Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang appeared on the CES to announce the upcoming Nvidia Tegra 4 system-on-chip for mobile devices. The new product proves that Nvidia won’t be messing around in this industry and it’s claimed that the new quad-core SoC will outperform anything currently available in the market, including Apple’s powerful A6X chipset. Nvidia Tegra chips have been used on …
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It’s a guarantee that Samsung is a preparing a wide range of devices, although the company may not be planning to introduce a flagship in both CES 2013 and MWC 2013. After the GT-Q1000 was spotted moments after the New Year’s Day, another enigmatic handset called the GT-I9600 has also appeared on the NenaMark 2 benchmark results. The new device …
Glass may seem like a mundane material, but it has a vital role in 21st century technology including in the mobile industry. Its excellent transparency property never gets in the way of our visual enjoyment. Manufactured by Corning, the Gorilla Glass is widely considered by experts and consumers in the mobile industry as glass on steroids. The product has protected …
Apple has acknowledged the existence of a bug that affects the “Do Not Disturb” feature. Apparently, it stays active past the scheduled time. Apple assures that the glitch will be automatically corrected after January 7th. In the meantime, users can manually turn the feature off by going to Settings>Notifications>Do Not Disturb and choose Scheduled to Off. The iOS 6.0 adds …
Fans of classic Windows games would have another reason to rejoice. A preview version of Starcraft Brood War for Android has appeared and it will work with only touchscreen controls. Currently, Starcraft gamers need to use N64 emulator, which is plagued with fiddly button mapping and poor frame rates. The Winulator attempts to solve the infuriating and buggy experience when …
It is estimated that nearly 20 percent of children between 5 and 7 uses a phone. On the other hand, apps for kids are growing exponentially and many of them are designed to make them smarter. There are thousands of education apps available for download on various app stores. Children-oriented apps like “Wheels on the Bus” continue to become top …
While this could be disappointing news for some users; app developers can finally rejoice. Installous for iOS is no more following the shut down of Hackulous. The app is often used to download and install pirated apps on any iOS device. The app was available on Hackulous’ servers and it got a strong support from many iOS users through web …
Windows Marketplace has delivered 75,000 new Windows Phone apps in 2012. While this seems like a small increase compared to how much other major apps stores get, Windows Marketplace has doubled in size over the past year. The marketplace has also launched new feedback supports and payment methods. Proponents of Windows Phone OS have suggested that there has never been …
Microsoft is developing a highly-efficient GPS solution that offloads heavy data crunching to the cloud-based services to get around the high power requirement. The CO-GPS (Cloud-Offloaded GPD) was first unveiled in the 10th ACM Conference. GPS antennas are typically the biggest power hog in mobile devices and it can run down the battery in a few hours when used constantly. …
If you keep on misplacing the car keys, future smartphones can help you unlock the door. Researchers at Hyundai have developed an innovative system that allows smartphones to work as car keys. The technology will be ready for commercial use within couple of years. Instead of Bluetooth, the method is based on NFC (New Field Communication), which allows users to …