Articles about mobile technologies
The past couple of days have seen a furor erupt over the shenanigans of two popular apps for iPhone. The ‘Path’ social media application, which is readily available via the Apple App Store and described as “the smart journal that helps you share life with […]
iPhone apps collecting sensitive data without permission Read More »
Google has just released a version of Chrome for use on Android driven devices, but with one massive limitation. It is only available for those devices running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android. As with many of Google’s early release products, Chrome for Android
My iPhone battery never seemed to last long enough. I heard about cases that had a reserve battery built into them but was leery about the additional weight. I had also tried the standard things to conserve battery life (turn off Notifications and Location Services,
Here in Indianapolis, the city, the public, and businesses have been gearing up for the Super Bowl for over a year now. With the big game coming up in just a few days, the city is abuzz with Super Bowl news and talk. Every news
The Big Three wireless carriers have been practicing for the Super Bowl for months Read More »
According to Dante D’Orazio at The Verge, the SlingPlayer app for the Kindle Fire will be available tomorrow for $29.95. Read his hands-on review. We have been watching for this app since my husband got a Kindle Fire when they came out in November. According
There are many ways to skin a cat, and probably even more ways to measure mobile platform dominance. Not long after Motorola’s first Droid smartphone reached 1 million copies sold, Google, Apple, the media, and fanboys everywhere have all used different tactics and statistics for
Digiarty, the developers of the well respected WinX range of DVD/video software first launched its free Air Playit software supporting iPod, iPhone and iPad some months back. Now Digiarty has just released the Air Playit software for Android. For the uninitiated: Air Playit provides
Hardware manufacturers debuted super speed USB 3.0 all the way back in January of 2010 (eons ago by today’s standard cycle of product releases), but even two years later, few people are actually using the connections. At CED in January of 2010, 17 USB 3.0
Like all great tech, USB 3.0 has major mobile plans Read More »
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is underway in Las Vegas this week, and as always, I’ve been salivating over many of the lust-worthy new devices, such as the upcoming PC line from Vizio I previewed yesterday. When I saw news from several different
On January 9th, 2007, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld keynote address. At the time, it was arguably a truly revolutionary product. While BlackBerry and Palm offered their own ‘smartphones’, nothing could compare to the aesthetics, features and ease of use of the
Avast has recently released its free security app for use on Android devices, such as T-Mobile new cell phones. Simply named ‘Avast Mobile Security’, the app includes an extensive set of Android specific security features, including real time protection, malicious app scanning, premium SMS blocking,
Avast Mobile Security: extensive Android security app Read More »
Beware, iTunes users! There is a new phishing campaign aimed at you! As described in Intego’s Mac Security Blog, the email tries to direct you to a bogus website to confirm your billing information. The email is from applied@id.apple.com. Delete it!!!! For more information, see
I recently took the plunge and moved from MobileMe to iCloud. My move to iCloud was not urgent since MobileMe will still be available to subscribers until June 30th but I felt it was time to make the move. iCloud was announced by Steve Jobs
So the 10-day 10 Billionth download celebration sale ended in the Android Market over the weekend. Now, the 10-cent sale page takes you to a listing of all of the apps that were available for 10-cents along with their normal pricing. If you
Final update – Android Market celebrates 10 billionth download with 10-cent app sale Read More »
