November 11, 2011 By Jeffrey Van Camp Say it ain't so. The Face Unlock feature of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and the Galaxy Nexus has already been compromised using a smartphone and a picture of someone. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus isn’t even out in the United States yet, but it’s already been compromised. At a demo station in Hong Kong, a blogger has used a picture of himself to unlock Google’s first Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) phone. Face Unlock is one of the key features
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Fullerton rejects iPhone 4S based on glitches, price
Too similar to iPhone 4, IT department says
The IT department at California State University Fullerton is rejecting the iPhone 4S, and in fact returning all campus-bought units, MacNN has learned. "IT has tested and evaluated the iPhone 4S and does not recommend purchasing or upgrading to the iPhone 4S," part of a memo to campus workers reads. "The features are not substantially different from the iPhone 4 compared to the price and there have been many bugs and
Friday, November 11, 2011
How to Boost Your Smartphone Battery Life
Do you know where your smartphone is? Unless you're using it to read PCWorld.com, your phone is probably plugged into an outlet somewhere to charge, because the battery stinks. You can find plenty of good reasons why your smartphone battery sucks, most of which stem from the failure of lithium ion batteries to keep pace with the exponentially increasing power demands of rapidly evolving smartphone technology. Thankfully, plenty of tips and tutorials are available to help you wring every last
Meet the Man Who Sold Siri to Apple, Dag Kittlaus
Since the iPhone 4S debuted last month at Apple’s “Let’s Talk” iPhone event, everyone has been talking about one feature: Siri. Apple’s digital assistant has become extremely popular, even outside the tech world.
Unlike most inventions that make their way into Apple’s iOS products, Siri wasn’t made in Cupertino. It was actually acquired in a deal rumored to be worth close to $200 million, making a handful of men instant millionaires. Meet Dag Kittlaus…
An e24 article
WeeSearch Pro: Search Google and Create Custom Search Queries Right From Notification Center
When we used the basic version of WeeSearch, we came a way a little less than impressed. While the pro version of WeeSearch isn’t perfect, it’s a lot better than its predecessor.
With WeeSearch Pro you can search a variety of built-in search engines. If that doesn’t suit your fancy, you can even add your own custom search queries.
The great thing about WeeSearch Pro is that you can do all of this without ever leaving the comfortable confines of iOS 5′s Notification
iPhone 4S Launches to Huge Lines in 15 More Countries Around the World
People in fifteen new countries can now walk into a store and pick up an iPhone 4S, as long as they can find one, that is!
Hong Kong and South Korea are the headline-makers amongst the group of new countries getting their sticky little fingers on Apple’s latest and greatest, along with Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, and Romania.
That list, in addition with the countries already selling the iPhone 4S,
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