The luxury of being able to use a number of apps has distinguished the Google Android platform from others. Users are thrilled to be able to access such a huge number of apps for free. The affordable price of gadgets, particularly smart phones on Android has enabled Google to command a huge market share and leave behind Microsoft and Apple. However, of late there has been some frustration and irritation brewing in the minds of users with regard to the excessive information being sought by…
Over the past week, we’ve seen a number of exciting devices hit the market. September 2014 is a great time to be buying a brand new smartphone – from the iPhone 6 to the Moto X and Note 4, we have plenty of options. If you want to trade in your used smartphone to get a discount on a new smartphone, then consider using T-Mobile. T-Mobile recently announced the company was “guaranteeing” industry-best prices on all used smartphone trade-ins: “In advance of a huge wave of new…
If you enjoy SnapChat but believe in words more than in pictures, if you have messaged something really mean to someone and are feeling guilty and are wishing that you could take it back or if you have written something that might be used later as evidence by your girlfriend stating that you rather play video games that meet her mother, CYBER DUST is the app for you. A lot of us have lots of things to say and prefer expressing ourselves with words. Also, a lot of us have a tendency to end up…
This article is for the people who have kids, are planning to have kids or think about having kids. This is also for those people who think about the rise in the popularity of social media and the importance that is given to staying virtually connect. More often than not, it is children who are easy victims to the virtual lifestyle (in reality, sadly, there is an equal number of adults who are extremely social or should I say extremely anti-social, enslaved by their virtual reality). Most of…
It was back in the year 2013, when experts studying the mobile market predicted that we were poised for a tectonic shift regarding the hardware for gaming. The prediction then was that the primary hardware as well as operating systems for gaming would be tailored and made for mobile gadgets. That forecast has proven to be true and we have seen the huge and exponential growth of smart phones, led by the Android operating system from Google. The iOS and Windows at the moment have been left way…
If you’re like most Android users, then you use at least one of the following apps: -Instagram -OKCupid -Grindr -WhatsApp -Viber Whether you’re an Instagram user or a Grindr user, you may face a serious risk of losing your data. According to a new report from the University of New Haven’s “Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group”, many popular Android apps have serious vulnerabilities: “What we really find is that app developers are pretty sloppy”, says…
For years, Android had a reputation has being bad for developers. Due to fragmentation, Android still has that reputation, but it’s slowly been getting better and better. Unfortunately, the CTO of Oculus, John Carmack, recently spoke out against Android when it comes to app development for virtual reality headsets. Speaking to GamaSutra.com, John Carmack said that developing for Android “really does suck”. Carmack was speaking specifically to creating apps for the new Samsung…
Android hasn’t had a valid competitor in quite some time. The iPhone 5 was a decent phone, but it’s small size and puny performance made it a no-go for anybody who cares about those sort of things. The iPhone 5 was released two years ago. Last year’s iPhone 5S and 5C did nothing to change the feelings of most Android users, and more than a few lingering iPhone users jumped ship. As a result, Android’s market share has skyrocketed over the past two years while Apple’s has…
Parents around the world know the pain of giving a child a smartphone or tablet. On the one hand, you’re keeping the kid quiet for a few minutes. On the other hand, he could look through your pictures and text messages or make in-app purchases. Kids are responsible for the vast majority of unauthorized purchases on the Google Play Store. Sometimes, kids just buy one or two items worth a few dollars’ each. But in other cases, kids have bought thousands of dollars’ worth of stuff…
Over the past week, dozens of celebrity nudes have leaked online. Some people are blaming the hackers who spread and shared the photos, while other people are blaming the celebrities for taking pictures of themselves in the first place. But really, the only person to blame here is Apple, which has a long history of poor security and unpatched exploits. Grab your baseball bat and head to the orchard because we’re about to do some Apple bashing. Here are 5 reasons why Apple should be…
