About Ashraf
Happily married to the most beautiful woman ever, Ashraf is the founder of dotTech. Ashraf spends insane hours on dotTech (usually writing articles but sometimes doing absolutely nothing except staring). Yes he is weird, but he is also very friendly.
Ever wonder why MSNBC.com was named MSNBC? Well it was because of Microsoft’s stake in the digital property (‘MS’ standing for Microsoft… duh). I say “was” because the partnership is now over: N...
Ever wanted to venture into space? Now you (almost) can. The first ever commercial space tourism flight is scheduled to launch next year, courtesy Virgin Galactic. Riding Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo space craft, six ‘Virgin ...
I’m sure many people already know about how many celebrities make $$$ by sending out ‘sponsored tweets’ aka ads to their Twitter followers. Well the greenbacks aren’t only for celebrities. According to The ...
We have already covered the major new features in Android’s latest iteration, Jelly Bean. However it obviously wasn’t possible for us to list all changes in Jelly Bean without Google providing an official changelog. We...
Pirating apps on iOS is extremely easy if you jailbreak your device. Pirating apps on iOS is extremely difficult (near impossible) without jailbreak. Or is it? A Russian hacker has devised a way for users to attain premium iOS app...
Apple’s iPad is a killerly popular tablet. However, it is a well-priced killerly popular tablet. As an alternative to the 10 inch tablet market, many companies offer cheaper 7 inch tablets. Samsung is popularly credited with...
Some call it fragmentation; others proclaim choice. Whatever side of the fence you stand, is it clear there a lot of Android devices out there. Exactly how many, you ask? OpenSignalMaps, an app/service that helps users find the be...
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 Ga...
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. Unfortunat...
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] disa...
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 (u...
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 Trac...
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 dandel...
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. Samsun...
Thanks to Google’s lax app submission policies, malware in Play Store (previously known as Android Market) is nothing new. Malware in Apple App Store, however, is a first — literally. There have been incidents of malwa...