Instagram's Windows Phone 8 app was very late to the party and it may only be in beta form right now, but that isn't stopping it from topping the download charts in the platform's Windows Phone Store. In fact, Instagram is the only app that seems capable of knocking Facebook off that top spot, with the social network now sat at number two in the charts that it once dominated. If there was ever any doubt that launching Instagram on Windows Phone, even though it's still technically a beta version and not quite finished, its overwhelming popularity should prove that the folks at Facebook got that decision right.
If you were a fan or player of the original PlayStation, otherwise known as the PSX and later the PSOne, there's a high probability that you're familiar with the classic title that was Tomb Raider. Lara Croft's inaugural adventure has spanned many releases over a number of platforms - as well as the box office - since first hitting our screens back in 1996, and now, Square-Enix has released a touch-optimized edition for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Apple has today released a new iPhone 5s commercial that is guaranteed to pull the heart’s strings. The perfectly timed video ad follows the company's annual trend of releasing a product commercial at this time of year, this time featuring the flagship iPhone 5s smartphone capturing high-definition video of the family Christmas festivities. The iPhone is then used in conjunction with an Apple TV and Apple's AirPlay protocol to allow the 'Harris' family to watch the video together on a big screen TV.
We’ve been hearing a lot of news recently that Facebook might just introduce a ‘dislike’ button, or a ‘sympathize’ button as some are calling it, so that users have a medium of conveying their negative feelings for a post.
Android is already known for its less than rock solid security. In fact, thanks to its open nature and the ability to side-load apps from just about anywhere it's safe to say that Android can be a veritable minefield when it comes to keeping your device safe and secure.
Beyoncé's new, self-titled fifth studio album has shattered sales records on Apple's iTunes Store by shifting a mammoth 828,773 copies in its first three days. With 617,213 copies sold in the U.S. alone, the album is already well on its way to becoming the singer's fifth solo album to pass the million sales criteria for Platinum certification in the States, and considering that at present, it's only available on iTunes, it's a great achievement.
When talking about Windows Phone's shortcomings, most commentators and analysts regularly refer to the obvious lack of popular apps over at the Windows Phone Store - despite the recent introduction of Instagram and Vine to the WP scene. But while getting devs on board remains an issue, the OS itself is still missing some key features. Intuitive it may be; alternative - certainly; but with no real notification center to speak of, it's still going to take longer to get things done on a Windows Phone. This could, however, be about to change with Windows Phone 8.1, for as well as a completely new system through which a user can digest notifications, there will also be a Siri-like voice assistant feature.
Facebook, as we know, is the world's foremost social network, with well over one billion active users gracing its service via mobile, Web, and other such mediums. With so many logging in at any one time, Facebook plays host to billions of messages and status updates every month, and although we can readily delete them from public view should we so wish, it's common knowledge that what is removed doesn't necessarily disappear for good. But what of the utterances we write, but don't necessarily publish to the world - are they stored in Facebook's vast cauldron of personal information? Well yes - yes they are.
The modern day Internet world faces its biggest challenge right now, and users are affected with it - the data security nightmare. Every now and then, successful hackers manage to break through the security measures of a renowned database, exposing along the way the online identities of hundreds of thousands of users of these services. While the targeted companies manage to recover from these attacks over the course of time, users aren’t always so lucky, where most of them are often left wondering whether their critical info was a part of the leak or not. This is where Australian software architect Troy Hunt’s new project comes in.
Yahoo's Weather app came as a bit of a surprise when it first hit the App Store back in April. The surprise wasn't so much in the fact that the app had arrived, as we'd been expecting it for a good while beforehand, but what we weren't anticipating, was how gorgeous and refined these weather apps would be. For many iOS users, Yahoo Weather has become their go-to utility for checking precipitation, temperature, wind speed and whatnot, and now, the company has pushed out a significant update that brings support for the Apple iPad.
