Whether Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store has the best selection of apps, it is still up for debate, but we are fairly confident in stating one thing: Android users have, without a doubt, access to the most crazy and indeed often least useful, selection of apps!
As if heatgate and possible Wi-Fi problems were not enough, now we are hearing reports of new iPad users finding their tablets unable to keep hold of a 3G cellular connection without a reboot. Not exactly ideal for a machine that is, in theory at least, never meant to be turned off!
In what's turning out to be a busy couple of days for security threats, Lookout Mobile Security has discovered the Legacy Native (LeNa) malware of last fall is back, and capable of remotely gaining root access to Android devices.
Remember those murmurings about the possibility of the Mac getting a Cydia-like store? Well, considering the amount of time that has passed with no further updates about the legitimacy of the project, it would seem that we can put that idea in the 'nice but isn't likely to happen' pile. With that said, all hope should not be lost, especially if the release of the OS X HackStore in the next few months turns out to be a reality.
Smartphones - especially high-end ones - are primary targets of ‘mobile snatchers’ today, and because of that it is really important that you take some precautionary measures to ensure that, ideally, your device doesn’t get snatched and if it does, your data doesn’t get misused.
Although Ice Cream Sandwich has been slated somewhat for lack of compatibility and very limited reach, the new design has been loved by many.
Although the tech world is getting more and more frustrated with its inability garner a shred of insight regarding Apple's purported connected TV ventures, analyst Peter Misek of Jefferies - a global securities and investment banking group - has increased his price target for AAPL to $800, on the basis that a TV set from Apple is to materialize in the fourth quarter of this year.
If you cast your minds back to last year, you may remember a little feature introduced by Google-owned YouTube, which allowed users to effortlessly convert standard videos to 3D.
As you may have gathered, Instagram finally made its way to the many millions of Android users on Tuesday, and although it's certainly a step in the right direction for the most popular image networking app on the planet right now, it's definitely crying out for some sort of web interface.
The most popular extensions and tweaks that can be found within the Cydia store are generally the ones that add some kind of functionality to iOS that the developer and users believe that Apple should have included as a standard implementation. Each individual user has their own taste and desire and therefore expects different things from their device, but a lot of the time the majority agree that certain things should be a native part of the operating system.
