The year 2011 was one in which smartphones and tablets achieved a status of necessity, instead of being style statement which they used to be in the past, thanks to Apple and Google.
We took a look at some of the best game apps offered on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Until Jan. 2, Amazon is offering many of the most popular EA games for $0.99. Check out these 17 top Kindle Fire games for children and adults from puzzles to classics.
iPhone Dev-team member MuscleNerd congratulated rival Chronic Dev team member pod2g for being the first to release an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 (non-A5 devices).
Recent reports have indicated that the iPhone 5 could hit markets in the summer of 2012, but Boy Genius Report wrote on Tuesday that the new phone won't be available until the fall.
Pod2g's Corona will never be able to enter any Apple device until the user runs MuscleNerd's Redsn0w and jailbreak it. This is the first time in the history of jailbreaking when an untethered jailbreak will not work without a tethered jailbreak's support.
French hacker pod2g and Chronic Dev Team beat rival MuscleNerd and iPhone Dev-Team in finding an iOS 5 untethered jailbreak for Apple devices.
The markets rewarded Apple and Google Tuesday after reports that activations of new iOS and Android devices surged over the weekend that included Christmas.
Finally after a long wait, Pod2g has given the Christmas and New Year gift to his fans by releasing the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1.
In a blog posting on Tuesday, pod2g announced the release with links to their respective blog posts and wishes of Happy jailbreaking!!! from the French hacker who has been working to crack Apple's iOS code.
The two most active jailbreakers of the year - Pod2g and MuscleNerd - have not been active for the last four days and must have been busy in Christmas celebrations. If this speculation is right, then the untethered jailbreak for A4 devices is not coming for the Apple users this year.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics aims to raise its global handset sales by 15 percent next year by boosting its smartphone sales, putting it in a closer race with bigger rival Nokia.
Despite the weak economy, Americans are ever willing to splurge especially with e-commerce making waves this year.
Hackers are working round the clock in their attempt to find an untethered jailbreak for A5 (iPad 2 and iPhone 4S) or A4 processor devices and in the hack race, two names stand out bold - pod2g and MuscleNerd. Between these two, who do you think will win the unofficial title of 'jailbreaker of the year'?
Apple has filed two patent applications related to Fuel Cell batteries, hoping to develop and launch technology that allows its devices including the iPhone, iPad tablet, and laptop computers like the MacBook go weeks without a battery charge.
Technology giant Apple's products are well known for design and functionality but Apple fans have an age-old wish - a better battery life. And, this wish could be fulfilled soon as Apple is developing a battery that will run on hydrogen-fuel, a battery that can keep all portable Apple devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod and Macbook powered, not for days, but for weeks.
Christmas may be over but never forget the shopping season is still going strong. There were Christmas deals until Dec. 25... now there are after-Christmas sales!
Users with Apple devices running iOS 5 are eagerly awaiting an A5 jailbreak and Chronic Dev-team's French member, Pod2g, is already working on it.
Apple newbies can rest assured. This handy guide to the top ten free apps is guaranteed to put your shame to rest.
Sony Corp has agreed to sell its nearly 50 percent stake in an LCD joint venture with Samsung Electronics to the South Korean company for $940 million, as it struggles to reduce huge losses at its TV business.
While Black Friday may be know as the best shopping day with the best holiday deals, the day after Christmas, Dec. 26, is a close second and may even take the cake. Whether you've got your heart set on a deal on a tablet computer or searching for a sexy dress for that New Year's Eve party you've been postponing to RSVP for, here are the 10 best stores with the cheapest post-holidays deals during the 2011 after Christmas sales both online and in stores.
Apple's TV ad depicting Santa's interaction with Siri on his iPhone 4S has been acknowledged as the most effective TV commercial of the holiday season, according to the analysis firm, Ace Metrix.
As people await the untethered jailbreak, they must be hoping it comes in 2011. If it does, and there are still six days to go, then Pod2g and his new jailbreak will definitely be remembered as Jailbreaker and Jailbreak of the Year.
