Rovio's Angry Birds Space, the highest selling iOS app of 2012, has received the “Pig Dipper” update today, which features 30 new galactic-aquatic levels. The update, which is currently available for iOS and Android platforms, also introduces never-before-seen power-ups along with extra power-up specific leaderboards. "Welcome to the Pig Dipper in Angry Birds Space! This bizarre galaxy is...
A new Apple patent filing published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office suggests that the Cupertino company may be working on offering easy access to local emergency services to travellers with iPhone, through a location-based iOS app (via AppleInsider). Titled "Location-Based Emergency Information", the proposal has been credited to Scott Forstall, Apple's former chief of iOS who...
After locating the alleged thief of his iPhone using 'Find My iPhone' feature, 26 year old Kenneth Schmidgall from San Diego got into an 18-minute fight, which was captured on video by Mr Torkelson, an amateur photographer who also pepper sprayed the alleged thief, reports The Telegraph. In an interview with a local TV channel, Kenneth said...
As expected, developers of the Pebble smartwatch Kickstarter project held a press conference at CES 2013 today, announcing that Pebble is now in mass production and will be shipped to its Kickstarter backers on January 23. Company’s CEO Eric Migicovsky added that it will take almost two months to get all the initial orders out (via TNW). Detailing the...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting China to meet some government officials and discuss the development of country's IT industry. But apart from his official commitments, he has been seen taking photos with Chinese Apple fans, including a fan who works at an Apple reseller store, at the Wangfujing Apple Store in an underground passageway (via MIC...
I've tried and tested a variety of aluminium bumpers for the past two generations of the iPhone and in my experience, each bumper is different from the other, both ergonomically and functionally. Draco Vfor iPhone 5, the latest iteration of aluminium bumpers from Draco Design USA and Deff Corp. Japan, capitalizes on the same ergonomic...
Samsung Electronics, Apple's biggest rival and global leader in mobiles and memory chips, has today announced that the company has earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion, selling almost 500 handsets a minute, reports Reuters. While the Korean company has been setting back to back record quarters for over a year now, investors believe that this run may end...
Qualcomm has today announced the all new Snapdragon 800 and 600 mobile processors at its CES 2013 keynote, designed to meet the demands of high-end smartphones and tablets. The company's new flagship processor, the Snapdragon 800, promises to deliver 75% better performance its previous top of the line chip, the Snapdragon S4. The Snapgragon 800, which is capable of speeds...
A fresh report by Taiwanese publication DigiTimes is claiming that Apple is expected to release a cheaper iPhone for emerging markets, such as China, during the second half of 2013. The report further suggests that some sources inside the supply chain have actually seen the low-priced device, that packs the same larger display as the...
Queen’s University Canada in collaboration with Intel and Plastic Logic, has developed a flexible 'PaperTab' display, that could lead to a new generation of super thin, bendable tablets and computers, reports the Daily Mail. Gadgets using such displays may be virtually unbreakable and as thin as a piece of paper. The developers plan to launch the screen...
Nvidia, the global leader in graphics processing units (GPUs), has today announced the world's fastest mobile processor to date, the Tegra 4 for smartphones and tablets at CES 2013. The company claims its quad-core chip will out perform any other mobile processor, including the A6X chipset powering Apple's New iPad. Tegra 4 features 72 custom Nvidia GeForce GPU...
Lego Group is set to unveil the next generation of Mindstorms, the company's robot building system which first debuted 15 years ago, at CES 2013 in Las Vegas (via SFGate). The new Lego Mindstorms EV3 is centered around a redesigned “intelligent brick” that can be programmed even without using a computer. The report details that EV3 has more memory...
