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As far as we know, Microsoft has used nearly every play in the book to get Windows 7 users – and those of any older version of Windows – to migrate to Windows 10. We also know that, so far, nothing has worked very well. Microsoft is now trying a new approach, using hardware (specifically, processors)…
If there was one thing that Microsoft could wish away, it would be the decline of worldwide PC sales. Microsoft’s Windows is still the dominant force in the PC world, accounting for nearly 90% of the market across different versions of Windows. But the problem for Microsoft is that PC sales have declined for five consecutive years….
If you’ve got a user base of over 1 billion active devices, do you think you can get 0.01 percent of your users to download a new app that you create? Well, Apple did, and the Clips app on Apple’s App Store has just hit the “500,000 – 1,000,000 downloads” milestone within the first four…
The days of customizing your iPhone or iPad using a jailbreak are quickly slipping away, and the possibility of an iOS 10.3 jailbreak seems as distant as ever. Several “reports” keep emerging periodically about Pangu or TaiG or even the now-retired-from-iOS-jailbreaking Luca Todesco being on the verge of a stable iOS 10.3 jailbreak, or even…
As the lineup of flagship smartphones for 2017 gets heavier on the premium side of things, Microsoft is under intense pressure to reveal Surface Phone, its biggest attempted entry into the smartphone market since the acquisition of Nokia prior to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella taking over the helm at one of the most valuable tech…
Amazon sellers in the UK are being warned not to “promote, suggest the facilitation of, or actively enable the infringement of or unauthorized access to digital media or other protected content”, and their target is very clearly Kodi, arguably the most controversial media streaming software application in the world. Kodi Box is extremely popular around the…
The global devices market slowed down considerably last year, and things are not looking good for device manufacturers around the world. Gartner, one of the world’s leading market research firms, expects worldwide device spending to grow by a mere 2% in 2017. Even worse is the fact that Gartner says unit shipments will remain flat in…
Since the launch of iOS 10 in September 2016, more than 79 percent of iOS devices have moved to the latest major version of Apple’s mobile operating system. In comparison, even though Android is far more prolific as a mobile OS, less than 5 percent of Android device users are on Android 7.0 Nougat or…
Whenever a major tech company patents some type of new technology, reports flood in about how it will kill this product or that product from a competitor. This time, it’s Apple that has had a patent published about a possible “speaker dock”, and the reports are already coming in about a possible Amazon Echo-killer. What is…
One of the biggest issues that iPhone and iPad users face is lack of memory space on their device. With iOS 10.3, Apple has introduced the Apple File System, or APFS, which optimizes your device’s memory. But if you’ve upgraded to the latest iOS 10 version and still need a better way to manage your…
Twitter has launched a “Lite” version of its main app. Only, this isn’t a full-fledged desktop application or a traditional mobile app: it’s a mobile web app, which means it only uses up 1MB of space on your device, loads 30 percent faster and uses up to 70 percent less cellular data. Clearly, Twitter is…
The world of iOS jailbreaking appears to be crumbling, and Apple’s security team is at the heart of that offensive. Of course, there’s no dearth of jailbreakers claiming to have found the Holy Grail for an iOS 10.3 jailbreak, but where’s the real thing? Now that Apple has pushed iOS 10.3.1 directly to public users, and is…
According to several recent reports, Surface Phone could come with a foldable design. Being skeptics, we naturally want to put that claim to the test. And it doesn’t look too good. The latest reports from multiple sources showcase a patent granted to Microsoft that shows a foldable design for a smartphone and a multilayer display. Essentially, the…
The Google brand is now the most valuable one in America, according to a new ranking by valuation and strategy firm Brand Finance. Apple, which was the top brand for the past five consecutive years, has finally lost out to Google because “Recent missteps have served to over-exploit the goodwill of its customers.” By brand,…
The market for mobile apps for Android and iOS devices has been exhibiting strong growth over the past several years, and it seems like the trend will continue into the next decade. According to a recently published report from App Annie, Apple’s iOS App Store will maintain its lead for at least the next five years,…
