Archive : Platforms

When Nintendo first launched in 1996 on the original Gameboy, it took the world by storm. Since then it has become one of the most successful video game franchise in the world and have sold over 200 million copies of the various games. At long last Nintendo have clicked on that mobile gaming is the future and you will be able to catch em all on your Android or iOS based device. Although no specific [...]

A couple of months ago we reported in our post Android in numbers that Google had sold and activate over 100 million Android devices in 2011. Back then, Google were activating around 275,000 Android devices every day. Now though, Google are activating over 500,000 devices on a daily basis which is a huge increase! This was confirmed in a tweet by Andy Rubin SVP of mobile at Google. Andy also states [...]

Yes you read that right that first time, Microsoft has earned over $150 million out of Android since last year. Let me explain things a little back. Microsoft owns a number of patents that HTC use in their phones. City analyst Walter Pritchard has worked out that HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android smartphone that it creates. HTC have now shipped over 30 million Android based smartphones which [...]

Microsoft are hosting a huge press event in Japan today at 3PM UK time which will be hosted by the slightly nutty Steve Ballmer. Microsoft will be releasing details about the Mango update to its Windows Phone 7 platform which should bring it up to speed with competing systems. It has been rumoured that Microsoft will bundle in over 500 new features with the update. The most interesting news though, [...]

Yesterday we reported a huge flaw with Android devices leaking private data over unsecure wireless networks. Google have officially acknowledged the security flaw and is currently working on an instant fix for the problem. German researches uncovered the flaw and were able to get access to peoples calendars, contacts and galleries. Not only that but they could also edit/delete what they wanted without [...]

Apple’s supplier of camera sensors for its iPod’s and iPhones have announced a brand new 5 megapixel component that is capable of recording full 1080p video. It has been developed by OmniVision and is known as the OmniBSI-2 image sensor. Bringing 1080p video recording to the iPhone is certainly a logical step, however this goes against previous iPhone 5 rumours which suggested an 8 megapixel [...]

Researchers at the Ulm university in Germany have proven that it is very easy to gain full access to users private data stored in Google services. It is possible to gain full access to a range of areas on the phone including contacts, albums and the calendar. It is also possible to edit or delete any of these. How they are doing this is relatively simple, Google relies on an authentication token when [...]

A new report by Juniper Networks finds a 400% increase in Android malware. Juniper went on to say that the Android Market was the biggest distribution for malware on smartphones seeing a 400% increase since summer 2010. It’s not that surprising there is an increase level of malware been distributed given how quickly Android has grown and there have been over 1 billion applications installed in just [...]