It's jailbreak tweak time again here at Redmond Pie and the latest to pop up on our radar is Preference Folders. What Preference Folders offers is actually rather simple, but it's something we've not seen done before and is well worth a look if you're the kind of person that is constantly scanning through their Settings app in the search of one particular setting.
If you’d like to be reminded of something, you can tie a string around one of your fingers. I don’t really know if that tip actually works; knowing my brain I’ll forget why I placed the string on to begin with. Android users now have a better option.
FaceTime was introduced by Apple in 2010 and has gained popularity since. With more products such as Macs, iPad 2 and iPod touch being supported, the video-call software has become more flexible.
SiriProxy continues to amaze me. It started with Siri controlling the thermostat then moving to channel surfing on your TV. Now, a new project uses the tool with a home automation system activated by voice.
If you’ve been following the recent Carrier IQ controversy, you’ll know that there is this one rootkit that comes pre-installed on most Android smartphones in the US that not only logs how many calls were dropped and your location, but also sent and received texts, emails, entire calls, keyboard taps and more without ever asking the user for permission. There are various somewhat complicated ways to detect it, but a rather simple method has cropped today that just involves installing an app from Android Market and launching it. Details of the app-in-question can be checked out after the break.
Samsung and Apple’s international court drama continues to heat up, folks. After having sales ban for their Galaxy Tab 10.1 extended by a week, good news has come up for the Korean company in the form of a US court denying Apple of a preliminary ban on sales of Samsung products.
Apple has come a long way from its humble beginnings. When the company introduced their Apple I and Apple II platforms in the late seventies, it paved way for the iPads, and MacBooks of today. Their first product was sold as an assembled circuit board –the keyboard, monitor and case had to be added by the owner. In some instances, a wooden case was used.
A few days ago a video surfaced of one YouTube user comparing the abilities of Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Tellme software. With Siri found on the new iPhone 4S and Tellme being part of Windows Phone 7, it was really only a matter of time before the two were compared head-to-head.
Well well well, what do we have here! Samsung’s flagship super-phone – the Galaxy S II – has beaten the super-popular iPhone 4S for a Best Phone of the Year award. Details after the jump!
Already got your hands on a Galaxy Nexus? Well, chances are, you don’t like that there-by-default Google search bar at the top of the homescreen and are looking to remove it. There is a very simple method for this and you can check it out after the jump!
