Category Archives: Smart Phone

Locating Snipers with a Smartphone app.

A team of researchers at Vanderbilt University has developed two hardware modules along with corresponding software that uses an Android smartphone to spot the location of a nearby shooter. 

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iPhone 5S launch likely DELAYED

A supply chain source in Taiwan said Apple was trying to find a coating material that did not interfere with the fingerprint sensor, and this may be causing a delay. 

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Apple’s iMessage encryption frustrates DOJ.

A recent Justice Department memo revealed by CNET shows law enforcement’s frustration with Apple’s encrypted iMessage software 

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Video: Chinese company releases iPhone 5S Clone Before Apple’s release.

Apple hasn’t announced the iPhone 5S yet, but Chinese clone specialist GooPhone has already created a cheap knockoff of it. And it has done a pretty incredible job. As you’ll see in the video below, the “i5S” looks identical to the real … Continue reading

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Rumors surround Samsung and Apples upcoming release of new wireless charging tech.

Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, will offer inductive wireless charging as an add-on ability, while Apple could add the same functionality to its next iPhone, according to a new rumor. 

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Google Jelly Bean released.

Google has released the latest and greatest version of its Android mobile operating system, known as Jelly Bean, or Android 4.1 into the open source channel on Monday afternoon.

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Angry Birds Malware arrives on Android watch you BILL.

A firm has been fined £50,000 ($77,055) after Trojan versions of popular Android apps secretly sent expensive SMS messages to premium rate numbers. 

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Apple reported to be Dumping Google Maps for Inhouse Maps with 3-D Mode

According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with … Continue reading

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Microsoft: Refining their approach to content policy enforcement

Microsoft has announced a clean-up of its phone-app store to tackle software containing “racy” or “sexual” content. The firm’s Windows Phone Marketplace guidelines already ban “content that a reasonable person would consider to be adult or borderline adult content”.  

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Future Apple rumors ULTRA THIN iPhone

We’re all familiar with Apple’s love affair for thin devices. Although the third-generation iPad surprised many by gaining about half a millimeter of thickness, it looks like Apple could be back to trimming product dimensions by using a new kind … Continue reading

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