iPhone 5s
The new Apple iPhone 5s is a titan of technology, a wizard of wonder and a device of delight. Not only that, but it has become the best-selling smartphone among the four top mobile carriers. Up until the launch of the iPhone 5s, Samsung’s Galaxy 4 was the best-selling phone in the U.S., according to CNET. Continue Reading →
Apple vs. Samsung
A jury on Thursday said that Samsung Electronics would have to pay Apple nearly $290 million in damages for violating patents, putting an end to one chapter in the long-running patent saga between the two tech companies. In August last year, a California jury determined that Samsung had infringed on a series of Apple patents Continue Reading →
NYPD and iPhones
Phone theft is big business. However, in New York, iPhones and other Apple products are regarded as the ultimate heist. As Fox 5 New York reports, the NYPD announced that there were 16,000 Apple-picking thefts in 2012. This equates to 14 percent of all New York City crime. Indeed, 45 percent of all 2013 robberies Continue Reading →
Apple Store App
Apple released an iPad version of its Apple Store app on Wednesday, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The new app is separate from the iPhone version in order to take advantage of the tablet form factor. With the app, you’ll be able to shop for Apple products, schedule Genius Bar appointments and Continue Reading →
Google
Google has entered into a $17 million settlement with 37 states and the District of Columbia after the company was found to circumvent privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser. Between 2011 and 2012, Google secretly stored web tracking cookies in Safari, overriding Apple’s default settings that forbid third-party cookies from being installed. “By tracking millions Continue Reading →
iPad mini With Retina Display
The Retina iPad Mini can’t compete with its bigger brother at showing the same wide range of colors, according to tests run by tech review site Anandtech. Putting the new Mini through its paces, Anandtech discovered that its color gamut hasn’t changed since the first model was introduced in 2012. Further, the Retina Mini’s sRGB Continue Reading →
Nintendo 2DS
With Thanksgiving (and Black Friday) less than two weeks away, and with Hanukkah set to start even sooner, these next few weeks are primetime for the shopping world. As always, there are deals to be had, but if you’re not careful, you’ll wind up wasting money on sub-par products. Sure, that tablet is super cheap, Continue Reading →