One of the great things about the Apple's iOS mobile operating system is the native ability to be able to set certain restrictions on the device that prevent users from performing certain tasks. The restrictions options, which are accessible through the General menu of the Settings app on the device, are similar to parental controls that allows the owner of the device to restrict certain actions from being performed on the device, such as launching the App Store, Camera or Safari.
Although most media players cater to the common audio and video formats, they do often struggle to manage some of the more obscure extensions. As such, there are many, many third-party media playing apps available which claim to handle essentially all formats, and today's offering, RockPlayer for Android, follows the same motif.
Remember that 'Wake Up' advertising campaign that was part of the reason a bus full of people turned up outside an Apple Store in Australia? Remember how the talk of the Internet was that the whole thing was part of a Samsung campaign against Apple? Turns out that might not be entirely accurate.
The much vaunted Google Glass project took a bow in its first television appearance recently, with the internet connected spectacles accompanying a Google employee to an interview.
Activision's massive Call of Duty Franchise is set to get a new addition during the latter part of 2012, with the latest leak almost serving as undeniable proof of just what is around the corner for the biggest series of gamers currently shipping.
Despite its imperfections, it's hard to fault Cydia - the nucleus of the open-source jailbreak community, and with such a wide range of tweaks available serving different purposes, it's quite easy to forget that actually, there isn't much in the way of an alternative.
The Siri intelligent personal assistant that ships with the iPhone 4S is undoubtedly an excellent inclusion on the device, but has managed to be received with split opinions since its launch last October. However, no matter what your opinions on Siri are I think we can all agree it has amazing potential and until Apple adds some serious new features, we can always rely on the jailbreak community to keep pumping out Siri based enhancements.
While some Android devices are rooted relatively quickly by those in the know within the modding and development community, some smartphones and tablets can take what seems like an age.
We all live our lives online. Be it Facebook, Twitter or any of the myriad other social networks, the chances are that you have plenty of online presence strewn across a variety of networks. Throw the recent Facebook acquisition, Instagram, in there as well, and there's plenty of photos, comments and the like to be taken into consideration, too.
Following on from the recent articles relating to backing up and restoring the generated activation tickets that are produced as a result of the SAM iPhone unlock method, a set of developers have released an app onto the Cydia store that makes the process a lot simpler for users who may have been struggling, or just prefer an easier way of doing things.
