Picture yourself back in the 2006 holiday season: if you were a geek, you were most likely struggling with your Windows Vista upgrade (those were the days!) and dreaming of owning that then-brand-new smartphone. More likely than not, it had a physical keyboard, had a rudimentary built-in web browser and definitely not a multi-touch display. When the iPhone first launched, the whole smartphone space was taken into a whole different direction.
Score one up for the iPhone! The App Store has exclusively received a new and a very different kind of photo-sharing app today: it’s called GLMPS and it records a video clip of the moments before an actual photograph is taken.
Patently Apple has brought to our attention a patent which sheds some light on Apple's potential plans for inductive charging, comparable to the Touchstone charging hub on the market for those HP's webOS-based devices.
Are you using your iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot using an unofficial tool without AT&T’s permission? According to a warning issued by the carrier, if you’re still using AT&T’s discontinued but still honored unlimited plan you might be thrown out of it by August 11th.
According to a leaked AppleCare document, Apple has begun selling bootable OS X Lion USB drives to users who are in dire need. These thumb drives will allow those users to perform clean installs of Lion without carrying out the painful task of setting up Snow Leopard first.
Today, we are seeing the first effects of the release of DFT’s RSPL/HSPL tool: a WP7 developer over at XDA has cooked the first ever custom ROM for the HTC HD7!
We have come across a very, very useful app today on Android, it’s called DeskSMS and it lets users send and receive text messages from their desktop/laptop using a web browser, Gmail or Google Talk.
As you may or may not be aware, Apple has released the iCloud web apps in beta to developers, but it's only available to a small number of users through its "iCloud Beta Developer Sign In". Thankfully, there's a ridiculously easy trick you can perform that will - sort of - let you use all the web apps even if you don't have access: in fact, even if you don't have an Apple ID.
On Wednesday, Randi Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, stepped down from Facebook in order to start her own Web 2.0 company. While both her and the company are in good terms with each other, this news came as a shock to many given that Randi had been with Facebook for 6 years.
You know the feeling - you've just picked up your brand new, shiny iPhone 4 from one of Apple's immaculate stores, but there's something missing, something intangible, but you can't quite put your finger on it. You tap and swipe your way effortlessly around the iOS interface, but it's just not right. It needs something. That's right, it needs more Windows! (No, it doesn't, really)
