 November 8th, 2011 by lhaas
Claiming to be in the best interest of users, Apples impending sandboxing requirement “ruffles some feathers:”
Apple’s motivation behind requiring sandboxing is all about security: “Sandboxing your app is a great way to protect systems and users by limiting the resources apps can access and making it more difficult for malicious software to [...]
October 31st, 2011 by lhaas
Though not ready for public release, hackers have reportedly been able to bring Siri onto jailbroken iPhone 4′s and 4th-generation iPod touches.
Steve Troughton-Smith @stroughtonsmith and Grant Paul @chpwn publicized the hack via Twitter late Saturday. The tweak requires that devices first undergo a jailbreak, the procedure for hacking an iPhone to run [...]
October 27th, 2011 by lhaas
With the announcement of the tenth license fee agreement, Microsoft now collects fees on an estimated half of all Android devices. A poster on Slashdot.com points out “Notably refusing to cooperate and instead opting for the court battle route are Motorola and Barnes and Noble.”
Google’s complaints about patent-based attacks against Android don’t seem to be [...]
October 26th, 2011 by jpisani
The battle between Apple and Google just took an interesting turn. The US Patent Office has awarded a patent to Apple that grants them all rights to “gesture unlock” technology. Patent 8046721, reads as follows:
A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device [...]
October 20th, 2011 by lhaas
Welcome to Android 4.0!
Android 4.0 delivers a refined, unified UI for phones and tablets and introduces innovative features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse of the many new features and technologies that make Android 4.0 simple, beautiful, and beyond smart.
via Android 4.0 Platform Highlights | Android Developers.
October 18th, 2011 by lhaas
CyanogenMod, an aftermarket firmware distribution designed to increase performance and reliability on Android devices, is now available for TouchPad.
The CyanogenMod team is on a roll this month. Just this week, they released CyanogenMod 7.1 that added support for more Android phones, and now they’ve released an alpha build for the HP TouchPad.
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October 13th, 2011 by lhaas
In a move that could help Sony compete with Apple, Sony is reportedly in talks to buy out Ericsson, which handles the smart phone division.
Sony and Telefon AB LM Ericsson have been talking for weeks about the future of the 50:50 joint venture because the companies must decide this month whether to [...]
October 12th, 2011 by lhaas
California joins George and Florida in allowing mobile devices to be searched after a violation has occurred. In the California incident, the mobile phone was turned on during an inventory search of a car and a photo of a gun was displayed. The CA appeals court made a ruling in this case purely [...]
October 7th, 2011 by lhaas
While slightly belated, we couldn’t let the week close without paying tribute to Steve Jobs. His visionary work has touched such a wide range of individuals — from those who who explore the inner workings of his innovations to those who benefit from his contributions to technology or who simply enjoy the aesthetics [...]
October 6th, 2011 by lhaas
By 2018, all phones will be required by the FCC to have GPS. Shouldn’t be a major issue since they estimate that 85% of all users will already have GPS-equipped phones by the time this goes into effect. Those last 15% probably really need new phones!
The FCC has ruled that all telephone [...]
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