I love to browse on my iPad right before bedtime. One of my nightly routines is to checkout the Top Charts in the iTunes Store. Some of the apps, I expect to see fairly often; Angry Birds anyone? Others are new ones I hadn’t heard of before. Today I came across iDashboard, resting snuggly in second place.
When Apple released the iPhone 4S to the world, it was more than a new iPhone - it brought with it a new way of interacting with technology. That new way was the first real way of talking to a piece of software using natural language. Yes we have had voice commands before, but software was listening for very specific words and a very specific syntax. Siri changed that.
In a rather unsurprisingly research, it has been found that Google’s Android OS for smartphones, portable computers and tablets is the most closed open source operating system available today.
Nokia has stepped into the boxing ring between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. In an interview with Pocket lint, Niels Munksgaard, a Nokia director, explained how the younger crowd are tired of their iPhones and Android devices.
In an unexpected move, Microsoft has released a mobile version of their successful Kinectimals game on Apple’s very own iPhone and iPad. Kinectimals for Xbox was one of the few games demoed before the official Kinect launch. Aimed primarily for the younger crowd, the game allows you to interact with virtual pets on a mysterious island.
A developer from the Android modding community has managed to boot the latest version of Android - 4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich - on Motorola’s recently released DROID RAZR, Redmond Pie has learned.
Microsoft today gave their OneNote iOS app an update to version number 1.3, and in the process also added iPad support to its note-taking application.
Microsoft rolled out its Dashboard update to Xbox 360 users just last week, with strong emphasis on streaming media and video related content.
SwitcherLoader, a new tweak for iPhone, is now available and can be downloaded for free on a jailbroken device. Developed by Fr0zen Sun, the small tweak allows you to customize the views and plugins into the app switcher interface.
There's certainly a perverse pleasure in destroying electronic gadgets. Although old computers and CRT monitors falling off office blocks is a great stress alleviator, watching an iPad 2 disintegrate in a pool of molten lava is enough to put any ardent techie on edge.
