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Are you wearing your tin foil hat? OK, good, because a security firm recently discovered that your iPhone or iPad 3G – or both! – are recording your every movement and storing it in a secret file, which is then backed up on your computer. Your Apple gadget keeps track of your longitudinal and latitudinal…
The BlackBerry PlayBook was released to the public yesterday, and it’s already been fully disassembled for inspection by some hardware experts. A lot of the components have come from Texas Instruments (not just the processor). From a repairability standpoint, the PlayBook is easy enough to open, using standard screws, but replacing the battery requires you…
ARM, the British firm that designs the chips that power just about every mobile phone on the planet, has said that consumers can expect to see products based around the Cortex A15 processor to come out during late 2012. What exactly does that mean? The first ARM Cortex processor, the A8, made mobile phones twice…
Nokia has just enhanced its Ovi Maps service with photorealistic 3D images of major metropolitan areas. It’s one thing to look at a colored rendering, perhaps even some distant satellite views, but something that might help the directionally challenged would be 3D modeling to give an even better sense of a location’s area and surroundings.…
BlackBerry Bridge, the app which promises to bring all of your core smartphone apps to RIM’s latest tablet, has gone live with the launch of the PlayBook today. Despite a few hiccups with the app rollout, I managed to get my Torch 9800 paired up with the PlayBook just fine, and it’s now showing all…
A small gaffe on Verizon Wireless’ mobile website confirms the legal wording of its two-year customer agreements are long-winded. While the frank honesty is refreshing, this is undoubtedly a mistake on someone’s part. Whomever is in charge of this tiny part of the website forget to insert the proper legal terminology and left the developers…
Apple’s set to show off the next version of iOS at the next Worldwide Developer Conference that takes place in June. Many are speculating as to what features will come with the OS, but all we know is that the multitasking user interface needs a complete overhaul and the notification system needs a swift kick…
Here is yet another lawsuit to add to the growing number in the wireless industry. On Friday, Apple filed a patent and trademark infringement lawsuit against Samsung over the design features used in the manufacturer’s Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets. The Cupertino company claims in its suit that “Instead of pursuing independent product development,…
If you haven’t been able to get the Apple iPad 2 yet, you might want to check out your local Toys R Us because the mostly-kids store began selling the tablet this weekend. Not every Toys R Us store will have the Apple iPad 2 but the company has set up a web page to…
Following up on his Bloomberg interview last week, RIM’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie spoke with the Wall Street Journal about not only reviews of the BlackBerry PlayBook, but also the ongoing security situation in India and a few other issues. Balsillie replied to Walt Mossberg’s “codependent” label of the PlayBook by calling the relationship between RIM’s…