With one or two third-party apps already knocking about, the guys at Valve Corp. have just a released an official Steam app for both Android and iOS.
It's no secret that a technology company may file a large number of patent applications, a lot of which can sit awaiting approval for years before anything becomes of them. A large majority of these applications may result in nothing exciting, whilst some form part of a larger jigsaw, but on a whole; companies tend to be able to go about their patent filing business without much interruption.
Ever since the source code for Ice Cream Sandwich was released some two months back, many talented developers have been tirelessly experimenting in order to bring a range of custom ROMs for those running certain Android devices.
Following on from an email sent to employees yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook held an intimate Town Hall session with various company employees to discuss the recent record breaking quarterly results, and a number of other exciting goings on at Apple.
Considering Siri is still officially in its beta stage, I think most would agreed that aside from a few niggling issues, the advanced personal assistant from Apple definitely sets the iPhone 4S apart from other devices in the same class range. No piece of software is ever going to be perfect, and will always have real-world limitations, but Siri is an extremely powerful extension to iOS which is growing in features as time progresses.
With the Xbox 360 being initially unveiled to the world in 2005, the time is fast approaching for Microsoft to bring their next generation Xbox console to the market place. There can be no denying that consumers are more than ready for a new gaming console, but the prospect of a new gadget from Microsoft inevitably bring about a flurry of speculation surround the specifications.
Looks like the jailbreak devs are really on top of their game just now, and those lengthy waits for teased tweaks to be released seem a distant memory as the gurus behind them fall over each other for the attention of the millions of new jailbreakers.
Everyday, many tweaks are released via the iconic Cydia Store, enabling those are jailbroken to really get the most from there devices. In a way, it allows iOS to run the way it always should have been.
Both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates will be remembered as two of the biggest tech luminaries of their time, long after both have passed on. Anyone who has seen Pirates of Silicon Valley will know how both Apple and Microsoft's histories are deeply intertwined, and how closely - and often not - Jobs and Gates worked together.
Text messaging on mobile devices is obviously a huge global business, with networks around the world honoring billions of messages each day, and also bringing in substantial finances from texts. Once upon a time, short messages were used primarily in a social settings amongst friends, but over the years, the use of text messages have become increasingly more important with their place being cemented in businesses and the media alike.
