There is a certain order of things whenever a new piece of technology is released. There's the big, flashy announcement event with lots of press, some music and a few over-excited executives. There's the first reviews. Finally, there's the teardown of the poor thing by the people at iFixit, laying the new tablet, smartphone or whatever bare for all to see. It's a strangely voyeuristic thing, and we love it.
Taking the prize for strangest Android story of the week, we bring news that Google's campus is currently down one Android statue thanks to an unfortunate occurrence that can only be blamed on Mother Earth.
Steve Jobs once professed to have "cracked" three markets he deemed to be key in Apple's progress. One was the textbook market, which has already become a reality with iTunes U. The next was the television market, which is hotly-rumored to be in the works for the not-so-distant future, while the third area was the photography market, which although affected by both the iPhone and iPad, has yet to be attacked by Apple in a manner which would back up Jobs' claims.
Google has literally given technology aficionados a glimpse into the future with its Project Glass, which makes a pair of spectacles the focal point of the experiment. Like something from Iron Man (or any other sci-fi epic you could care to name), there have been many concepts and demonstrations including, most recently, 720p video recordings made by somebody wearing the glasses on a trampoline.
All talk of the purported iPad Mini has been relatively quiet during the past month or two, but with Google announcing its Nexus 7 tablet at the I/O fanfare last week, more information appears to be surfacing with regards to how Apple plans to tackle the very powerful, inexpensive device.
A few days ago we published a step by step guide on how to root Nexus 7. While the guide was easy to follow and took no more than 5-10 minutes for a full go-through, we’ve come across another root method that takes just one click. Check it out after the jump.
Steve Jobs was not only Apple's co-founder, but the driving force behind most of the company's successful times, and although he was known throughout his career as being quite a ruthless CEO, his character and mannerisms always made him a hit with Apple enthusiasts at the keynote speeches.
The injunction placed last week against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet was, as you would probably expect, appealed by the Korean consumer electronics giant. The pleas have fallen on deaf ears, however, and as reported by Reuters, a judge has blocked a move to lift the injunction on the tablet.
Certain parts of iOS have remained pretty much identical since they first saw light back in 2007. When placed side by side with earlier versions - back before it was even called iOS - the software will look different and there are many traces of evolution, but there is quite a large part of the software that has been left untouched in the last five years.
The always popular Encyclopedia Britannica is now available to keep in the palm of your hand, with the news that a Windows Phone version of the app is available for download and fully updated for the year 2012. Primarily living online so as to avoid filling your phone's internal storage, the app also features an offline viewing mode for those occasions when Wi-Fi or a 3G data connection just isn't as forthcoming as we would like.
