Microsoft starts selling its Surfaces through resellers

Microsoft is expanding distribution of its Surface tablet/PC devices via authorized distributors and resellers, company officials announced on July 1. Starting in the U.S., Microsoft is authorizing CDW, CompuCom, En Pointe, Insight, PC Connection, PCM, Softchoice, Softmart, Software House International and Zones to sell Surface Pro and RT devices. "Over the next few months," Microsoft officials...

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These Pics Could Be the Colorful New Entry-Level iPhone

This could be the new low-cost iPhone, encased in plastic instead of metal and adorned with cartoonish colors. So far it's an enigma wrapped in a rumor based on speculation, but there's a bit of evidence behind this alleged leak of the low-cost iPhone. On Saturday, a picture of a green version of this alleged iPhone surfaced, but now there's an additional leak. In these pics from Chinese site...

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Install Android 4.3 On Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Right Now!

Download and try your hands on Android 4.3 on your UI topped Samsung Galaxy S4 with this leaked testware of Android 4.3! Saturday, June 29, 2013:  Sammobile recently managed to get hold of the very...

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How to Update Samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7100 with Cyanogen Mod 10.1 Custom Jellybean 4.2.2 Firmware

New update from Cyanogen Mod has recently come for Samsung galaxy note 2 N7100. This new custom build has the latest firmware base as android 4.2.2 jellybean. More important factor about this release is the stability of this CM 10.1 build. According to developers review it’s the highly stable build of CM 10.1 ever for the galaxy note 2. As a custom update, it need root access and unlock boot loader....

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OUYA Gaming Console Already Sold Out on Amazon

Well, that was quick. Just hours after going on sale in the U.S., Canada and the UK, the OUYA gaming console was already sold out Tuesday morning on Amazon, though other retailers still had it in stock. Amazon, which was selling the device for $99, told customers that the item was temporarily out of stock. However, as of Tuesday morning, Target and Best Buy were still carrying OUYA. GameStop noted that...

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Why Businesses Should 'Act Human' on Facebook

No matter how much thought you put into your social media strategy, the real world can always interfere. Robert Reimann spent more than a week hashing out a plan to boost sales and engagement on the Facebook page for his bike tour business, after being matched with Shane Johnston, a social media marketing consultant from Mashable's Small Business Panel. With Johnston's help, Reimann would launch a contest...

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3 Ways Paid Social Ads Can Explode Your Content

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Content marketing –- creating and distributing relevant content to attract, acquire, and engage your target audience –- has become a popular marketing tactic over the past few years. But although most companies understand how...

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The little niceties of Apple's iOS interface

Out of last week's Worldwide Developer's Conference in San Francisco comes word of a new, clever, and perhaps useful feature in iOS 7: dynamic icons. At The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), Steven Sande writes that developers have noted that the forthcoming icon for the Clock app will have a moving second hand and show the correct time down to the second. The current, static icon...

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6 Spotify Apps You'll Use Every Day

With more than 15 million songs on Spotify, deciding what to listen to can be overwhelming. This list highlights the best Spotify apps for discovering new music, reading album reviews and exploring the social buzz of emerging bands. What's your favorite app on Spotify right now? Let us know in the comments section below. 1. Fuse Best for: Creative playlists The Fuse Spotify app is a perfect...

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Apple VP Rushed iBooks Deal While Steve Jobs Was Alive

Apple senior Vice President Eddy Cue told a Manhattan courtroom Thursday that he rushed through the process of making deals with publishers — so that Steve Jobs could unveil the iBooks store on stage while the Apple founder was still alive. Cue is at the center of an antitrust trial where Apple stands accused of fixing prices of e-books at an artificially high level. Department of Justice prosecutors...

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