Continuing it’s efforts to completely remove any android-related applications from iOS, Apple will reportedly start using a new map program when iOS6 is released. Apple is rumored to be readying iOS6 for preview at the upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference in June. Developed by C3 Technologies, the application is described as Google Earth on steroids. The landscape [...]
The latest rumblings about Windows 8 have Microsoft wrapping up the finishing touches on the operating system by the end of summer 2012. The release is now predicted for October, which would allow devices using the latest offering from the software giant to arrive in time for the holiday buying season. Rumors are that about [...]
For those who like to read comics, Barnes & Nobles is now letting you read those that were previously available only on the Nook on your seven-inch or larger android device.. Simply download the latest Nook app onto your android tablet, and you will have access to over 600 comics, many of them graphic novel [...]
At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei showed off their latest tablet, the Mediapad FHD. The 10.1″ screen device is a very strong new iPad competitor. The resolution of 1920×1200 puts it only slightly behind the new iPad’s 2048×1536. With 2GB of ram, it has double what any other tablet available contains. The [...]
So, after months of speculation, it has arrived. And without a real name-just “the new iPad”. Like the latest iPhone, it is not so much a giant leap forward, technology-wise, but more of a decent-size step. The main upgrade is the new retina display. With a resolution of 2048×1536, and 3.1 million pixels, the screen [...]
When you think of android tablets, probably Asus or Samsung comes to mind as the major players. However, recent numbers show that both Amazon and Barnes & Nobles are the big movers in the android market. Amazon went from zero shipments in the 3rd quarter of 2011, to 3.885 million in the fourth quarter. Barnes [...]
As some of you may be aware, there were some problems about 2 months ago when, much to everyone’s surprise, their smartphones were sending data about them back to Carrier IQ’s servers. This was first discovered as an issue with iPhones, and the (rather predictable) response was, ‘Android does it too!’ When the dust had [...]
Us and European regulators have given the go ahead for Google to complete it’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The 12.5 billion dollar(US) purchase will be Google’s single largest acquisition ever, as well as a giant leap into the manufacturing end of the business. One key component of the deal will be Motorola’s 17,000 patents and [...]
After winning a trademark lawsuit last year, Shenzhen Proview Technology has asked investigators in the city of Shijiazhuang, southwest of Beijing, to confiscate iPads and promotional material with the iPad name. The devices have been removed, and it’s possible that the same thing will happen in 20 other cities in China. Proview had a subsidiary [...]
While Microsoft has been providing a lot of information about windows 8 in general, details about Windows On Arm(WOA) have been few and far between. Most of what has been released pertains to the x86 version of windows 8. However, in a blog post by Microsoft’s Windows head, Steven Sinofsky, there are finally some good nuggets [...]
