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Although many of Google's big announcements over the past year or so have related to Project Glass, this year's I/O developers conference was all about Android, Android Wear, and the Chromecast, with the search giant also rolling out some new products and services for the home and auto markets. Chromecast, which first hit the scene last year, is not only incredibly cheap, but also highly functional, and at the aforementioned I/O in June, we learned that the Big G was about to add Android Mirroring to the HDMI dongle's repertoire. Today, the company has delivered on that promise, and now, Android-wielding Chromecast users can beam the contents of their display onto their HDTVs.
Google made a whole bunch of exciting announcements at I/O in June, and today signals the first wave of deliverance on those promises. Following the news that Chromecast users will be able to beam the contents of their Android smartphone or tablet to their TVs through the new Android Mirroring feature, it is now also possible for Android Wear enthusiasts to utilize their wrist-worn gadget as a remote shutter for their device's camera.
Even though, for quite a while, we've had a pretty solid idea of what's in store for the iPhone 6, we're now starting to encounter some solid evidence through numerous component leaks, and today, we've been treated to a close-up look at the rear shell of the 4.7-inch model of Apple's upcoming handset. As well as a few high-quality images, there's also a video to accompany this latest discovery, and below, you can catch all of the details.
Intel's Haswell chip, with its credentials as a very power-efficient processing infrastructure, has done wonders for Apple's Mac range, and in particular, MacBooks, which have seen significant battery life increases over the fleet of machines running on the preceding Ivy Bridge. The next-generation Broadwell chips were thought to be headed to Macs at some point this year, but with Intel apparently beset by delays, we could be waiting until the middle of next year before we can get our hands on the new Broadwell-powered machines.
There are literally hundreds of reasons why a particular device may appeal to one person and not another, but when you strip that away we're all concerned with the privacy and integrity of the data that passes through that device. If your smartphone of choice resides on the Android side of the fence then it could be time to rethink how sensitive data is wiped from memory after a new research has suggested that data removed using Android's native wipe feature can be restored.
Smartphones were undoubtedly the biggest technology of the last 7 years, and as time rolls on it's starting to become apparent that wearables are going to play a big part in the future of mobile technology. One thing that was expected to explode inside the last ten years is Virtual Reality, but alas, it's fallen by the wayside.
Even though we enjoyed some really awesome deals this weekend, there are still plenty more savings to be had on a regular basis, and below, we've got a nice batch of apps and games ready for your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
As technology enthusiasts, most of us are fascinated by the booting of operating systems on devices that the software mightn't necessarily be familiar with. There's a massive market for software products that facilitate, say, OS X on a PC and likewise, Windows on a Mac. Console OS, which seeks to bring a genuine Android experience to Intel-based machines, has announced its intention to bring the infrastructure to the Surface Pro line-up, including the Surface Pro 3.
Android's open-source nature is a bit of a double-edged sword in many respects, for although it's customizable to the nth degree, it's also much more susceptible to malicious intrusion when compared with the likes of Apple's iOS. On a regular basis, we hear of new, cunning schemes designed to attack smartphones and tablets running on Google's flagship mobile OS, and today, we've encountered a particularly alarming security hole that could potentially help a hacker relieve you of vast mounds of cash.
