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Android apps of the day [July 14, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Weave: a fun little puzzle game involving pipes and paths
- Frozen Bubble: pop the bubbles, or die trying!
- Tweet Lanes: the best Android 4.0 Twitter client
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 14, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- PolyFrame (Make collages with your photos with backgrounds and text)
- NBC Olympics (Follow the London Summer Olympics with news, videos and medal count)
- Penguin Wings 2 (Fly through as a penguin collecting things and avoiding others)
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Read More »Android tops smartphone sales in Q2 2012 with over 50% of sales
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech has published details on the market share of different producers in the smartphone market. Android has broke all records as the second quarter of 2012 ended with Android smartphone sales claiming more than 50% of total smartphone sales.
The statistics, which was compiled by analyzing smartphone sales [...]
Read More »Samsung tablet not “cool” enough to copy iPad, says UK judge
Another day, another fight between Samsung and Apple. This time the battlefield is an English courtroom and the victor is Samsung albeit with a bloody nose.
Apple has sued Samsung in the USA and Germany claiming Samsung’s Galaxy Tabs copied iPad’s design. In the UK, however, Samsung filed a lawsuit [...]
Read More »Leaked iPhone 5 photos show larger screen, 20% thinner device
The Internet always seems to have Apple-related rumors floating on the sidelines. The iPhone 5 is no exception. Prior to the release of iPhone 4S, may people anticipated Apple may release an iPhone with a larger screen. Unfortunately, the iPhone 4S came around and it had (has) the same traditional [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 13, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- FotoMorph: morph photos
- Super File Shredder: securely delete files
- Favekeeper: sync favorites and bookmarks between browsers and through the cloud
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Windows has hundreds of thousands of programs. Because [...]
Read More »Android apps of the day [July 13, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Slice: track online purchases and shipments
- Nemus Launcher: a customizable and themeable launcher
- Claystone Launcher: the world’s first “tandem” launcher
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 13, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Flex Search (Search multiple sites from one app)
- SpiroDoodle (Create designs in a spiraled way)
- Draw and Escape (Draw lines to help the lead car escape from his pursuers)
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Read More »Amazon Kindle (Android) smartphone will have a 4 to 5 inches screen, according to The Wall Street Journal
We had earlier posted about the possibility of an Amazon smartphone when reports came out that Amazon has been trying to strike deals with some wireless device manufacturers to acquire the rights to wireless patents. However, we at that time we weren’t sure whether a Kindle smartphone was really brewing [...]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Surface tablets will have all iPad features
After Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto this year, CEO Steve Ballmer, in an exclusive interview to CRN, said that Microsoft is looking forward to make life hard for Apple with the release of its Microsoft Surface tablets that are expected to hit the markets by late October.
Ballmer [...]
Read More »Verizon, an American ISP, wants to censor the Internet
The United States’ Federal Communications Commission has issued an Open Internet Order which, more or less, prevents ISPs from blocking or restricting access to legal content on the Internet just because they [the ISPs] disagree with the content or because they are providing a competing service or because they are [...]
Read More »Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claims Apple ruined Siri
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. One of its founders, Steve Wozniak, has proclaimed Apple ruined Siri after acquiring it. Last month Wozniak was at a race track to attend a meeting with a horse named after him (uh…). After said meeting, Wozniak had a talk with [...]
Google might pay $22.5 million penalty for ignoring Do Not Track settings
Apple’s Safari browser has a ‘Do Not Track’ option which users can enable to block third-party cookies to prevent themselves from being tracked by the cookie owners. Google circumvented Safari’s Do Not Track setting and now has to face the consequences.
Google used a Safari exploit which allowed it to [...]
Read More »Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) comes to Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ devices
Putting a stop to the patient wait of Android users, Google has now announced that Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) has officially started rolling out for Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ users.
With some new and interesting features and add-ons, Jelly Bean had mostly received positive reviews from reviewers at the Google I/O [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 12, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- Snowbird: a Windows Explorer replacement with search!
- TEDinator: download and view TED Talks
- NoteTab Light: text and syntax editor with tabs
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Windows has hundreds of thousands of programs. [...]
Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 12, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- AFACEinHOLE (Place someone’s face in another picture’s face)
- My Contacts Backup (Backup your contacts and email it without connecting your device to the computer)
- Hangman RSS (A hangman game with achievements)
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Read More »Google Chrome 21 comes with native communication and cloud print support (without Flash)
In a move which most of the critics of rapid update cycle call to be one of those rare moments when major changes that really affect users get incorporated in an upgrade, Google Chrome has added native support for communication services such as webcam and microphone in its latest version [...]
Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface tablets to hit stores by the end of October
Microsoft has revealed that it will be releasing the much awaited and anticipated Windows 8 operating system, along with the first Surface tablet(s) that Microsoft manufactures, by the end of October 2012. It isn’t immediately clear if October will see a global release of the products or if they will [...]
Windows software of the day [July 11, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- Gomigo: access programs from the system tray
- Install Monitor: monitor installations for thorough uninstallations
- FluffyApp: share files easily
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About Windows Software of the Day
Windows has hundreds of thousands of programs. Because of this [...]
Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 11, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- Cozi Family Organizer (Helps keep all activities organized the whole family can use)
- Card Wallet (Keeps your credit card information safe and organized)
- StarDunk Gold (Play basketball in a new way which is in space)
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Read More »RapidShare unveils RapidDrive, a cloud storage service expected to rival Dropbox, Skydrive, Google Drive, etc.
Hoping to make a stand in the cloud storage arena, RapidShare has stepped in with RapidDrive, a cloud storage service that will act as an active competitor for established services such as Dropbox, Skydrive, Google Drive, etc.
Technically speaking RapidDrive isn’t a cloud storage service in of itself. The cloud [...]
Read More »BitTorrent Torque allows users to download torrents via web browser, no desktop client required
Torrent downloads and BitTorrent have been an the essential part Internet community. Several organizations rely on the services provided by BitTorrent to share downloads with other users by making use of the peer-to-peer protocol. As with any other service, or rather more than its fair share, BitTorrent also has a [...]
Firefox developer admits that everybody hates Firefox rapid updates
A Mozilla Firefox developer, Jono DiCarlo, has finally found the need to express his feelings as he posted a lengthy and well-written post which has triggered some quite interesting debates and discussions.
DiCarlo, in his blog post, points out that Firefox got it all wrong by trying to mimic the [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 10, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- XWidget: get beautiful widgets on your desktop and in a dashboard
- WindowMenuPlus: add lots of options to window controls (minimze, maximize/restore, close)
- Sys Information: view information about your system
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Read More »Facebook is launching targeted mobile ads based on app usage data (i.e. personal user data)
It’s not the first time that we are hearing about the social networking giant trying to peep into the lives of its users. This time around Facebook is planning is to track the usage statistics and characteristics of mobile apps that Facebook users install on their devices to provide users [...]
Windows software of the day [July 9, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- Google Drive: sync your computer with the Google cloud
- MD5 & SHA-1 Checksum Utility: verify downloads
- Dimmer: make your computer usable at night
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Windows has hundreds of thousands [...]
Read More »Android apps of the day [July 9, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- FVD – Free Video Downloader [Download streaming videos from popular video hosting websites]
- WakeTube – Youtube Alarm Clock [Wake up to the sound of Youtube videos]
- Galaxy S3 Dandelion LWP [The dandelion live wallpaper from Samsung Galaxy S3]
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 9, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- PCalendars (Backup and sync your iPhone calendar to the cloud)
- Graffiti Me! (Take a photo and turn it into simulated graffiti art)
- Tractor Trails (Take the tractor and plant things in the ground quickly)
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Read More »Europeans can finally legally resell used software
The European Union Court of Justice has upheld the right of users to resell software irrespective of their license restrictions. The court made its decision in a ruling against Oracle’s argument that the court should allow it to make provisions in the End User License Agreement (EULA) to disallow the [...]
Netflix users clock 1 billion hours of video playback in June, breaks all known and humane records
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has made a Facebook post mentioning that the Netflix subcribers watched a total of more than about 1 billion hours of video during June 2012, making it a first time in the history for Netflix:
Congrats to Ted Sarandos, and his amazing content licensing team. Netflix
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Exploding Samsung Galaxy S III is fake, owner admits mistake
Last month a user by the name ‘dillo2k10′ posted on an online forum that his Samsung Galaxy S III caught on fire from the inside and melted the plastic casing; essentially, he claimed it exploded all on its own. Samsung promised to investigate the issue and, along with Fire Investigations [...]
Thousands will lose Internet connectivity from July 9; but fix is easy
Thousands of Internet users are expected to face an Internet blackout from July 9, 2012 (this coming Monday). Whom will be affected, you ask? The users who’s machines are infected by the DNSChanger malware.
DNSChanger is a piece of malware developed by six Estonian cybercriminals. Over the past five years [...]
Read More »Windows software of the day [July 8, 2012]
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Today’s Software
- WinMend Auto Shutdown: automatically shut down/sleep/hibernate/log off your computer
- DriverView: get a handy list of Windows drivers
- Greenshot: take screenshots with an incredibly configurable screenshot program
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Read More »iOS apps of the day [July 8, 2012]
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Today’s Apps
- SMS Pocket Pro (Send new types of ways to text message your friends)
- MyMap+ (Unique navigation map that will remember the locations you want)
- Zombie Duck Hunt (A Duck Hunt clone in a funny way)
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Read More »Amazon is planning to build a Kindle (Android) smartphone
After the success of the Kindle Fire, it has just been reported that Amazon is planning to set its foot into the smartphone manufacturing arena. Bloomberg notes that the news comes from ‘trusted sources’, who have been engaged with Amazon’s activities related to the planning of an Android smartphone, presumably [...]