I love mountain biking and still enjoy a good ride even though my single track days are nearly over. While taking a ride I have always been forced to keep my device in my CamelBak Mule Backpack while hitting the trails which meant I had to really listen for phone calls and could not use … Read more
We’ve seen browser wars and search engine wars and mobile operating wars and it’s pretty clear where the next battle will be fought – your TV. And expect the same players to be there – it’s Microsoft, Google and Apple coming right at you. Microsoft is continuing to show off Kinect and Xbox and how … Read more
Just thinking about the integration taking place across devices these days and it’s amazing how much more software goes into the OS these days and what this means for devs. I mean, we used to get a phone with a calendar, email, SMS, phone, calculator and a browser and add a few games and we … Read more
This will make a lot of devs happy. ExEn is a project by Andrew Russell that was community funded (so those that contribute get the benefits) that let you port XNA games to iOS and Silverlight and an Android port is going to follow shortly. And this will eventually become open-source. So a developer that … Read more
Seriously if some of the guys creating these fake apps put their minds to making legit apps thy could probably do some killer work because they deploy some pretty ingenious solutions. The latest Android threat is an ad that links you to a site that looks like the Android Market so you think you are … Read more
My father in law got an Android and maybe out of habit from using Windows decided to install an antivirus application. I cringed to hear this, thinking it’s an unnecessary waste of resources and if he wants to stay safe all he has to do is not enable sideloading (which he wouldn’t, and even if … Read more
That title is exactly ripped from MSNBC because it’s spot on. Turns out that the Google Image Search (beta beta beta) is not so hot. What it’s doing is getting pictures with similar looks and colors to it. So pop in a photo of Obama with all those flags behind it and it guesses you … Read more
Every day I read about; optimizing the OS to improve battery, task managers to kill apps to save battery, new screen technologies to minimize battery drain, new processors, modified multitasking, radio improvements, new memory schemes, all in an effort to maximize the potential uptime for our phone batteries. So, it appears obvious that OEMs consider … Read more
Sony has released an Android client for its popular music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity. Although the app is labelled as free in the Android Market, it requires you to be either a basic ($3.99 per month) or a premium subscriber ($9.99 per month). Whether the service is worth the subscription or not – we don’t know but you can find out yourself as
If you are a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 owner and always wanted to try the amazing Photosynth app by Microsoft for iOS on your device, today is your day. Sony Ericsson has released an app named ‘Panorama Beta’ which can take panoramic photos and it’s as easy to use as selecting…
Yes, Apple is releasing iMessage which is effectively BBM for iPhones. So you can send messages between iPhones without sending texts and get read receipts and that sort of stuff. If it sounds like BBM for iPhones it is and that’s the gift and the curse. As much as people love BBM, the huge limitation … Read more
You know those warnings when you get into a plane and they warn you to turn off cell phones and electronic devices and then you pretend like you turned it off and keep using it? Yeah well it turns out those warnings are real. ABC News retained a copy of confidential studies that report that … Read more