News of a new music app that is set to become a part of CyanogenMod 9 has been floating around for some time now, and now an alpha version of that app has been made available for anyone and everyone to download.
The Xbox 360 is getting a little long in the tooth these days, leading to rampant speculation about what the next version of the hugely popular console will be like. The biggest question though, without doubt, as to be when we will be able to get our hands on the new console. When will the Xbox 360 be retired?
Although we're not expecting Apple to launch its next iPhone until this Fall, there has still been plenty of speculation regarding what it will eventually look like. The consensus seems to be that the fruit company will finally deviate from the ever-present 3.5-inch display, in favor of a larger display in keeping the rest of the market.
From a software perspective, the most sought feature of the brand-new Samsung Galaxy S III is undoubtedly the S Voice feature, which is a similar implementation to Apple's Siri voice assistant, which launched along with iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S back in October. That's not the only new feature on the S III's list of exclusives, and thankfully for those not planning to invest in the yet-to-be-released, uber powerful device, the Android community is frantically trying to extract the goodies from the ROM leaked earlier this week, and so far, it has been a pretty fruitful venture.
Facebook games are usually thought of as games that allow casual users to farm or run salons and shops, but that's about to change. On Monday, Ubisoft launched Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Commander as a game on the social networking site, intended to "accompany" the Ghost Recon Future Soldier console title that is set to touch down the day after (May 22nd).
Like any great and successful businessman or leader who presides over an amazingly successful company, Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs had the right amount of charisma, intelligence, business acumen, leadership and ruthlessness to succeed at the highest level. With Apple currently riding on a huge high and having some of the most popular consumer electronic products the world has ever seen, his success speaks for itself, so does his legacy.
While the user interfaces of technology found in futuristic TV shows and movies aren't necessarily practical, but they can often be cool. One example of this is the interactive UI of the computer in Minority Report, a movie in which mutated humans are able to predict - and thus, prevent - crimes from happening. The film is set in the year 2054, so obviously the computer that they're using must consist of what appears to be either a fairly translucent screen or hologram, and a UI that's manipulated by hand and finger gestures.
Keeping track of your finances is never an easy thing, especially for us geeks. We are always buying apps, coffee and all the other trappings of being a geek. It's an expensive business, even before you start factoring in all the phones, computers and tablets we like to keep buying.
While Apple has single-handedly brought legal digital music downloads to the masses with the iTunes Store, plenty of rivals have tried to get in on the act. None have come closer than Spotify, and while its monthly subscription-based, music "rental" service may not be suited to some, it has enjoyed a great deal of success across much of Europe, recently earning it a launch throughout America.
We'd love to post only positive news here regarding the fast-moving world of technology, but unfortunately, it's becoming a case of another day, another malware discovered where Google's Android is concerned, and the latest one is arguably the most alarming of all. Because while free apps often allow users to sample apps before paying for the full version, the latest chapter in the Android malware debacle actually charges users for the privilege of using free apps.
