I am pretty sure that most iOS users have found themselves in a situation where they are harmlessly scrolling through their Springboard home screens, looking at all of the beautiful installed applications, only to scroll one step too far and come across a fairly empty looking screen that doesn't appear to have any use. I am, of course referring to Apple's inclusion of Spotlight within iOS, and the fact that it seems to be something that not a great deal of users actually use for its intended purpose.
The Instagram service has been growing in popularity and prominence since its launch in October 2010 as an app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Eighteen months down the line, the service now has native iOS and Android app offerings as well as grabbing the headlines in a big way recently due to its $1 billion cash plus stock acquisition by Facebook.
The Android versus iOS debate is one of the most fiercely contested within the smartphone and tablet spectrum. Google's comparatively new mobile OS trumps Apple's offering in terms of reach and activations, but according to research compiled by ad network Chitika, iOS users are a lot more active on the Web than their Android-toting friends.
As has been pointed out on a number of occasions, Siri, Apple's system-wide voice recognition software introduced with the iPhone 4S was, by no means, the first delve into such technology. Nevertheless, although there will always be skeptics, it cannot be denied that Apple has certainly brought the technology to the center of public interest, and predictably, there are a bunch of third-party apps purporting to offer similar services.
The ability to tether out our smartphone (or tablet's) cellular connection is of massive convenience, and can sometimes be a great life-saver when the primary source ceases to operate.
We often rely on the experts in specific fields to divulge information unbeknown to the tech world, but sometimes, the direction of the tide is impossible to overlook, leaving said experts with no choice but to state the obvious. NVIDIA’s Mike Rayfield has done exactly that, commenting on how much closer mobile gaming is getting to the console experience.
A new app, available on the Google Play Store, aims to help take some of the fear away from offering first aid when needed. What's better than helping people using the power of your smartphone? Helping them with an app that's absolutely free!
A couple of days back, we brought you a universal rooting method for Gingerbread-based Samsung smartphones, courtesy of the hardworking folk of XDA developers. Today, we present you a similar discovery, this time for Motorola devices running the Big G's older smartphone software.
As the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S III draws ever-closer, Amazon Germany has already begun accepting pre-orders of the handset, and whilst there aren't any accompanying images, the price and features revealed are - given Amazon's rep as an online retailer - as good as confirmation.
All those iPhone 4S and Siri fans who can't put the intelligent assistant down due to their love of her dulcet tones will be more than happy to find out that you can give your Mac Siri’s voice, yes, make your Mac sound just like Siri! When Apple launched OS X Lion; they introduced a large array of new features, with one of the main ones being the inclusion of Nuance powered speech technology.
