In a world where we all live our lives on our smartphones, one of the scariest and personally affecting things that can happen to us is the loss of that smartphone. It might not sound like the end of the world on the surface, but if all your personal data, photos of your children and documents for work are saved on a smartphone that's gone missing, you'll no doubt feel its loss.
Modern smartphones are designed to be online constantly. With fast 3G and 4G radios built right in and Wi-Fi on tap, it's fair to say that we live our lives through our smartphones these days, and that means they're full of data that needs keeping safe.
With precisely two weeks remaining until the big unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S IV in New York's Times Square, the rumor mill is naturally picking up on every lead and murmuring pertaining to the device. SamMobile has been pumping out such speculation on a daily basis over the past couple of weeks, and believes Samsung will launch the device in two different colors - white and black - with three different memory options. Such revelations would usually mean very little, but with Samsung having favored the Pebble Blue look over the traditional black look with the Galaxy S III, reverting to a more typical color configurations is likely to please the masses.
Over the last few months, speculation has been all over the tech world about Samsung’s major upgrade to its flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy. At last, the company announced its intentions to hold a press event to officially show off the device; now, it seems that the same event will be open to the public, a move that the company hopes will kickstart customer interest in the new product.
With Android frequently making the news with regards to malware outbreaks, you may be forgiven for thinking apps on the the open-source platform were more likely to leak your private info than, say, the much more watertight iOS. Apparently, this is not the case, and as per a study by Appthority, which plies its trade in assessing mobile apps for numerous companies, free apps over at the App Store present a greater privacy risk to users than the free offerings over at the Play Store.
Real Racing 3 has finally arrived for iOS and Android in the U.S., and is available to download right now from the respective stores of each platforms. Being free to play, it's sure to attract a large audience, and if you enjoy the likes of Asphalt or Need for Speed, then Real Racing 3 is a release you'll most certainly want to try out.
If you are an Internet user and do not spend the rest of your life under a rock, you’re bound to be using a social network. Maybe there are exceptions to this rule (aren’t there always?), but the fact holds true that a vast majority of Internet users utilize some social networking service one way or the other. The most popular service these days might be Facebook, but at the same time, Twitter is a lot of people’s first choice to follow certain news bits, celebrities and whatnot. Then, Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram has also pushed the mobile-only photo-sharing network to a new height. Finally, Google+ is also a major contender in this arena, specifically for keeping abreast with happenings in the technology world. The icing on the cake is RSS feeds, completing the list of a social aficionado’s daily routine.
Back at WWDC 2012, Apple announced that iOS 6 would be getting a new native app called Passbook, which, as we now know, is a utility offering an organized, digital solution for vouchers, tickets, boarding passes, and other wallet-fodder. Not to be outdone, arch-rival Samsung has just taken the wraps off a very similar utility by the name of Wallet, which looks to be an Android incarnation of Apple's fledgling offering. Having made the announcement at the big Mobile World Congress, the Korean company has also given a short video demonstration, and although the clip is only 45 seconds long, it looks as though the app offers the same functionality as the Cupertino company's earlier version.
As anybody travelling out-and-about frequently will know, keeping your iPhone (or any mobile device, for that matter) sufficiently juiced-up can be a trying task. New features being added in the hardware and software stakes all the time often prove detrimental to the battery life, and although most of us carry a USB cable around with us for such emergencies, it's not a very practical peripheral. Enter ChargeCard, a self-descriptive accessory which slots straight into your wallet, just like a card, while including the correct connectors to turn any USB port into a Lightning / 30-pin/ microUSB connection ready to charge your device up at the drop of a hat.
Visa's very own NFC software is about to hit the mobile market, and with Visa being a well-established, world-recognized brand, it's no surprise to see the company has found a mutually beneficial deal with Samsung to implement the software into a fleet of Samsung smartphones. First up for some Visa NFC treatment will be the eagerly-anticipated Galaxy S IV, which is set for announcement in New York next month, on March 14th.
