Articles about mobile technologies
A serious security flaw was addressed in the most recent iOS and OS X updates. The issue was related to the inability to validate the authenticity of an SSL connection. While true of any network connectivity, the greatest danger was while using public wi-fi […]
For those who may be unaware; Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head mounted display. As the name suggests, worn just like a pair of glasses… Google Glass is still very much in the development stage so has not yet been made
Cloud storage service ‘Box’ has announced it’s giving away 50GB of free storage for users who try the new version of its Apple iOS app: We couldn’t be more excited to announce that today we are releasing our brand new, completely rebuilt Box for iPhone® and
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Amazon Knows What You Want Even Before You Do The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon has received a patent for “anticipatory shipping.” Products could start making their way to your door before you even order them. Amazon could use your searches, previous orders and, yes,
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Online Shopping Surge Makes for Unhappy Christmases A larger than anticipated surge of shoppers ordering their gifts the weekend before Christmas, coupled with a shortened shopping season and a nasty storm in the Midwest, caused some packages to not make it under the tree for
Send Direct Messages in Instagram Instagram has announced a new feature called Instagram Direct. This is a private messaging feature that will allow users to send a photo or video privately to up to fifteen followers. Unlike other messaging services such as Twitter and WhatsApp,
In the past, Apple has offered its 12 Days of Gifts free downloads in its iTunes Stores in Canada, some of Europe and Asia as well as a few other countries. The US iTunes Store was left out in the cold. This year, the free
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Sickweather is an app that lets you see what illnesses are around you. Analyzing public tweets and Facebook posts, it maps out reported illnesses. The idea is that you can be forewarned of any illness outbreaks in your vicinity and take precautions. For me,
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Free BlackBerry, Anyone? In an effort to unload their BlackBerry Z10 stock, Verizon is offering the phone for free and it is just 49 cents at AT&T. A two-year contract is required, of course. The Z10 was originally priced at $199 by both carriers. But
Apple released an updated version to its mobile operating system, iOS 7.0.4. Included in the update are bug fixes, security patches as well as some improvements. The latest update fixes a FaceTime issue for some that caused video calls to fail. An update has
According to a multitude of press reports, an iPad Air exploded this week in a Vodafone store in Canberra Australia, sending a stream of sparks flying from the device’s charging port and filling the store with smoke. Emergency services were called, the store evacuated, and
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Astronomers Discover Most Distant Galaxy The galaxy is the most distant galaxy that has been discovered and has been designated at z8_GND_5296. It took light from the galaxy about 13 billion years to reach the Keck Observatory in Hawaii and the Hubble Space Telescope. Both
Microsoft Tablet – RT No More Microsoft has dropped the RT designation from its 1st-generation RT-equipped tablet, referring to it as the Surface. Last year’s tablet was originally called the Surface RT and even, for awhile, Surface with Windows RT. In addition, the default desktop
