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BlackBerry 10.1 adds HD camera mode, support for BlackBerry Q10 handset

Brad Linder — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:16:17 +0000

BlackBerry has released the first major software update to the BlackBerry 10 platform. The launch of BlackBerry 10.1 coincides with the release of the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone and adds support for that handset's hardware keyboard and smaller screen. The update also includes new features for the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen phone, including a new HDR camera mode. High Dynamic Range photography allows you to snap photos... Read more »

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Gameboy Advance emulator for iOS sneaks into the App Store (as a baby names app)

Brad Linder — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:44:08 +0000

Apple polices the App Store pretty vigorously to keep out porn, piracy, and video game emulators, among other things. But every now and again something slips through the cracks. For instance, there's now a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator available in the App Store for $1.99. But you'd never know that from the name or description of the Awesome Baby Names app. Update: And... it's gone.... Read more »

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Google Maps returns to iOS, this time as a third-party app

Brad Linder — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:47:34 +0000

Apple has included a Maps application with every iOS device since the original iPhone. Up until recently the mapping capabilities were powered by Google Maps, but when Apple released iOS 6 this year, the company severed the relationship with Google Maps, instead building an in-house mapping system. That move's been a bit controversial... with many users feeling like they're acting as beta testers for a... Read more »

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Gmail 2.0 brings multiple user accounts, new UI to iPhone, iPad

Brad Linder — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:08:30 +0000

Maybe the second time's a charm. Google released its first Gmail app for iOS over a year ago, but it was a bit buggy and short on features. While Google offered a few minor updates with support for things like push notifications, the Gmail app for iPhone and iPad continued to play second fiddle to the company's Android apps. Now Google has released Gmail 2.0 for iOS,... Read more »

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Windows Phone 7.8 to start rolling out in early 2013, will bring home, lock screen improvements

Brad Linder — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:12:48 +0000

Microsoft plans to start rolling out a software update for Windows Phone 7.5 devices in early 2013, bringing improvements to the home screen, lock screen, and other areas. While Windows Phone 8 will never be able to run on phones like the Nokia Lumia 900 which shipped with Windows Phone 7.5, the new operating system (called Windows Phone 7.8) will bring some of the most... Read more »

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CyanogenMod’s Apollo Music Player available from Google Play Store

Brad Linder — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:01:38 +0000

Apollo is the default music player in CyanogenMod 10, a custom version of Android 4.1 which is available for dozens of phones and tablets. But now you can download and install Apollo on any device running Android 2.3 or later, whether you're using CyanogenMod or not. Two versions are now available from the Google Play Store. Apollo is a free, ad-supported music player, while Apollo+... Read more »

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Google releases Android 4.2 software, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 devices

Brad Linder — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:11:35 +0000

Google has released the source code and software developer kit for Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The company also started selling its latest Nexus devices today including the Nexus 4 smartphone, the Nexus 10 tablet, and new 32GB and 3G-capable Nexus 7 tablets. Hardware sales have been off to a rocky start (demand seems to have exceeded supply, and the new phones and tablets have sold... Read more »

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Google Play Music adds gapless playback, auto-generated mixes

Brad Linder — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:28:32 +0000

Google has updated the Play Music app for Android, adding support for gapless playback, the ability to save your thumbs up, last add, and other playlist on your device, and more. One of my favorite changes is that Google will now automatically create mixes for you based on the songs you've played the most. In order to check out the instant mixes, just fire up... Read more »

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Verizon app store is closing in January, 2013

Brad Linder — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:12:50 +0000

There's no shortage of app stores for phones and tablets. Most popular mobile operating systems include their own app shops, stores, and marketplaces. But device makers and wireless carriers often decide to load their own stores too... just in case you'd rather download a game from the Verizon Apps store than the Google Play Store for some reason. Oh yeah... and so they can try... Read more »

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Apple releases iOS 6.0.1 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

Brad Linder — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:20:34 +0000

Apple has released a minor software update for iOS devices including the latest iPad, iPod touch, and iPhone models. For the most part iOS 6.0.1 is designed to fix bugs and improve security. You can download the update by visiting the Software Update section in the General Settings area on most recent iOS devices. But if you have an iOS 5, you'll have to download... Read more »

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Amazon expands Cloud Drive with a Photos app

Brad Linder — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:59:12 +0000

Amazon Cloud Drive gives users 5GB of free online storage space for any files they'd care to store online. It's also the backbone of the company's Cloud Player app that lets you upload music to the cloud and stream it to any device with a web browser or Cloud Player app. Now Amazon is launching another Cloud Drive app for Android, and this one's aimed... Read more »

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First Windows Phone 8 devices coming in early November

Brad Linder — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:57:46 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the first handsets running Windows Phone 8 will ship during the first weekend in November. Samsung, HTC, and Nokia will offer some of the first phones, and they'll be available in the US from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. So what's new in Windows Phone 8? Microsoft is updating its smartphone operating system with a version of the Internet Explorer 10 web... Read more »

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AOKP Jelly Bean Build 5 brings more Android tweaks to phones, tablets

Brad Linder — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:12:33 +0000

The folks behind the popular Android Open Kang Project have released AOKP JB Build 5. That's the fifth major release of the custom ROM for Android phones and tablets to be based on Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Among other things, the latest release incorporates Google's source code for Android 4.1.2, a minor update that was made available recently. Update: AOKP JB Milestone 1 is... Read more »

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iOS 6 tethered jailbreak now installs Cydia Store

Brad Linder — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:25:59 +0000

The iPhone Dev Team has updated their tool for jailbreaking some phones and tablets running iOS 6. Redsn0w 0.9.15b1 now lets you install the Cydia Store for apps that only run on jailbroken devices. It also adds support for untethered jailbreaks on a handful of devices, and the ability to restore to older firmware that's no longer supported by Apple. There are a few big... Read more »

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Dolphin Browser 9 for Android with Jetpack plugin offers even better HTML5 performance

Brad Linder — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:46:26 +0000

There's no shortage of web browser apps for Android. But Dolphin Browser has been around longer than most, and the developers say users have now installed Dolphin 50 million times. In the early days of Dolphin, the browser stood out by offering tabs and support for add-ons. Those features aren't unique anymore, but the new Dolphin Browser 9.0 has a nifty new feature - a... Read more »

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Firefox 16, Opera 12.1 web browser updates hit Android

Brad Linder — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:17:21 +0000

Mozilla and Opera have both released updates to their web browsers for Android phones and tablets today. Opera Mobile 12.1 and Firefox 16 are both available as free downloads from the Google Play Store. The latest version of Firefox features a new Reader Mode which strips away images, sidebars, and other content and lets you just read a clean text version of whatever website you... Read more »

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TomTom Navigation app for Android arrives, doesn’t yet support HD displays

Brad Linder — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:07:11 +0000

GPS provider TomTom now offers a navigation app for Android smartphones. It offers detailed, turn-by-turn driving directions and pretty much lets you use your phone as a full-fledged GPS device. At $38 for the US version, it's kind of expensive for a mobile app. But that's a lot less money than you'd pay for a dedicated GPS device. And since TomTom app for Android loads all of... Read more »

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TouchWiz vulnerability could allow websites to factory reset your phone

Brad Linder — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:58:03 +0000

Samsung's custom user interface for Android smartphones is called TouchWiz. Some folks think the color scheme, custom apps, and other tweaks Samsung makes to Android make the operating system easier to use -- others find it ugly and cumbersome. But it turns out that it could also be dangerous to surf the web using TouchWiz. A security researcher has found a vulnerability that allows a... Read more »

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Apple iPhone 5 has been jailbroken

Brad Linder — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:45:30 +0000

The iPhone 5 runs the iOS 6 operating system and it's the first device to ship with an Apple A6 processor. But neither of those things has stopped hackers from figuring out how to jailbreak the new phone. Grant Paul (@chpwn) has posted a few pictures showing his jailbroken iPhone 5. Jailbreaking an iOS device involves finding a security vulnerability and exploiting it to get... Read more »

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You can jailbreak (some) devices running iOS 6

Brad Linder — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:10:31 +0000

As soon as Apple released iOS 6 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, folks started trying to figure out if they could jailbreak the operating system and run unsupported code on their devices. The answer is yes... kind of. Redmond Pie has details on how to jailbreak a device running iOS 6 -- but it will only work on some devices. That includes the iPhone... Read more »

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