Archive : Tech

After the discovery of an iPhone 4G (fourth generation) prototype in a California bar few days ago belonging to an Apple Engineer which ended up with gizmodo.com who proclaimed it the real mcCoy and reviewed the features extensively,  another 4G  iPhone handset that was leaked out was displayed by Vietnamese site – Taoviet. A brand new 16GB iPhone 4G was flaunted in front of a camera and [...]

Apple released the third beta version of iPhone OS 4 to Software Developers. ” With a rich set of over 1500 new APIs, iPhone SDK for iPhone OS 4 provides you with an amazing range of technologies to enhance the functionality of your iPhone and iPod touch apps.” Apple said on its website. The software developers who are registered with iPhone Dev Center have access to the software.  [...]

Image via CrunchBase Strike off ‘3D gaming on Xbox’  on your wishlist.   Xbox 360 3D gaming will soon be a reality with Microsoft partnering South Korean based LG to offer the service in South Korea. A korean press release posted on Flickr reveals that Microsoft has signed  a deal to market Xbox 360 3D games along with LG 3D TVs in Asia. The joint initiative will kick off at [...]

If you think just because iPhone is still every where it tops the sales chart – think again. For the first time since its launch, Android-based smart phones outsold the iPhone in the U.S. in the first quarter  of 2010.  Android  continues to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market, it moved past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone operating systems, according to [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Microsoft’s much awaited Project Natal, which  is a full-body motion controller for the Xbox 360 gaming console and promised an incredibly involved and  immersive gaming experience is expected to launch in october. The Redmont based company has  been vague when it comes to the launch date of Project Natal but thanks to Syed Bilal Tariq, their Saudi marketing [...]

Move over Facebook’s recently launched and fast catching ‘Open Graph’ feature, the  habit-inducing social networking site is reportedly planning a location-based feature that lets users “check-in” at real-world businesses and points of interest. TechCrunch reported about hidden code for the location feature on Facebook’s  mobile website (http://touch.facebook.com/) [...]

Oopsy! We’ve seen some bugs in our time, but this one puts the cherry on the cake. A new exploit discovered in Twitter’s system is the ultimate ego sweller. By simply typing “accept [username]” into Twitter’s homepage, you can automatically force people to follow you, without them even knowing it. Try it for yourself, tweet “accept Sporkings” and we’ll [...]

It’s become a familiar cycle now. Apple launch an exciting new product, it hits the US market first, leaving the rest of the World waiting around for a month (or two, in this case). When the product finally reaches UK shores, we suffer what has become known as the ‘Apple Tax’. This is a price-bump which is often argued to be a result of VAT or exchange rates, a myth we proved [...]

En mass we should all head down tomorrow to go and vote for the party that will lead us to salvation! Who you going to vote for? what will help you decide? maybe a video… In no particular order, here are their videos. Nothing like a bit of a spiel to help you make up your mind. Oh one last word on the videos, if I can’t find the parties video on the Internet, it will be replaced with something [...]

Whether you have concerns about Facebook’s privacy policies, or you simply don’t want to keep a profile on the website anymore, Facebook make it extremely difficult to actually close your account. If you follow the ‘Help’ section of Facebook, you’ll eventually be led to ‘Deactivate’ your account – which basically means your data is still on [...]