Back in August of 2011, the author of the well-known Android custom ROM - CyanogenMod - joined Samsung in order to improve the company’s fortunes with the Android operating system, which back in the day only occupied a small niche in the market. He has now revealed that after nearly two years, he’s a free man once again. What could he be up to next?
Although we love Apple and their fantastic phones, personal music players and tablets, we have always said time and time again that one of the great things about being able to jailbreak an iOS device is the feeling of liberation that is achieved when we step outside of the Cupertino walled garden. A lot of jailbreakers simply like to install that one simple tweak that might introduce a new feature they really need, whereas others like to go the full hog and totally reinvent the interface and customize almost every aspect of the system. For those that like to customize and draw inspiration from Google's Android, then the JellyBean iWidget is definitely a good option for weather forecast lovers.
Since the release of Windows 8 last year, Microsoft has not stopped the development of Windows for a second. More evidence of an upcoming version of Windows, code named “Blue”, have emerged as a new build has leaked onto the Web. While the release looks overall similar to Windows 8, there have been quite a few changes that are worthy of note.
Since it’s very beginning, Android has had a rather different way of managing storage space. In the initial devices, the internal memory was really low (imagine a device today with mere 512 MB of storage), and even in those that had larger capacities, it wasn’t possible to even move apps (and data) to SD card for efficient utilization of available space. This, however, brings to me to my second point, that Android has almost always supported external, expandable memory in the form of SD cards. It was quite a way to compete with the main contender in the smartphone arena, too; Apple’s iPhone has always had much larger internal memory (8GB was the very basic), but Android managed to keep the cost lower by embedding a lower capacity flash memory and providing the freedom to expand on it at your will through SD cards.
For the longest of time, we have known that Sony has been preparing a new console launch, which was finally confirmed when the company held an event in New York City late last month showing off the technical aspects of the upcoming PlayStation 4. It has not, however, shown off the new hardware design, leaving many to speculate what the next console may look like. A new artist-created render shows off just what might be in store for the next PlayStation.
The iPad is largely considered a consumption device for gaming and general entertainment, but is gradually gaining credibility as a viable supplement to learning, education and productivity. As time goes on, more businesses, schools, and similar organizations are turning to the Apple tablet for their everyday needs, and one key area which developers seemed to have concentrated on is that of note-taking. The iPad has many great offerings in this particular category, and PaperDesk by WebSpinner certainly belongs on that growing list, offering a plethora of useful tools.
In my general experience, the iPhone lineup of smartphones has much better battery life as compared to most Android phones out there as of today. Partially, it’s due to how you use your device, but it’s also the fact that iOS’ battery utilization and resource management is far superior to what Google’s smartphone operating system has on offer. I know I would’ve irked a lot of Android fans here, but hey, I already said that’s my personal assessment. However, as of late, iOS has been struggling with batter woes really severely, and the rapid releases of iOS 6.1.1 and 6.1.2 are testament to that fact. Fast battery drains are frequent, and while the Cupertino company is really making all the efforts to fix these, they’re having a hard time.
Facebook is already the biggest social network on the planet, but that doesn't mean it has everything its own way. For every user that actively updates their feeds with new content for their friends to read, there must be many, many more that simply visit Facebook in order to keep up with what their old school pals are doing.
Samsung has only just walked off the stage in New York, but the Galaxy S4 is set to be old news already, especially if you're shopping on a budget or would prefer something smaller than a small ship. The Galaxy S4 Mini is on the horizon, and it's just been leaked online. Check out the details after the jump.
It may have taken the Cupertino based company a while to get there, but Apple has officially rolled out two-step verification for those users who have an active Apple ID (iTunes, App Store, iCloud etc). The initiative is essentially a process that makes it a lot more difficult for those with scrupulous morals to get access to someone else's Apple ID by implementing an additional security element. Those who are keen to implement an additional security layer will find that making purchases or logging into the ID on a new device will trigger an authentication process that takes the shape of a four-digit code entry.
