Some interesting news cropped up just recently about a new game release for iOS, and a rather unusual anti-piracy system. In fact, as far as any system goes, it was actually rather effective, if only for a short while.
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Oliver Haslam has written about technology for over a decade. His work has been published in print at Macworld and online pretty much everywhere else. If it plugs in or has a battery, it's fair game.
HTC's One smartphone has caused something of a stir twice now. The first time was because it was released in its original guise, and mainly because it's a stunning Android phone and one of the big contenders for best Android phone on the market. The second time was because HTC launched it as a Google Play Edition handset, free of HTC's own software.
The red hot news in the world of smartphones right now is what Apple is doing to redesign its iPhone and iPad software, with iOS 7 proving to be quite the change from the norm. Placed in charge of iOS less than a year ago, Jonny Ive has overseen the biggest change in an operating system we've seen since we first got our eyes on Windows 8.
It's not every day that a company like eBay launches a new app, mainly because it's already got apps on all the major platforms and apart from the odd redesign here and there, there's no need for any additional apps. Or is there?
It's been a big day for Microsoft and its Windows Phone platform. With Nokia releasing a major new handset, and the pair having what can only be called a 'special relationship' at this point, both parties will have been at full tilt throughout the day.
Owners of smartphones powered by Google's Android have not had a great time of it of late, especially if they're the kind of users that worry about security. First, news came that a potentially major Android security flaw had been unearthed, leaving the vast majority of Android devices vulnerable. Good news followed in that Google was aware of the issue and had even managed to get a patch out to carriers and OEMs. Great stuff.
Facebook Home, the Android launcher replacement and HTC First pusher has received an update in the last 24 hours, with users receiving a very important new feature, and one we're sure they'll be using extensively in the days to come. That new feature, only just making its way to Home, is the ability to create folders on the device's home screen.
New and interesting ways to take Android and turn it on its head are part of the reason that many people prefer the platform over the more uniform, tired down iOS or Windows Phone. It's the reason that XDA-Developers exists, and it's the reason that very forum often plays host to some of the best Android apps and tweaks around. With that in mind, it's perhaps no surprise that the tweak we're about to tell you about is the brainchild of an XDA-Developers forum member.
So here we are. Right on schedule, Apple unleashed iOS 7 beta 3 upon the world, and it was good. Well, better than beta 2 was at least, but we're getting ahead of ourselves.
Twitter today went on the update offensive, with both its mobile and desktop apps receiving new version numbers. Not content with giving the Mac version of its app some new features, Twitter has also seen fit to update both its iOS and Android apps also. Twitter on the web is also on the receiving end this time around.
