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To be honest, I’m writing this post based solely on the awesome name of this iOS-compatible headphone amp: the Mobile Music Pump. What is it? An amp to boost the puny output from your iPhone’s headphone jack to make big headphones sound better. According to the maker, NuForce, over-the-ear (OE) headphones need 10x more power than the equivalent in-ear (IE) headphones to do the same job. That makes sense – the OE cans are bigger after all. It’s just over two-inches long and just 22 grams (less than an ounce) in weight, and will make your headphones “sound distinctly clearer and more natural.” I don’t know. It’s already a pain to take a big pair of headphones out of the house with me. Now I need a separate amp as well? And it’ll need charging, too – the battery life is rated at 8 hours. I like great-sounding music as much as the next man, but I’ll stick with my Koss Porta Pros for now. The Mobile Music Pump is just $60. Source: NuForce Related StoriesMicrosoft’s New Windows 8 Ad Uses Siri To Mock The iPad [Video]Sound for Disasters: Eton’s Tough New Rukus Bluetooth Speaker is Solar-Powered, SplashproofAnalyst: Don’t Plan To See An iWatch Until Later In 2014, But It Will Probably Use BiometricsOne Ruggedized UE BOOM Bluetooth Speaker is Cool, But Two Gets You Stereo SoundMap Camera Adds Maps To Your Photos

You know how all your photos have a ton of extras tucked inside? Like – to pick a completely random example – the GPS data. And yet, whenever you send your vacation photos to your mom, she mails back to ask “where is that cool restaurant with the camel and the statue of Elvis outside?” or somesuch thing. Of course, you want to scream “Just look in the EXIF data, you idiot!” but, bring a good son/daughter, you just tell her. Again. Well, a new app for the iPad and iPhone will help you make the implicit explicit. It’s called Map Camera. Map Camera adds – surprise! – maps to your photos, either as you take them or afterwards. You can have it add the map itself or just a timestamp and location. And if you export photos they retain all EXIF data, unlike exporting from some apps I could mention (cough iPhone cough). And it’s not just good for vacation photos. Want to invite somebody to a soirée at your home or office? Snap a picture with Map Camera and you have a ready-made invite. The app is available now for a mere $2. It’s worth that just so you never get another location question from your mother. Source: iTunes Store Related StoriesiPhone Case Makers Collide: Otterbox Has Bought LifeProofMicrosoft’s New Windows 8 Ad Uses Siri To Mock The iPad [Video]Sound for Disasters: Eton’s Tough New Rukus Bluetooth Speaker is Solar-Powered, SplashproofAnalyst: Don’t Plan To See An iWatch Until Later In 2014, But It Will Probably Use BiometricsOne Ruggedized UE BOOM Bluetooth Speaker is Cool, But Two Gets You Stereo Sound

An Apple invention filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office describes a method in which a single app provides multiple user interfaces that can be modified according to the type of device being used as a display.

Following a formal unveiling last week at a press event in London, Nokia has brought its new Lumia 925 handset to Las Vegas for CTIA's spring expo. Electronista had a chance to try out the T-Mobile edition, which pairs the company's traditional Lumia form and premium camera features with a new aluminum frame....

I'm not one to play much poker, if any. If I'm going to sit around a table with a bunch of dudes and play anything, it's going to be Risk. Or maybe Star Frontiers. That would change, however, if the dudes were Claptrap from Borderlands, Brock Samson from The Venture Bros., Sam from Sam & Max, and (are you kidding me?!) Ash from Army of Darkness. These are your opponents in Poker Night 2.Continue reading Poker Night 2 for iOS brings Ash, Claptrap, more to the tableRelated posts:Law & Order: Legacies, Episode 3 now available on iOSTelltale announces epic $0.99 sale on iOS gamesFirst episode of Walking Dead: The Game now on iOS

Near ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter on Wednesday released an updated Mac app with built-in Notification Center integration and, more importantly, a system-wide two-factor authentication solution for heightened account security.

  It’s unlikely that the Jawbone Jambox will be shoved off its throne anytime soon; not necessarily because it’s the best-sounding portable Bluetooth speaker out there, but because it was here first, and it made a huge splash (in part because, yes, it sounds pretty good). But I were to bet on a challenger, I might put my money on the smart new UE Boom. Not only is it ruggedized against drops and splashes, but it’s armed with two very unusual tricks. The first is that two Booms can become a stereo setup with the help of a free companion iOS or Android app; the second is its ability to blast sound in 360 degrees. Then there’s other good stuff, like the Boom’s special plasma-coated acoustic skin — which sounds like it jumped straight out of the latest Marvel flick, and lets the Boom shrug off stains and water. All this, coupled with a 15-hour li-ion battery and UE’s solid reputation for making stuff that sounds fantastic (like the UE Boombox, which we absolutely adored), means that we could be looking at an usurper of the the throne. The UE Boom will be available this month for $200. Related StoriesYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing ServiceYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing ServiceYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing ServiceSound for Disasters: Eton’s Tough New Rukus Bluetooth Speaker is Solar-Powered, SplashproofAnalyst: Don’t Plan To See An iWatch Until Later In 2014, But It Will Probably Use Biometrics

Samsung Electronics has announced that global channel sales of its Galaxy S4 has surpassed 10 million units shipped in less than one month after its commercial debut. Launched globally on April 27, the phone is estimated to be selling at a rate of four units per second. Shipments of the Galaxy S III reached the 10-million mark 50 days after its launch in 2012, while the Galaxy S II took five months and the Galaxy S seven months to reach the same milestone....

In a blog post today, aimed squarely at reports in both the Washington Post and the LA Times, Yelp’s Vice President of Communications Vince Sollitto refutes any claim of wrongdoing or pressure to advertise in exchange for hiding poor user reviews. Sollitto points to a third-party, ongoing study by Harvard and Yale professors that hasn’t shown a connection between advertising and Yelps proprietary filtering algorithms. He also notes that the few cases taken to court by business owners have been thrown out due to a lack of fact-based evidence. In addition, Sollitto writes, a simple Google search for sponsors of Yelp that also have poor rating keywords, like “rude staff” in them will show plenty of advertisers with bad Yelp ratings. His point is solid, though still pretty circumstantial. Showing that there are some restaurants out there with poor Yelp ratings who also advertise doesn’t prove anything about whether Yelp ad sales representatives have offered to bury poor reviews in the Yelp interface in mobile apps, for example. Still, Yelp does use automated software to float the “most helpful” reviews to the top of its interface on the web and mobile devices, with less helpful ones posed on a page of filtered reviews (about 20 percent of all reviews, according to Sollitto). Without full transparency about how the automated software works, we really don’t know what it does. Sollitto says that filtering reviews is a way to help keep restaurant owners from gaming the system. “So, in trying to prevent unethical wrongdoing on Yelp,” he writes, “Yelp gets accused of the same.” Unfortunately, even the appearance of impropriety can adversely affect a service like Yelp, and this blog post is an attempt to stem the tide of accusations from business owners toward the restaurant rating service. Sollitto says it best in his blog post, writing, “If consumers can’t trust Yelp’s content to give them an accurate prediction of their offline experience with a business, the site won’t be useful to anyone — consumers looking for great local businesses and great local businesses looking to be discovered by new customers.” Yelp is available on the iTunes App Store as well as on Google Play. Source: Yelp Blog Via: Electronista Related StoriesGoogle Brings New Voice Search Features To ChromeTwitter Finally Gets Two-Factor Authentication To Keep Accounts From Getting HackedPandora Updated To Let You Share Everything You Listen To On FacebookYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing ServiceYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing Service

In a blog post today, aimed squarely at reports in both the Washington Post and the LA Times, Yelp’s Vice President of Communications Vince Sollitto refutes any claim of wrongdoing or pressure to advertise in exchange for hiding poor user reviews. Sollitto points to a third-party, ongoing study by Harvard and Yale professors that hasn’t shown a connection between advertising and Yelps proprietary filtering algorithms. He also notes that the few cases taken to court by business owners have been thrown out due to a lack of fact-based evidence. In addition, Sollitto writes, a simple Google search for sponsors of Yelp that also have poor rating keywords, like “rude staff” in them will show plenty of advertisers with bad Yelp ratings. His point is solid, though still pretty circumstantial. Showing that there are some restaurants out there with poor Yelp ratings who also advertise doesn’t prove anything about whether Yelp ad sales representatives have offered to bury poor reviews in the Yelp interface in mobile apps, for example. Still, Yelp does use automated software to float the “most helpful” reviews to the top of its interface on the web and mobile devices, with less helpful ones posed on a page of filtered reviews (about 20 percent of all reviews, according to Sollitto). Without full transparency about how the automated software works, we really don’t know what it does. Sollitto says that filtering reviews is a way to help keep restaurant owners from gaming the system. “So, in trying to prevent unethical wrongdoing on Yelp,” he writes, “Yelp gets accused of the same.” Unfortunately, even the appearance of impropriety can adversely affect a service like Yelp, and this blog post is an attempt to stem the tide of accusations from business owners toward the restaurant rating service. Sollitto says it best in his blog post, writing, “If consumers can’t trust Yelp’s content to give them an accurate prediction of their offline experience with a business, the site won’t be useful to anyone — consumers looking for great local businesses and great local businesses looking to be discovered by new customers.” Source: Yelp Blog Via: Electronista Related StoriesGoogle Brings New Voice Search Features To ChromeTwitter Finally Gets Two-Factor Authentication To Keep Accounts From Getting HackedPandora Updated To Let You Share Everything You Listen To On FacebookYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing ServiceYelp Refutes Media Claims Of Impropriety In Its Restaurant Listing Service