If you’re reading our site you probably have heard of Koushik Dutta for his Windows Mobile APIs or his Android exploits. Well Sony reached out to him in connection with a software engineer job at Sony and he informed them that he couldn’t work for Sony because of the legal actions they’ve brought against George … Read more
If you’re a Windows phone user that uses FourSquare then go download 4th & Mayor. It’s free and it embarrasses the official app (which has a 2 star rating). Here’s a side by side to give you a quick overview: Now add to that, that the look and feel utilizes Metro to its fullest and … Read more
Nexus S brothers, I came across a couple new radios you might want to flash. First go into About Phone and check which baseband you’ve got, next do some speed tests both with cellular and with wifi, do some signal level tests if you’re inclined, maybe see how fast you can toggle airplane mode, then … Read more
A new app hit the marketplace called SuperTube and it has a unique feature. You can download YouTube videos locally. The reason it’s unique is because there’s no access for devs to the Video directory of Windows Phones. So how did they get around it? Well as far as I can tell they’ve localized it … Read more
I’m sure most of you have either gotten fed up or given up on minimizing the amount of time spent on my phone just so my battery would last all day. And I don’t mean an actual day, we’ve gotten accustomed to being happy with our phones when they survive a lowly workday. My Dell … Read more
New to the Windows Phone marketplace for Samsung users is an app called Ebook. Any guesses on what it is? Here’s their description: ebook is an application to help you read ebooks. There are three panorama screens which show you what you are currently reading, your local library and the internet ebook shop. It has … Read more
So after hearing about this auto resume registry hack I had to give it a go. I mean, if all you need to do is make one registry change [HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftTaskHostDehydrateOnPause=0] and I can always switch it back, well there’s no reason not to try it. Well not only does it autoresume from a lockscreen quicker … Read more
Got a cool trick up my sleeve to dazzle a client with to prove you care about them more than you care about not pissing off a Black Swan audience (some guy got shot in France for that you know, great movie), that in addition to being able to contact you normally they are also … Read more
When we speak about an open market there are lots of benefits to it but if the market is so open that anyone can upload anything, from viruses to pirated software, you probably went too far. The Guardian spoke to Android developer’s about the ease of pirating Android applications and then uploading them to the … Read more
Intuit (yeah the TurboTax/Quicken/QuickBooks people) have just released Intuit GoPayment Credit Card Terminal for Windows Phones. As the name suggests, it lets you accept credit cards from your phone. Here’s the official description and so you know, the app is free but the service has charges: Use your Windows 7 phone to easily and securely … Read more
Microsoft has been keeping a steady stream of apps coming and two more official apps hit the Marketplace today. First up in Rise4Fun: Discover and play with the latest software engineering tools from Microsoft Research right in your phone! Rise4fun features 15+ advanced tools that deal with software testing, verification, concurrency, empirical studies, theorem proving … Read more
After a long wait, we finally got the date that Verizon would launch the HTC ThunderBolt, their much anticipated 4G LTE device running Android. The ThunderBolt would go live March 17th and be priced at $249.99 with a two year contract for all new and existing customers. Then we got word that Wirefly would (as … Read more