Although superheros have proven to be extremely popular amongst comic book readers for many decades, the production of Hollywood movies based on those old comics is still a relatively recent phenomenon. Nevertheless, the blockbuster movies always prove to be smash hits with cinema goers and more often than not seem to spawn a video game for all major gaming platforms.
Having the ability to effectively control consumer technology through audible commands is widely regarded as the future direction in which tech companies will eventually go down. Since the introduction of Apple's Siri last October, a number of clone apps have popped up on various platforms, and although most of them profess to be a 'Siri Killer', it has always seemed rather strange to me that they compare themselves to Siri rather than attempt to standalone.
When first cameras were first introduced to cellular mobile phones just over a decade ago, it was perceived as a novelty to own a device which, as well as making calls and sending SMS, could also take a snap.
We can all empathize with the sinking feeling felt when something important is erroneously deleted from our smartphones, but instead of becoming lost for good, the DiskDigger team has created an Android app to help you recover those precious files you thought had disappeared into the Recycle Bin of no return.
To celebrate Father's day this Sunday, video games publisher Electronic Arts - commonly referred to as simply EA - will be offering significant discounts on some of its most popular Android titles including FIFA 12, Need for Speed, Plants vs. Zombies and Dead Space.
The My Xbox LIVE app only dropped for Android a couple of days ago (released contemporaneously with a significant update to the iOS iteration), but already, Microsoft has released Kinectimals for Android - rendering it the very first Microsoft game for Google's market-leading mobile operating system.
For all of its strengths, one drawback of owning an Android device is the increasing number of threats from malware. While Windows Phone and iOS are largely considered to be safe from attack, there are scores of fake .apk files and other non-niceties lurking about aimed at those using Google's market-leading mobile operating system.
Although not everybody is a keen adopter, many a smartphone and tablet user nowadays loves the idea of sharing images socially. You only have to take a one look at the likes of Instagram to see just how fond mobile device users are of allowing others to comment and like images - no matter how significant or seemingly pointless said image may be, really.
After more than two years of work on bringing new features and reaching out to other mobile platforms, Foursquare completely redesigned their apps for iOS and Android. The updated app, numbered 5.0, offers a much better user-experience and a new recommendation system. We’ve discussed both right after the jump!
Want to test Windows 8 out on a touch-screen device and only have an Android-powered tablet to hand? Perhaps you're a developer who wants to know how their new Windows 8 apps will perform when faced with a touch-screen tablet. Now you can try Windows 8 out on the hardware that it was designed to be used with.
