Apple often likes to point to how people use their iPhones and iPads in the real world when they have any kind of press meeting. It was evident once again at the new iPad and MacBook Pro event that we witnessed earlier this week. And with good reason, because iOS devices have generally changed the way we do so many things that Apple is right to show off about it.
It may have been available on iOS for a month already, but those toting Android devices can now also join in the fun that is provided by Call of Duty: Strike Team.
When you find yourself in the position that Apple is in as a company, it seems that you become an easy target for replication and parody. No company is whiter than white these days, but Apple has often found their work and announcements being mimicked and mocked a lot more than the average company in the technology industry. The latest business giant to take a pop at Apple is Amazon, who is using the recently announced iPad Air to advertise their own Kindle Fire HDX tablet that is available immediately for pre-order.
The practice of paying for fake reviews, otherwise known as "astroturfing," seems to be growing in prevalence in the digital industry, and on a day that has seen Samsung fined a hefty some for engaging in such behavior, it looks as though the ever-desperate BlackBerry has been doing some astroturfing of its own. The Google Play Store review page of the newly-released BlackBerry Messenger has been inundated with suspiciously similar looking reviews from a number of "consumers," and although we already knew how much was at stake for BlackBerry with regards to the release of BBM, this move seems a little excessive.
The mobile industry is a collection of platforms through which many genres of game have thrived over the past few years, and tower defense titles have certainly found a loving home among casual gamers. No TD title has been more popular than Electronic Arts' Plants Vs. Zombies, though, and with the sequel to the original having recently been released to Android in certain parts of the world, today, it appears to be available worldwide. Full details, as well as the download link, can be found after the break.
LG’s upcoming G Flex smartphone has been making rounds in the news lately a lot, with things going as far as rendered images of what the device’s curved display might look like. After all, the device is rumored to compete directly with Samsung’s Galaxy Round - another device with a curved display. However, this is a first that we’re going to see a hands-on video and high-quality actual leaked snapshots of what might be the LG G Flex, owing to Telefe getting their hands on an actual device for an in-studio hands-on video, as well as TheVerge getting high quality leaked shots courtesy of journalist Federico Ini.
BlackBerry finally rolled out BBM for iOS and Android earlier today. But there is a catch. It requires iOS and Android users to sign up for a waiting list before using it. In short, if you don’t have the invite for BBM from BlackBerry, you cant use it on your Android or iPhone just yet.
It's well documented that when it comes to mobile malware, Android is by far the biggest target, and as such, many of the big-name security firms have come through with apps and measures to help protect the many millions using Google's flagship OS. Malwarebytes is the latest to join the fray, having just introduced a rather versatile app that not only looks out for potentially malicious intrusion, but also helps take care of your privacy.
Samsung may currently find itself sitting at the top of the smartphone vendor hierarchy, but there's always been certain aspects of their hardware that just doesn't sit right with some consumers. There's no denying that the company designs and builds fantastic and extremely sought-after smartphones, but the construction of those devices sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. We've been hearing a lot of rumors recently about less than projected sales of the Galaxy S4, which has lead onto speculation suggesting that Samsung could announce the next in the Galaxy S series early next year. Today's latest S related chatter seems to indicate that we could be about to receive yet another plastic based device from the Korean company.
It doesn't matter that we're all sat eagerly anticipating invites to a Nexus 5 announcement event to pop up in all the usual places because Google is staying very much tight lipped. Instead, the Android maker has sent out some invites to something wholly less interesting, with the 24th of October set to be a day of Google Play news, rather than new hardware.
