Mobile
The verdict is in- according to the jury, Samsung infringed upon Apple, and must now pay the tech giant damages equal to $1.05 billion. It’s considerably less than Apple’s original asking price, but it’s still a very hefty sum. Not only that, Apple’s moving to get eight more Samsung products banned from sale in the United States-...
Most of us have used our phones as music players at some point, but we can also use them to share our tastes and get more info on our favourite artists and related music events. Here is a list of five favourite music apps for android: Last.fmThis is a mobile phone optimized version of the popular Last.fm social network. In some countries, it can be used as a...
Here is a list of ten web development tools that you may use on your iPhone. One is no better than the other is. The numbers do not indicate their rank or usefulness. 1. Analytics A handy little must have if you are the sort of person who is unable to gain access to a PC every day. If this is you then the “creatively” named app known as Analytics, may be for...
Ultimately, it’s the FCC that has the final say-so on what parts of the spectrum band a wireless carrier can use. Obviously, wireless carriers want as much as they can get to serve as many customers as posisble. The FCC has officially allowed AT&T to use a portion of the 2.3GHz spectrum. Some of you may be thinking, “Gee.. that’s awful...
To invoke Godwin’s Law right at the start here (because it would be guaranteed to come up anyway), yeah, um.. there’s really no way to interpret this other than a Nazi state maneuver or outright being Orwellian. Take your pick, because both apply. Warrantless wireless spying by the US government on anyone for any reason is basically here to stay. As...
I live in Florida so I don’t have to worry about cold weather (except for maybe one week a year). However the rest of the US and obviously other parts of the world have to deal with cold times coming soon, so you’d best prepare for it now. Fortunately, the preparation is quite easy. 1. Know your phone’s minimum operating temperature. I wrote...
It’s things like this that make you really wonder if owning Apple products are really worth it or not. As you can plainly see in the above video, Apple products are valuable. So valuable that there are thieves willing to ram an Apple store with a truck just to get the merchandise and fence it for a quick buck. Here’s an ugly truth about owning Apple...
There are drop tests, and then there are drop tests. In the above video, the Kindle Fire HD is dropped. On the corner. On the back. And on the front. On asphalt. I don’t think you could ask for a better real-world test. Now in case you don’t want to watch the video above, here’s how the Kindle Fire fared out. On the back drop, the chassis...
The above video is of an Ainol Novo Elf II. Never heard of it? Neither had I until I watched the video. It’s a 7-inch-screen 8GB Android tablet for – get this – 128 bucks at wholesale price. And to the best of my knowledge it’s not one of those “you have to buy 10 to get the price”. You can buy just one and get it for the...
It’s a pretty ordinary day for you. You’ve just gotten home from work (or from wherever you happen to spend your time during the week), and you’ve decided to putz about on the Internet for a while. Suddenly, you hear a rather strange, irritating sound- a series of rapid, loud buzzing sounds emanating from your speakers. Almost immediately...
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