If you are a Mac owner who has taken the plunge and upgraded to Apple's latest Mountain Lion operating system, then you may find that everything that Apple have chosen to include is a definite upgrade from previous versions, but unfortunately the issue occurs with the things that the company have decided to remove.
If you’re using a desktop computer and it is powered by Windows 7, then you and your computer are now, almost three years after its release in late 2009, part of the majority. Yes, according to the latest statistics, Windows 7 is the most popular desktop operating system today. Check out the details after the jump.
I’ve been waiting for this game since back in 2008 when I finished the critically acclaimed Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Konami and Kojima Productions recently made Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes official at Metal Gear’s 25th Anniversary Event, and earlier today they showed first footage from the game at PAX 2012. Check it out after the jump!
On top of the slew of recent alleged leaks of the next-generation iPhone, another tidbit has surfaced claiming that the infamous earbuds that come with the iPhone will be redesigned. Many have criticized the existing Apple headphones for being ill-fitted and underperforming, especially considering their standalone price of roughly $30. Clearly aware of the criticisms present, Apple is rumored to be addressing these issues with the release of the new headphones.
Considering Facebook is the largest social network in the world with over 900 million registered members and Apple's iOS being one of the most popular mobile operating systems available, it stands to reason that a seriously large percentage of Facebook's mobile users will be visiting the site from the iOS Facebook app. Unfortunately for those users, the app itself offered a pretty terrible experience until recently when the Palo Alto-based company called the experts in to produce a native iOS experience, a move that brought notable speed and stability improvements and a number of small user-interface tweaks.
Samsung's UK arm is offering a free Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 to anyone who trades in one of a selection of smartphones, and upgrades to a Galaxy S III or Galaxy Note in the process. Free tablets? You betcha!
Have you ever felt that today’s games are far too complex? That they require far too many buttons and have overly realistic graphics? Do you remember the good ol’ days of the 1970s and early 80s when controllers had, at max, 4-6 buttons and “graphics” meant environments and moving characters whose pixels you could count with your hands? If the answer to all that is yes, then you’ll be glad to know that Atari’s Greatest Hits for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is available for free (again) for a limited period of time. Check it out after the jump.
Although it has become one of the most hotly contested industries in the world at the minute and is potentially an extremely stressful market for manufacturers to be involved in, consumers should be taking the opportunity to sit back and reap the rewards and device choice that is coming out of the smartphone industry. It's becoming increasingly difficult to actually keep up with all of the different device launches and announcements, but generally speaking, the large manufacturers like Apple and Samsung make sure their products get noticed.
There's no need to worry about the constant sixth-generation iPhone news for much longer. With Apple hopefully about to issue official press event invites for the September 12th announcement, the speculation and conjecture roundabout will come to an end and we can concentrate on actually using and getting to know the new iPhone intricately. It's hard to actually imagine or be surprised by anything related to the new iPhone now, considering that we have seen so many leaked components and already know pretty much exactly what will be introduced in the coming weeks.
This may start a flame war, but in my opinion there is no doubt that smartphones released after 2007 have a design that is, in one way or another, inspired and influenced by the design of the original iPhone. Physical keyboards are almost completely dead, front side of smartphones are quite often dominated by their display etc. etc.
