Waze has joined up with Universal pictures to get celebrities to provide the voice of its turn by turn GPS app. First in the line is Kevin Hart.
Carphone Warehouse in the dog house
Carphone Warehouse recently made the news with its £49 android tablet.
Except, Google apps on the £49 ‘Avoca’ tablet were not properly licensed, meaning Carphone Warehouse had to remove the tablet from sale. Whoops.
All the latest reviews
It is often difficult to find the reviews of devices and accessories I have written about, so below is a quick way to find all the articles for the key reviews. Or use the top right search box to search for anything on my blog.
Netatmo Urban Weather Station Review
Audio Technica ATH-AD900x Headphone review
Olloclip 3 in 1 Lens review for iPhone 5
Review coming soon – Moga Ace Power iOS Game Controller
Moga Ace Power Game Controller for iOS 7 iPhone or iPod Touch is now available for pre order from Apple.
As an avid gamer, and owning over 600 iOS games and about 3-400 on android I can’t wait to test this officially approved Apple controller. I own the Moga Pro Game Controller for android and that is simply so good to use.
My Moga Ace Power is due to arrive by the end of the first week of December, so expect a review shortly afterwards. In the meantime , if you have any questions you would like answering please let me know.
iOS 7 has native support for game controllers. So will the new controller from Moga hit the spot?
Find out soon.
Siri has a sense of humour
On your iPhone , ask Siri “Tell me a Poem”
I’ve had a reply previously “roses are red, violets are blue, haven’t you got anything better to do”.
But the reply below is even better.
Skydrive gets updated for iOS with photo uploads and increased security
Microsoft has finally updated Skydrive on iOS and in the process made it iOS 7 friendly and allows automatic photo uploads over wifi or using mobile data.
If you’re concerned about SkyDrive storage space, then you can ask the app to automatically resize photos instead of uploading originals. The app also enables an additional feature for those using Windows 8.1 and an iPhone. SkyDrive automatically pulls out any text captured in a photo using OCR, and the built-in Smart Search in Windows 8.1 will surface that text in search results.
If you’re an Office user then there’s also some improvements for opening up documents from SkyDrive on iOS. You can now select a document and open it directly in Office Mobile or OneNote, instead of loading a viewer inside the app. The app now supports the new two stage sign-in interface that Microsoft is using.
iPhone muggings are in the increase but the carriers/networks won’t cooperate
iPhone crime is a problem. In New York, the crime rate went up for the first time in twenty years because people are getting mugged violently for their iPhones.
Apple has made improvements to iOS, including requiring users to enter their iCloud password to turn “Find my iPhone” off, and the new ‘Activation Lock’ feature which allows users to disable stolen or lost iPhones remotely. However, most thieves circumvent this by simply turning off an iPhone once it is stolen.
Apple wants a cellphone killswitch that would allow you to make your iPhone totally nonfunctional, even if it was turned off. But you the carriers have said no as they are afraid it would effect their bottom lines. Seriously!
Well it turns out the carriers would not be able to sell as many insurance policies if your phone could be rendered useless. Is this world insane? Surely people’s safety should come first.
Clove Technology Bargain Smartphone Deals
Clove Technology is selling a number of different smartphones at a reduced price. These appear to be ex demo or similar.
It’s Christmas and Shopping just got even easier
Google Shopping web page just got a facelift just in time to enable you to buy more before the Christmas holidays.
So what do you think of the new look?
Breaking news – Apple wins $290 million from Samsung in patent retrial
Samsung will be paying an additional $290 million in damages to Apple. A jury in California on Thursday said that the Korean smartphone manufacturer owed Apple $290 million for infringing upon its intellectual property. Apple had asked for $380 million in damages, so the jury’s reward is a good outcome.
Samsung had said that it should only pay an additional $52 million to Apple, so the jury’s verdict is a success for a Apple. Samsung has already paid $600 million to Apple after a jury found it guilty of patent infringement in 2012, which means that the total damages the company will have to pay to Apple will be $890 million for this patent case alone.
But will it matter to Samsung who makes a huge amount of money every day and now has market share.
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