Status icons in Facebook chat are a handy way for your friends to know a few basic things you’re doing at any given point. Currently, Facebook shows simple green dots for people online and actively using said service and a little mobile phone when they’re signed in on their mobile devices. So we’d naturally assume this new(?) controller icon found by one of our readers would indicate the Facebook user in question is actively engaged in a game. According to…

After a failed attempt to swallow up T-Mobile USA, AT&T was forced to hand over $3 billion in cash and dole out spectrum to T-Mobile for the hassle. While the cash exchange has already taken place, additional spectrum (perhaps more valuable) was held up by the FCC, awaiting a final “OK”. Today, that chunk of “break-up” spectrum was officially passed by the FCC meaning T-Mobile can further developer their network and prepare for their LTE launch…

Take a trip around the web searching the word “Klout” or phrase “Klout score” and you’ll find a nation divided. One side you’ll find people constantly dashing from one social network to the next trying to pump up their Klout score. On the other, you have a (usually) very vocal group decrying Klout’s uselessness and irrelevance. Whichever side you find yourself sitting on, know that Klout is just another online service to rank a…

Short version: Rip off and throw away any screen protector you have now and replace it with the Glas.t. Expanded Version: This tempered and oleophobic coated Glas.t screen protector is like a second display on your device. Now before you go worrying about added thickness and bulk, let us be very clear: You cannot see the Glas.t installed (if done properly) nor can you feel it. Well, you can feel the difference between how awesome smooth glass feels as opposed to grippy and…

Well, it came and went folks. Apple finally announced the highly anticipated 2012 WWDC this morning and in an unbelievable short time, tickets have sold out. Carrying a $1600 price tag didn’t stop developers from snagging up a ticket in hopes to see the latest and greatest for iOS and OS X from Apple. Apple is giving away 150 Scholarship tickets to those enrolled in either Mac Developers Program or iOS Developers Program and that are currently a student. So hurry up…

Linux users often get the shaft on a lot of things. Support for a number of software titles and hardware support is something many a Linux user live with on a daily basis. But to some, the act of handling all computer related tasks and management on their own as well as doing their own troubleshooting and support brings about a feeling that no half-assed console port could ever fulfill. That said, fragging through those same console ports like the rest of us is this…

Call yourself a car lover? Then you probably have a soft spot for Top Gear (British version), the best car enthusiasts show ever. At the same time, if you happen to spend a few hours each week lapping around Forza’s many miles of digital track you’re probably wishing you could blend the two together. Enter the Top Gear expansion pack for Forza 4. On May 1st, Microsoft will release their Top Gear racing pack bringing with it 10 new cars. 1977 AMC Pacer…

Verizon has had an on again/off again love affair with “global” phones – phones that carry CDMA support for the U.S. and a GSM radio for frequencies abroad. More often than not, however, the GSM radio is only supportive of GSM frequencies not used in the U.S. making any hackery to unlock and run on a local GSM carrier out of the question. But as it turns out, the newer generation of silicon inside of specific VZW phones is truly global, supporting foreign…

Instagram has always been somewhat of a popular iOS app. I remember when it was first released, every hipster on the street with an iPhone was snapping crappy pictures of their dull lives and ‘filtering’ them into a work of art. Since then, the photography app turned social media powerhouse is a household name. Those without iOS devices longed for a chance to snap pictures and create something to brag about. With the recent purchase by Facebook, for a wimpy 1…

Need 5.3″ of phablet in your hand, but one that also eschews AT&T’s wireless waves for something closer to the hue of magenta? Oh happy day. TmoNews stumbled on a few pictures a new, T-Mobile branded Galaxy Note. Besides a smorgasbord of T-Mobile apps and “T-Mobile” branding on on the top edge of the device there isn’t much new in the way of additions. For T-Mobile users looking for some stylus poking, phablet fun, however, the news is as…