited edition Nokia Lumia 800 Dark Knight smartphone that Nokia revealed a while back, the handset was available in very limited quantities.

According to the guys over at Pocket Lint, Nokia will be releasing a new Batman themed edition of their Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone handset, and it will be made available in the UK and Europe over the next few weeks.

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PayPal Announces New Mobile Payment Deal With 15 Retailers

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:05 AM PDT

It looks like PayPal has decided to expand its mobile payments as the company has signed a deal with 15 new retailers in the US, PayPal previously announced a deal earlier in the year with retailer The Home Depot.

The 15 new retailers which are listed below, will offer PayPal mobile payments throughout 2,000 stores in the US, and PayPal are looking to add another 20 more retailers before the end of the year.

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Sony Confirms No Android 4.0 For Xperia Play

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:55 AM PDT

Whern Sony announced their android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update list, one of the devices that was on the list was the Xperia Play, and last week we heard that the handset had been removed from the list.

Sony has already released a beta Android 4.0 ROM for the Xperia Play for users to test, but the news that the device had been removed from the list lead to speculation that the Xperia Play would not be getting the Android 4.0 update.

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Samsung Galaxy S III Gets Reviewed

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:36 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy S III will go on sale in the UK tomorrow, and in the US next month, with a rumored launch date of the 20th of June, the handset comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and has a number of impressive specifications.

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Apple To Sell Nest Thermostat In Retail Stores?

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:20 AM PDT

The Nest Thermostat was announced last year, and the device was invented by former Apple employee Tony Fadell, who was the Senior Vice President of Apple’s iPod division.

The Nest is an electronic thermostat that can be used to control your houses temperature, and it works over WiFi and the Internet, the device has become quite popular and it looks like it could become even more popular as according to a recent rumor it may end up been sold in Apple’s retail stores.

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Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In US June 20th

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:09 AM PDT

When Samsung officially announced their new flagship Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, the company said that it would launch in Europe in May and in the US in June.

The Samsung Galaxy S III will go on sale in the UK tomorrow, the 29th of May, Samsung has yet to officially announce a launch date for the US, but it is starting to look like the handset will land in the US on the 20th of June.

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Amazon To Offer Pre-paid Mobile Service In Japan

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Amazon has plans to offer a pre-paid mobile service in Japan, the company has teamed up with Japan’s NTT Docomo and will be offering a pre-paid SIM card for 1980 Yen which works out at about $25.

The pre-paid SIM cards from Amazon will be compatible with NTT Docomo’s LTE network, and will offer users a cheaper option than some of the existing smartphone contracts in Japan which normally cost users between $60 and $75 per month.

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AndyPad Tablet Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update

Posted: 27 May 2012 11:51 PM PDT

Some of our readers will remember the AndyPad, a budget Android 7 inch tablet that launched last year, good news if you own one as the company behind the AndyPad has released an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the device.

As a reminder, the AndyPad features a 7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, it comes with 8GB of built in storage and a microSD card slot which can take up to 32GB of storage, plus WiFi and a 6hr battery.

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RIM To Lay Off 2,000 Staff In Restructuring Plan?

Posted: 27 May 2012 11:31 PM PDT

RIM doesn’t seem to be able to do anything right at the moment, the company which was at one time one of the worlds most popular smartphone makers has seen its sales decline over the last few years.

Back in 2011, RIM sacked around 10 percent of its global workforce, over 2,000 employees, and now according to a report by All Things D, RIM is considering doing the same thing again.

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Facebook Hires Ex Apple Engineers For Facebook Smartphone

Posted: 27 May 2012 11:09 PM PDT

We have been hearing rumors that Facebook are working on their own Facebook Phone for quite a while, although Facebook have always denied that they would be releasing any kind of hardware, and instead said that they would be concentrating on mobile software.

According to a recent report by Nick Bilton of the NYT, Facebook have been hiring ex Apple engineers, and has apparently hired more that half a dozen who previously worked on Apple’s iPhone to work on a new Facebook smartphone.

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LG Announces 5 Inch Full HD Retina Smartphone Display

Posted: 27 May 2012 10:56 PM PDT

LG has announced a new 5 inch smartphone display that comes with a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, this means it will be able to handle full HD content in 1080p just like your HDTV.

This new display from LG is an LCD panel with Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS) and it features a pixel density of 440ppi plus an aspect ratio of 16:9.

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