The iPhone mini Would Help Apple Reach 580 Million New Customers

Were Apple to make available a less expensive iPhone, it would allow the company to reach 580 million potential consumers. These users represent 65 percent of the smartphone market, according to AppleInsider.
Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray is out with his initial take on the so-called iPhone mini. The technology analyst believes that the device would not only prove successful, but also not hurt Apple’s profit margins.
He believe a low-cost iPhone would generate $6.5 billion in revenue for Apple in 2013 alone. He expects Apple to charge $199 for the phone, which will be geared towards emerging markets such as China.

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Windows Phone programming for iOS programmers (and iOS coding tips)

With the release of Windows Phone 8 and backed by (at least when it comes to Nokia) truly excellent and unique hardware manufacturers, Microsoft's mobile platform has become really interesting. Therefore, I, a seasoned iOS programmer (and iOS programming lecturer) decided to provide you, preferably an iOS programmer (or at least a geek interested in coding) a long tutorial series specifically tailored for fellow iOS programmers to greatly help getting up to speed with Windows Phone (WP for short) programming.

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Find Out Who Is Checking Out Your LinkedIn Profile

If you want to see if potential employers are viewing your resume Reddit user benjimusprime found any easy way to see who is viewing your profile. On the LinkedIn stats page you'll often see a message that "1 of these 10 industry professionals" has viewed your profile. Take a screenshot of the list of names and go back the next day where you will have 9 new randomly-generated "industry professionals" and the real person from yesterday who viewed your profile.
Who knows how long this exploit will work until LinkedIn updates their algorithm but until then enjoy finding out which potential employers are evaluating you.



Who knows how long this exploit will work until LinkedIn updates their algorithm but until then enjoy finding out which potential employers are evaluating you.

LinkedIn lets you discover who stalked your profile, but you have to be clever... | Reddit

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Samsung to test the waters with Tizen OS in 2013

Samsung and Android go together like peanut butter and jelly. Android wouldn’t have gained so much market dominance without Samsung’s Galaxy line, and that Galaxy lineup wouldn’t exist without Android. Surely these two would enjoy a long, peaceful relationship for the foreseeable future, right? Maybe not. Samsung is reportedly looking at launching several phones running Tizen instead of Android in 2013. Now, this isn’t weird for Samsung, as they do have other phones running Bada, although they don’t have the success Android does, but if Tizen does well enough in its initial Eastern launch, don’t be surprised to see Samsung slowly bring a few devices across the sea.
Samsung is understandably in a position where it really needs to make sure it isn’t too dependent on another partner, like Google. If Google were to take Android down a path that Samsung didn’t agree with, for instance, it wouldn’t hurt to have a backup plan. This is obviously speculation for something that won’t happen for another several years, so no one should worry about the Galaxy S IV running something other than our beloved Android. But if Samsung did launch a competing OS and app ecosystem, would any of you give it a chance?



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Crytek: Crysis 4 might not be an FPS

Prophet’s William Tell LARPing session takes a turn for the interesting.

After the glossy trilogy’s completion, Crytek could explore other genres for the Crysis franchise. Speaking to Dusty Cartridge, Crytek Producer Michael Read said he believed the don’t-call-it-Crysis-4 sequel would keep the saga going, but not necessarily as a shooter.


Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli’s dedication to solidifying a free-to-play version of Crysis might hint at future releases incorporating similar business models, but the studio hasn’t elaborated on its actual design plans. So long as I’m able to continually bewilder Tyler with nothing but an overgrown lawn, I’m up for anything.


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The Pirate Bay Is Down Across the Globe

If you sketchily poked on over to the Pirate Bay to do a little downloading of a legal, quasi-legal, or outright illegal nature recently, you may have noticed you can't get through. No, your ISP hasn't started blocking it; it's down for everyone, everywhere. Proxies too.
It's not uncommon for the Pirate Bay (or any site really) to have a spell of downtime now and then, but considering all the enemies the Bay has, there's always that lingering question: "Is this the time it doesn't come back?" So far the Pirate Bay admins haven't weighed in on a cause, but it's probably just a glitch, but you never know with these things. [TorrentFreak]

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Samsung Galaxy S IV tipped for May release

While we all know Samsung is preparing their next generation smartphone, today the folks from Samsung Lebanon posted to their Facebook Page and revealed some information — of sorts. During some discussion the release date of the upcoming device was brought up, and was clearly detailed as May of 2013. For those expecting a CES reveal, sorry to let you down.


We probably won’t see it at MWC either as Samsung will hold their own event for the Galaxy S IV specifically, just as they did with their new flagship Galaxy S III. They want their own stage, and the smartphone rightfully deserves one. The actual comment on Facebook was “The Galaxy SIV won’t be released before May 2013.” Which not only confirms the name, but also confirms its existence — even though we all know it’s coming.
Their yearly release schedule shouldn’t really be a surprise to anyone. Samsung released the Galaxy S II around the same April date, followed by the exact same thing with their Galaxy S III. Just like many others, they will release a new flagship each year around the same time. So this only makes sense and is no way anything extremely exciting.

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What we said is only trivial since all Galaxy S series are released between late April and Early May, yet there’s no way for anyone to know the exact release date ” – Samsung Lebanon

Then after a few blogs went wild with the news, Samsung’s Facebook page updated with the comment you see above. Basically stating exactly what we all thought. That the comment wasn’t trivial and we should all relax. With that news, we’ll just let you check out the multiple links, details, and leaks below that we’ve gathered on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S IV smartphone. Hopefully we see a few leaks soon and can all get excited.

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