With all the furore surrounding Google's Android and Apple's iOS and the way both operating systems keep tabs on our locations, it was only a matter of time before a developer took it upon themselves to try to give us back some control. The first step in that process is seeing just what handsets know about us, and one Android developer has written an app to do just that.
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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.
After reports worldwide of users having issues when trying to log into PlayStation Network, Sony has released a statement on its blog explaining just what's going on. According to the company an 'external intrusion' caused the issue forcing Sony to take both PSN and Qriocity offline.
It's all kicking off these days with what seems like the whole internet, nay they whole planet going into meltdown over the fact the iPhone and even Android phones are tracking our every move. Thankfully however not everyone is jumping on the hysteria bandwagon.
A new video has surfaced, showing Windows 8's built-in Webcam application in action. The one minute video shows off the application's Metro-style interface and is believed to be part of the version of Windows 8 being developed for ARM processors and, in turn, slate computers.
What we like at Redmond Pie is nice simple apps that do one thing and do it well. Fitting firmly into that category has to be ipswDownloader - an OS X app built with the sole purpose of downloading the IPSW firmware files Apple releases for iOS.
One of the most irritating things about Sony's PlayStation 3 is that despite the many hacks and custom firmwares available, the region-locked Blu-ray drive had yet to be opened up. Now though one forum-goer has managed to rectify that.
When YouTube launched its YouTube Live service, the prospect of watching live streamed video from all our favorite content providers excited us all. There was just one problem though - YouTube's Live streaming was very much a Flash affair, leaving us iOS fans out of luck. But as is usually the case though, there's now an app for that.
A little tidbit from the world of Windows 8 for you this evening, with a new video leak showing off the operating system's new pattern-based log in screen.
Two weeks ago we told you about CutYourSIM, a company offering permanent iPhone unlocks without the need for jailbreaking. We told of our concern about just how the unlocks were being carried out and now, unsurprisingly, the company has withdrawn the service.
We're not even sure when the iPhone 5 will put in an appearance and the rumor-mill is already in full swing for iPhone 6, with The Cell Phone Junkie claiming the next-but-one iPhone will support LTE with a release penciled in for 2012.
