How smart is a ‘Smart TV’? Study suggests, not much; at least not smart enough to entice the users with its ‘smart’ capabilities. While people are supposed to use the apps bundled with Smart TVs, we have found a very interesting finding that consumers are avoiding most apps like Facebook, Skype, Angry Birds on Smart TVs. What’s the mystery?
Windows Phone platform hasn’t gained significant traction in face of fierce competition from iOS and Android devices. However, Microsoft has been steadily building the apps repository for the Windows Phone devices, publishing more than 75000 new apps in 2012 alone.
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As it happens for every protection some people have found ways to bypass them and the same thing happened with Pattern Lock. In this tutorial I will show you how to bypass Pattern Lock on your Android device in case you have forgotten it and need to access your phone.
BlueStacks has amassed a good amount of fame and popularity by letting the users of Windows PCs access the treasure-trove of Android apps right on their computers. Now, the company has released the BlueStacks Beta for OS X, allowing Mac users to access all Android apps without owning any Android devices.
Christmas Day is surely the day of treats and gifts. Apparently, App Store was on the receiving end of goodies this year on Christmas. It witnessed an 87 percent jump in the average daily downloads, leading to a whopping 70 percent increase in its revenue.
The Marion Police Department in Virginia has released a free iOS app called iWatch Marion. Through this app, citizens can report of a crime to police. Marion Police Department is encouraging citizens to use this app and report about any type of crime via this app.
China has been rapidly catching up to the smartphone market in terms of numbers. Whereas U.S. has remained the largest smartphone market in terms of volume and profits, China seems all set to take the crown soon with its mobile user base of more than 1.104 billion.
Samsung is marking the year-end with a major update of ChatON, its cross-platform mobile messaging app. Samsung has released ChatON version 2.0.