TECHNOLOGY

A new social photo-taking game app launched by CollegeHumor has been launched for iPhone and it's called Bout. The photo-taking app challenges players to compete with each other by submitting images that answer funny prompts.

Escaping from the temple ruins and dungeons while dodging traps beats out the powers of super-powered birds. Imangi Studios made history with Temple Runs2 as it became the fastest growing mobile game, displacing Rovio's pet app. Temple Run 2 soared with 50 million downloads in just 13 days from its release.

The debut of Blackberry 10 and its carrier unit Blackberry Z10 delivered new features, new improvements, and overall changes from its previous generation. Blackberry specialises in maximum security and is mainly used for corporate functions due to its great email features, business tools, and scheduling. iPhone 5 delivers not only the latest technology when it comes to hardware but also fluid and smooth performance for its user.

Riding on the popularity of Psy's Gangnam Style which continues to gain more hits, the world-famous Philippine dancing inmates from Cebu Province made a video performing the dance before 2012 and it has garnered so far more than 6.4 million hits in just four months.

The BlackBerry Z10 is officially out and all eyes are focused on what fresh offerings will the new handset bring to the table after successive quarters of struggles and disappointments.

A video of an 84-year-old grandfather playing Black Ops 2 and Halo 4 with his grandchildren is going viral on YouTube. The candid footage, uploaded only three days ago, has since received over 600,000 views.

Nexus 4 white variant, a Google smartphone featuring a two-tone side, could soon hit the gadget stores near you. The LG-manufactured device is now available again at the Google Play Store (at least for U.S. and Germany users), and its availability coincides with leaked photos of a white model.

Reports claimed that the powerful HTC M7 will make its debut ahead the upcoming Mobile World Congress next month.

Alicia Keys is now onboard the newest campaign for BlackBerry as the global creative director for the company.

Two HTC events will be simultaneously staged in London and New York on Feb 19, that much the Droid DNA maker has confirmed. Almost immediately, the buzz went wild that finally the HTC M7 will arrive following months of frenzied speculation.

New rumours claimed that upcoming iPhone 6 will cost less than rival Samsung Galaxy S4.

iPad mini 2 and Nexus 7.7 could hit the gadget stores this year, if persisting rumours prove true. One is an Apple, the other is from Google. Each gadget is not for everyone, but there is an overlap in market when it comes to certain specs. Here is a quick look into rumours surrounding the two devices.

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will be a no-show at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, a new report said, but the South Korean will remain an active participant in the annual tech event, showing off other gadget products.

The Samsung Galaxy onslaught continues and the latest to be introduced by the tech giant is the quad-core Galaxy Pop, reportedly for exclusive appreciation of South Korean fans that needs to pay roughly $650 to own the smartphone.

Samsung recently tweeted that the Galaxy Note 3 official release date will occur during the annual Mobile World Congress this February 24 through 28 in Barcelona, Spain.

In 2012, a record of 700 million units has been shipped across the globe with Samsung and Apple owning half of the market, according to the new research of Strategy Analytics.

Research in Motion (RIM) indeed polished their operating system and the result is that Blackberry 10 offers a fresh new look for the audience. The anticipation by many of the Blackberry comeback has been paid well with the overhauling and reinvention of the mobile operating system reflecting the effort, blood, tears and sweat of its contributors.

Symbian OS was the dominant smartphone computing platform until 2010 when Android OS conquered its territory. It was once under the full control of Nokia and many of their smartphone units run the OS.

The new Samsung Galaxy Express was unveiled at international markets yesterday.

An alleged photo of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 hinted the imminent release date of the device.

Details of the groundwork within North Korea is finally visible thanks to the efforts of crowdsourcing and the power of Google Map Maker.

Microsoft’s Surface Pro, powered by the full Windows 8 version, is coming out with an advertised storage capacity of 128GB and 64GB. But a new report has indicated that only a fraction of that memory will be available for users to enjoy.

Nexus 4 and Xperia Z, flagship smartphones of Google and Sony, respectively, are two of the latest NFC (Near Field Communications)-enabled devices to hit Australia early this year. Forecasts suggest more mobile users will switch to NFC gadgets in 2013. Which of these much-anticipated phones will get the bigger market slice?

Needless to say, so much anticipation is building up on the superpower smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4 and as we near its reported April 2013 launch tech experts are listing the specs they believe would make millions of jaws drop in awe.

Apple just released an upgraded version of iPad 4 bumped with huge 128GB storage capacity.

Apple released an upgraded version of iPad 4 bumped with huge 128 GB storage capacity amidst the ongoing rumours towards its successor – iPad 5.

Google Nexus 4 could be available soon for gadget shoppers who have been itching to get the smartphone since late last year. From "Sold Out," the status for the LG-manufactured device has been changed to "Temporarily out of stock" in the Google Play Store. Consumers are advised to "keep a sharp eye" on the Nexus 4 page.

Finally Nexus 4 is back on Google Play store and blog reports have indicated that buyers in the United States, Canada and Germany can start placing orders. They only need to wait maximum of 14 days for the smartphone to arrive.

Google Maps have recently released an update containing a detailed map of the isolated country, North Korea. The update was released three weeks after the visit of Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, to Pyongyang.