Owing to strong sales of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, Apple has reached 42 percent smartphone marketshare in the US, much ahead of rival Samsung, which has a 26 percent marketshare. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason
Month: January 2014
3 Datacenter Trends To Watch In 2014
Datacenter operators will continue to focus on energy efficiency and security while investigating software-defined strategies this year. Read the original post by Tony Kontzer
Belkin Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless Router for $19 + free shipping via Prime
accessorize_depot via Amazon offers Prime members the Belkin Play N600 Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless 4-Port Ethernet Router, model no. F7D8302, for $18.99 with free shipping. (Non-members can spend $35 or more to qualify for free shipping; otherwise, shipping costs $9.29.) That’s $11 under our mention from last February and the lowest […] Read the original post…
Poor Build Quality and High Price of iOS 7 Game Controllers Due to Strict Apple Guidelines
Current MFi game controllers designed to work with devices running iOS 7, including offerings from MOGA, Logitech, and SteelSeries have all been unpopular with reviewers due to their high price tags, their build quality, and lack of game support. While it has been unclear why each manufacturer has chosen a […] Read the original post…
Gist 2.0 brings full Pocket support, new summary view, and more!
Gist has been updated to version 2.0, adding important new features like a new summary view and full support for read-it-later service Pocket. Gist will now summarize all of the articles that you store in Pocket. You can add, delete, and favorite articles from within Gist. There’s a new summary view […] Read the original…
Take to the skies with Dragon Trials for iPhone and iPad
Dragon Trials is a new game that puts you in control of dragons as they fly and fight across several levels. In the game, you compete in the Dragon Trials, which establish a Dragon’s reputation in the game’s world. To win the Trials, a dragon must grab the Golden Egg and […] Read the original…
#CESlive Round-up — all you need to know from CES 2014
What a show, #CESlive. The 2014 edition of the International CES was just as wild and crazy as we’d expected, and our coverage was more wild and crazy than we’d ever done before. From curved UHD TVs and OLED displays to smartwatches and smartphones, the millions of square feet that […] Read the original post…
Seiki 50″ 120Hz 2160p 4K LED LCD HDTV for $607 + free shipping
Amazon offers the Seiki 50″ 4K 2160p LED LCD HD Television, model no. SE50UY04, for $607.30 with free shipping. That’s $43 under our mention from four days ago and the lowest total price we’ve seen for a 50″ 4K LED HDTV. (It’s also a current low for this model by […] Read the original post…
Mail Pilot for Mac now available, here’s your chance to win a free copy!
Mail Pilot for Mac has come out of public beta and is now available for purchase in the Mac App Store at an introductory price of $9.99. Mail replacement apps for both iOS and Mac have made some progress lately and Mail Pilot doesn’t fall short in feature set. Even in […] Read the original…
The Week in iOS Apps: Striking a chore
Chore-inator This week’s roundup of new and updated iOS apps features a novel way to put your kids to work. Plus, a game that really lets you use your head, and a tour of the National History Museum. Box This cloud storage app for iOS has been completely redesigned with a new user […] Read…
Google Now breaking free of mobile, headed to Mac and Windows
Google Now is a pretty impressive mobile tool – perhaps still more so on Android than iOS – and it looks like its also headed to the desktop as well. In a new release of the Canary build of Google Chrome for Mac and Windows, the familiar cards based notification […] Read the original post…
Samsung Galaxy Tab3 Lite Announced Officially
Well, after plenty of merry go round news concerning the Samsung Galaxy Tab3 Lite, here we are with an official announcement of the device and its availability, adding yet another 7″ device to the Galaxy Tab3 range. Read the original post by Ubergizmo
How to install BiteSMS beta for iOS 7 on your iPhone
If you’ve jailbroken your iPhone on iOS 7, BiteSMS is arguably the jailbreak app everyone has to have. Mainly because it completely replaces the native Messages app and adds the sought after quick reply and quick compose features that Apple won’t. Currently BiteSMS is in beta form for iOS 7 […] Read the original post…
What’s really going on with the Starbucks mobile app information leak, and what you need to know
Earlier this week, security researcher Daniel Wood disclosed his findings on Starbucks’ insecure handling of sensitive user information in their iPhone app. The sensitive information discovered includes usernames, passwords, emails, addresses, location data, and OAuth keys. While Wood’s findings are valid, the interpretations of his findings have been inaccurate and […] Read the original post…
Thinner MacBooks make bigger battery problems
When it comes to batteries, Apple could do a better job. Batteries wear out. They stop holding a charge. What’s worse, sometimes they fail dramatically. They swell up, distort. That’s what recently happened to my wife’s four-year-old white MacBook. Now the MacBook is physically damaged because of it. She noticed the […] Read the original…