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Android is in the news yet again for a bit of a security blunder. Google’s most recent operating system release, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, is under fire for its poor recognition of malware with the use of a new featured called app verification. According to a study conducted by North Carolina State University computer science…
As a follow-up to Blake Stimac’s “Essential Android apps for the holiday shopping season” article posted earlier today, it’s time now to take a look at some of the best choices available for iOS, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. As more and more people continue to use their mobile phones to get holiday shopping…
In addition to the Gmail app for iOS, Google also updated the YouTube app today. It adds support for a variety of different Apple products and services. It at last fills up the entire 4-inch display of the iPhone 5. Having those black bars next to my videos annoyed the hell out of me. Plus,…
Google’s Gmail app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad got a sweet new update today that gave its version number a boost to 2.0. The major update brings a cleaner design, multiple account support, and plenty of new “time-saving features” as described by Google. The design, to start, is reminiscent of the Google+ app. It…
Carlos Reventlov, a security researcher, published on Friday a vulnerability in the Instagram app for iPhone and iPod touch. It gives hackers the ability to gain access and control users’ Instagram accounts, allowing them to potentially delete photos or change sensitive profile information. Reventlov first discovered the vulnerability in the middle of November and quickly…
Well that’s interesting. Nokia supposedly has a stable relationship with Microsoft, hence it primarily focusing on churning out Windows Phone smartphones like the new Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920. A job posting on Nokia’s LinkedIn page suggests otherwise, however. The job Nokia had up for grabs is “Principal Software Engineer, Embedded Linux Middleware at Nokia…
Do you remember that phone that went viral a few years ago? The Pomegranate? Everybody considered it their dream phone and some people even thought it was real and wanted to pre-order it. It featured a coffee brewer, built-in shaver, built-in harmonica, built-in projector, global voice translator, and all the regular features of a smartphone…
Nevermind all of the important events that happened in 2012 that impacted millions of lives such as the 2012 United States Presidential Election and Hurricane Sandy. What was on the minds of Bing users most this year so far was none of that. It was the launch of the Apple iPhone 5. Yes, the iPhone…
Gene Munster of the Piper Jaffray investment firm, known for snooping around to gather data about Apple, did exactly that this Black Friday when he sent his team over to the Mall of America in Minneapolis to monitor foot traffic and sales. They spied on the Apple Store for eight hours, but this year they…
Look at that dynamite smile. The sad truth is that so-called dynamite smile actually led a company that created a pretty good product. Windows Phone 8 isn’t bad at all. Aside from the lack of apps, which we’ll get in to, the OS itself is a fresh contribution to the smartphone market and it’s managed…