One of the favorite aspects I enjoy about my new Android-based phone are the games. (I was deprived of mobile games while running WinMo, partly because my phone did not have a proper GPU and partly because apps are not WinMo’...
Have you bought an iPad yet? Neither have I. (We may be lucky we have not jumped onto the bandwagon – yet – considering the complaints about iPad’s WiFi and how problematic it is.) Would you like to know how it f...
Remember last year how Apple snubbed Adobe, not allowing Flash on iDevices? Apple proclaimed Flash was a closed platform (the irony), it was inefficient, bulky, insecure, etc. as reasons for not allowing it on Apple’s mobile...
Spam -noun Super pestiferous anti matter -verb I want to hurt someone ….Okay on the serious note: we have all encountered spam. Yes even you (although you may not know in which case I ask you “have you checked your ban...
Malware isn’t new to iOS (nor to its competition, for that matter). However, in the past malware on iOS has targeted jailbroken devices, the devices that bypass Apple security and download third-party apps not vetted by Appl...
The Achilles heel of smartphones is battery life. You may be able to do almost anything on your device, but when it runs out of battery you can do nothing. We all want to be able to enjoy our expensive phones without having to be ...
Are you using Firefox? Itching to update to the latest version? It is time to satisfy that itch. Staying true to their quick-release cycle pledge, Mozilla has released Firefox 8. And if you are an early bird, you can manually down...
With hard drive space increasing day by day, many of us have an increasing number of programs installed on our beloved computers. Keeping all these programs up-to-date is a daunting, and often impossible, task. Fret no longer: tod...
Recently I posted an article discussing the best free apps to make free VoIP calls on Android. Free VoIP calls are very nice, but one issue with them is the fact that you can only call people that are using the same app/service yo...
The advent of the modern smartphone has brought many unconventional, new functionality to our cell phones. At the same time, it has transformed how we perform conventional cell phone tasks of calling and messaging. VoIP — wh...
Wow. It has been a dang long time since I have posted on dotTech. That is not to say I spent my time off wisely – played League of Legends until my brain turned into mush – but I sort of miss this feeling. So what bett...
On PC Opera arguably has one of the most underestimated browsers. On mobile platforms, however, Opera browsers flourish. With excellent useability and handy features – such as Opera Turbo – Opera is as an excellent cho...
Since their introduction, live wallpapers have been used creatively for many different purposes. Power Puddle is one such live wallpaper. To put it simply – and the app itself is very simple – Power Puddle allows users...
Does your shiny new iPhone 4S – or old but newly updated iPhone 4/3GS – have sucky battery life? You are not the only one. After weeks of complaining by its customers, Apple has admitted there are bugs in iOS 5 that ar...
One great feature of JPEG images that make them a great asset over, lets say, PNG images is the fact that one can add comments to them. Adding comments is supported directly by Windows so you can always manually add comments to ea...
