Smartphones have been a catching fever these last few years. With the whole host of features and high-end hardware that many of them pack, they are far more powerful than computers once were. According to the figures released by the research firm, Strategy Analytics, the total number of smartphones used worldwide has exceeded a whopping 1 billion during the third quarter this year!
The iPhone Dev Team has just pushed out an update to popular jailbreaking tool Redsn0w. This update, labeled Redsn0w 0.9.15b2, includes primarily bug fixes for iPhone 3GS and iPad owners.
Apple has announced a ‘special event’ that will occur on October 23rd expected to announce the iPad Mini; but that may not be the only product announcement at the event — a source has indicated the Cupertino-company’s plans to also announce a refreshed Mac mini.
When Microsoft first announced that it was launching an ‘Xbox Music’ service later this year, it felt somewhat confusing. Was the company trying to built up a rival to Apple’s iTunes or was it going to be a different service, it was wondered. But now that we are on the very brink of the actual launch of the service, Microsoft promises that it packs much, much more.
Android has been the primary target of malicious software makers for a while now. In comparison to other mobile platforms, Android has the largest audience and at the same time, is open-source which means that unlike Apple’s iOS, it is easier to find security vulnerabilities in it. FBI has now issued a statement mentioning some of the malwares which have recently surfaced and primarily target Android devices.
A few alleged photographs of Google Maps for iOS 6 hit the web earlier. Developer Ben Guild posted them to his personal blog with a few bullet points of what to expect upon a release. These photos aren’t very revealing to say the most, but at the very least they show major differences from the Google Maps interface on iOS 5.
Ever since Apple released the iOS 6 update, it has been taken up and adopted by iOS users bit too rapidly. We have seen fast adoption rates for newer iOS releases in the past but the adoption rate for iOS 6 seems to be beating them all. According to Chitika, the overall adoption rate of iOS 6 has already reached near 60%, merely three weeks after its launch.
Apple just finished releasing its new lineup of iPods and iPhones, but recent rumors suggest they aren’t quite done this fall season. A few leaked photos present the 2012 iMac’s purported internal logic board. The leaked report also suggests that the new iMac lineup will be slimmer and lighter.