Reviews Archive
18 Sep 2015
Apple’s court win could force Samsung to change its smartphone features
Apple’s court win could force Samsung to change its smartphone features Apple’s recent victory in a Court of Appeal (PDF) related to a four-year-old patent dispute could force Samsung to stop using certain features in its smartphones, reports Bloomberg. The ruling concerns Apple’s patented slide-to-unlock, autocorrect, and quicklinks (which turns information like phone numbers into links)
18 Sep 2015
UK’s MI5 security chief warns that encryption is making it too hard to track terrorists
UK’s MI5 security chief warns that encryption is making it too hard to track terrorists The Director General of the UK’s counter-terrorist security service MI5, Andrew Parker, has said that the ever-changing encryption technologies are making it difficult for law enforcement and other agencies to track suspected terrorists and spies. Speaking to the BBC today,
18 Sep 2015
Amazon expands its Prime Now 1-hour delivery service to Los Angeles
Amazon expands its Prime Now 1-hour delivery service to Los Angeles Amazon has announced that it’s bringing its Prime Now on-demand service to Los Angeles, promising deliveries from its site as well as local outlets to residents within one hour. The program will now serve users in LA and Orange County areas like Santa
17 Sep 2015
Google’s codebase spans 2 billion lines: 40 times bigger than Windows
Google’s codebase spans 2 billion lines: 40 times bigger than Windows Ever wondered how much code it takes to run Google’s services? Rachel Potvin, an engineering manager at the company revealed at a recent @Scale conference that it’s in the neighborhood of 2 billion lines. That’s roughly 40 times the size of Microsoft’s Windows XP OS and 100
16 Sep 2015
Want iOS 9? Here’s what time you can download it today
Want iOS 9? Here’s what time you can download it today Today is the day. Apple enthusiasts get to experience iOS 9 for the first time (unless you had early access). The only thing is, it’s not going to be available the second you wake up, so here’s a handy list that indicates the
15 Sep 2015
Apple says iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are on track to be its best-selling models yet
Apple says iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are on track to be its best-selling models yet Apple only updates its iPhone design every two years, so the intermediate ‘S’ models are normally not received quite as enthusiastically, despite their upgraded processing power. It looks like that may not be the case with the new 6s
14 Sep 2015
Facebook Launching Its New layout
Facebook Launching Its New layout Facebook’s design has been widely discussed among designers and users, and I’ve seen plenty of criticism: Having reviewed some of the critiques, I decided to try giving it a facelift. What started as a fun side project eventually lead to the Facebook Flat Chrome extension. In this piece, I’ll explain
09 Sep 2015
Why Glass Displays Beat Sapphire
Why Glass Displays Beat Sapphire As we approach the launch of the newest iPhone, I decided to look into why glass displays are so popular. As you may recall, the tech industry wasbuzzing about Apple potentially using sapphire screens in last fall’s iPhones. But while Apple was heading in that direction, the fiasco with its sapphire supplier
09 Sep 2015
Eyefi Intros 16GB Mobi Pro Cloud-Connected Wi-Fi SD Cards
Eyefi Intros 16GB Mobi Pro Cloud-Connected Wi-Fi SD Cards Eyefi has expanded the appeal of its WiFi SD card offering, with a 16GB edition of its award-winning Mobi Pro product line. Mobi Pro 16GB provides parents, photography enthusiasts, and professional photographers with instant access from any smartphone, tablet or PC to the high quality images
04 Sep 2015
BlackBerry just bought a mobile security company for more money than you thought it had
BlackBerry just bought a mobile security company for more money than you thought it had BlackBerry isn’t doing so well these days, but it turns out it has more money than you might have thought. Today it’sacquired a California-based mobile security company calledGood Technology for $425 million in cash. Good Technology was a competitor of