Category Archives: Apple

Mini review: Samsung Galaxy S4 with Exynos 5 Octa SoC

Posted on May 19, 2013 by admin

We have already published our full review of the Galaxy S4 for the US, which ships with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor. In some international markets, the Galaxy S4 ships with Samsung’s own Exynos 5 Octa, an eight-core chip that uses ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture. We have been using one for the past week, putting it through its paces, although our focus here is to see whether US customers are missing out on any performance….         Continue reading →

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Google engineers talk fragmentation, how to make Android work for emerging markets

Posted on May 19, 2013 by admin

This week’s Google I/O saw no announcements of any new versions of the company’s mobile operating system, Android, and that may be because the team that is building the system is working to address the platform’s biggest problem: fragmentation. Continue reading →

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‘Crazy ant’ invading Texas, destroying electronics

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that the US fire ant population is being pushed out by “tawny crazy ants,” with an affinity to the interior of electronic devices. The ants are capable of nesting in nearly any container, and as they travel, they disrupt other ant populations….         Continue reading →

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The Macalope Weekly: Missed connections

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

You can almost see the “missed connection” personal ads these pundits would write: “You: gullible reader, looking for more information about the technology industry. Me: technology pundit willfully ignoring implicit costs, pushing really bad ideas, and misrepresenting survey results to generate page views.” Will they get together?! Read on! No such thing as a free lunch Writing for The Motley Fool, Steve Heller has some fun with language! “Apple Has a Siri-ous Problem.” Ahhhh, the Macalope sees what you did there! To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading →

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The Week in iPad Cases: Just keep swimming

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

If you enjoyed this week’s roundup of iPhone cases, check out last week’s edition, Opposites Attract . Continue reading →

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Review: AL13 raises the bar for iPhone bumper design

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

Designed by m has managed to craft one of the most exquisite and well designed iPhone bumpers we’ve ever seen ? in fact “bumper” seems too unrefined a descriptor ? but one flaw could mar for some people what is otherwise a nearly perfect companion to Apple’s smartphone. Continue reading →

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MacUpdate Weekend Sale:

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

This weekend MacUpdate has slashed prices on Painter 12 and Painter Lite. Painter 12 retails for $429, but has been reduced by 54% to $199. Painter Lite has seen a 58% price cut from $69 to $29. Hurry, because these deals are only available until May 19th 2013.         Continue reading →

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10M Samsung flagship phones in 28 days a ‘record,’ 5M iPhone 5 in 3 days ‘disappointing’

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

Samsung earned industry praise for estimating that it expected to ship 10 million units of its flagship Galaxy S4 to carriers in its first month on the market, six months after the same journalists voiced disappointment that Apple had sold “only” 5 million iPhone 5′s in its first 3 days. Continue reading →

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MetroPCS bows out of Net Neutrality lawsuit against FCC

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

In a court motion filed earlier today, MetroPCS is dropping its net neutrality opposition lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission. The company filed a motion for voluntary dismissal, leaving Verizon to willingly fight the decree and US government on its own….         Continue reading →

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Mozilla delays plans to block third-party tracking cookies in Firefox

Posted on May 18, 2013 by admin

Mozilla is delaying plans to start blocking third-party tracking cookies in Firefox by default, according to an announcement. The company states that more work is needed for the anti-tracking feature. “The idea is that if you have not visited a site (including the one to which you are navigating currently) and it wants to put a cookie on your computer, the site is likely not one you have heard of or have any relationship with,” explains Mozilla’s Brendan Eich. “But this is only likely, not always true.”…         Continue reading →

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