During the second quarter of 2011 Apple announced that their App Store had reached the staggering benchmark number of 15 billion-downloaded songs obtained from the iTunes Store. With more than 425,000 apps currently available in the iTunes market for purchase or download, it can be easy to overlook the scores of programs that don’t make [...]
Unlike the Apple App Store, the Android Market doesn’t have an approval process in place for developers of third-party apps. However, there are still times when the Google higher-ups opt to ban an application. In light of a recent developer’s decision to create what he calls “a black market app store” to house these banned [...]
One of the best and most popular features of Apple’s iPhone is of course the virtual assistant with voice recognition capability known as Siri. More than just a technological marvel, Siri is a pretty handy sidekick for handling a host of everyday tasks, at the sound of your beckoning. Here are ten things that Siri [...]
As mobile device design continues to trend away from traditional keypads in favor of touch screens, we thought it might be time to assess which devices are getting it right. Based on factors like comfort, screen size, image, battery life we sort through the field to determine the ten best touchscreen mobile devices.
10. HTC EVO [...]
Apple launched its iPhone 4S this past Friday, and sold more than 4 million units over the weekend. If you weren’t among the rabid hordes waiting in line to score one of your own, you may be wondering, What’s all the hub-bub, Bub? Here’s a highlight list of ten things you should know about the [...]
Millions of people like me have lived most of their lives without cell phones, and some of them still don’t own one. Somehow we managed to survive, but now I panic if I forget my phone when I leave the house. Mobile phones have become a common part of our everyday lives and have made [...]
For years, cell phones got smaller and smaller. Some of them were so small that you could hardly see them in the palm of a teenage girl. As the phones have gotten ‘smarter’, they seem to be growing bigger again. Here are ten signs that your new cell phone is just TOO BIG.
Doesn’t fit [...]
Bluetooth hacking has been occurring since before Bluetooth was publicly unveiled, with researchers testing the the security of the new protocol. The technology itself is set up for open short-distance communication, which makes it vulnerable almost by design. Hackers of all stripes have had a go at Bluetooth, and there have been some interesting results. [...]
Communicating via text has become the primary means of communication for many people. Part of the reason relates to the phone plans that have unlimited texting. In these plans, minutes for voice calls are limited, but you can communicate as much as you like without any fear of creating overage charges. This dependence on texting [...]
The proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile has sparked some spirited debate as to its potential benefits – or consequences – to the consumer. AT&T claims that the merger will result in better coverage and more reliable signal for its customers. Opponents cite antitrust statutes and mismanagement of resources, among other things, as [...]
