Apple has announced the lucky winner who downloaded the 25 billionth app from its iTunes store. Qingdao’s Chunli Fu, a Chinese iOS device owner, won a $10,000 iTunes gift card by downloading the free version of Disney’s hit game Where’s My Water? This feat only shows how good Apple’s iOS ecosystem is currently performing. “We’d like...
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Microsoft is planning to build on the success of its Xbox 360 console by launching its popular Xbox Live gaming platform to iOS and Android devices. Selling more than 66 million units of Xbox 360 consoles and around 18 million units of its Kinect peripheral since its launch, Microsoft is looking to generate more revenue when it releases Xbox Live to other platforms. Xbox...
Diggers of software have discovered that Apple’s new iOS beta, the iOS 5.1 beta, will be supporting quad core chipsets. According to 9 to 5 Mac, a hidden panel within the code of the beta reveals the processors the iOS 5.1 can handle. The code referenced a “/cores/core.3” device, which means that its processor has four cores. “While not quite confirming...
Google has had a wonderful Christmas as users have activated 3.7 million Android devices on the 24th and 25th of December, according to one of the company’s executives. In a Google+ post by Andy Rubin, Google’s senior vice president for mobile, on December 28, he said, “There were 3.7M Android devices activated on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-Android!”...
BabyPing has announced the launch of a revolutionary baby monitor that uses tech to give security to your babies. The BabyPing is a new device that enables parents to hear, see and monitor their babies through an iOS device such as iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The BabyPing is the first device that offers a reassuring alternative to traditional baby monitors by using the...
A rumored panorama feature in Apple devices that run iOS 5 turned out to be true, according to findings by developers. The secret feature, which was uncovered by developer Conrad Kramer, enables users to capture panoramic photos by taking pictures and sweeping the camera from left to right. A tweet posted by @conradev says, “So, I found out how to enable Panorama...
A native Gmail app for Apple’s iOS devices could see the light of day soon, after more than three years since the company launched the App Store. Tech news writer M.G. Seigler wrote in a blog post that a number of sources told him that the app’s release is imminent. “Google is on the verge of launching their native Gmail app, multiple sources tell me,”...
Well, the Apple ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ event held today didn’t disappoint those of us expecting to hear about a launch of a spanking new phone. What it did do however was give us a different phone from the one which was most widely expected. After months of leaks and rumours most people were expecting to see the all new iPhone 5 presented at the event. Instead of...
Boingo Wireless, the biggest Wi-Fi provider in the world, has released the results of its study regarding Wi-Fi use. According to the study called WiFi Snapshot, 58.9 percent of devices that connect to the Wi-Fi network are tablets or smartphones. The data comes from 60 airports in Europe and North America, and around 400,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide. With the 58.9 percent,...
If you could have make your iOS device display the look and feel of Apple’s Mac OS X, would you do it? Some people certainly would, that’s why some coders in the iOS jailbreaking community have come up with a mod called the Lion Ultimatum that turns your iOS into Mac OS X. The Lion Ultimatum, created by college freshman and ModMyi forum member Timothy Elliot,...