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Mailbox Opens Reservations for Its Upcoming Gmail App [Update]
Back in December Mailbox teased its upcoming app as the ultimate Gmail experience on the iPhone. As of today, the company is accepting reservations for the app on its website here. The developers have decided to roll out the launch in waves to avoid the crushing demand: In order to ensure that people using Mailbox...
60 % Of Users Access Sports Content On Their Smartphones & Tablets Daily
According to Nielsen’s State of the Media: 2012 Year in Sports report, almost 60 percent of smartphone and tablet owners access sports content on their device at least once a day. The report, led by the success of the London 2012 Olympic Games, is a compilation of media highlights, advertiser trends and consumer insights across leading sports properties. The...
Enter The Streets of Chrome Photo Contest & Win Fujifilm X-Pro1 Camera
Fancy street photography? Well, here's your chance to share your photography skills with the world through Streets of Chrome, a photo contest being held by Chrome Industries, makers of bombproof bags, footwear and apparel, to find the world’s next great street photographer in conjunction with the drop of their new camera bag, the Niko Camera Backpack. The contest is open for...
Will Apple Report Its First Profit Drop Tomorrow?
Dark clouds are gathering above Tim Cook's head. Eighteen months after he took over the CEO position, Apple is expected to report a 2% drop in net income, or about $12.8 billion, the first drop according to Bloomberg's data – except one quarter in 2003 – and report the slowest growth rate since 2009 with...
Anti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl Features A Built-In iPhone Dock
Design firm MisoSoupDesign has developed the world's fist ramen bowl that features a built-in iPhone dock. Called the "Anti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl", the bowl will hold your iPhone at the ready so you'll never eat alone again (via TIME Tech). With Anti-loneless, you can keep in contact with friends and loved ones while you eat. There’s currently no word...
Mozilla To Release Two “Developer Preview” Phones Running Firefox OS
In collaboration with Geeksphone and Spanish carrier Telefonica, Mozilla has announced that it will release two “developer preview” smartphones running its Firefox OS, reports AllThingsD. Mozilla's Firefox OS is a web-based platform where all the features and apps are created using the HTML5 web standard. The company has already previewed some ZTE devices running Firefox OS and is hoping...
Tutorial: Remove The iOS Status Bar In Certain Apps [No Jailbreak Required]
Yesterday, we showed you how to use the Newsstand folder for placing unlimited number of apps inside without requiring any jailbreak. Today, we'll tell you how you can get rid of the iOS status bar in certain apps using a simple tweak, once again without having to jailbreak your device. The tweak is called NoAppStatus, and works in all...
iPhone Has 51.2% of US Smartphone Market [Report]
According to a Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report, the iPhone us continuing to dominate the US smartphone market with 51.2% for the 12-week period ending 23 December, last year. (more…)
Two 4-inch iPhones Featuring In-Cell Touch to Hit the Market in 2013 [Rumour]
Contradicting earlier rumours claiming Apple is working on a bigger, 4.8-inch screen iPhone for release this year, Digitimes heard that the Cupertino company is planning to release two iPhones in 2013, and each one of them will sport a 4-inch display, featuring in-cell technology. (more…)
Status of the iPhone 5 Jailbreak Explained by Planetbeing
TechCrunch has posted an in-depth article on the status of the iPhone 5 jailbreak. The piece includes interviews with Canadian iOS hacker David Wang (@planetbeing) and Jay Freeman, the creator of Cydia. Wang explains his current iPhone 5 jailbreak: “This vulnerability is nice because it lets us see what’s going on,” Wang tells me. “We...
The Potential of a Less Expensive iPhone and the Pre-paid Market
In light of Apple being told its products are too expensive, a new wave of rumours claim the company is about to launch a cheaper, low-cost iPhone this year. Some claim it will sport a bigger display, some not, but the majority of the rumours claim Apple will use a plastic and metal chassis to...
jOBS Biopic Stars Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad to Kick Off Macworld/iWorld 2013
This year's 2013 Macworld/iWorld trade show takes place from January 31st to February 2nd and will feature the actors from the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, jOBS, to highlight the event's opening. Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad will be in attendance for one session to talk about the movie, plus Will.i.am will also be on hand...