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One of the great 8-bit characters from the 1980s gaming scene – Mega Man – came to Android and iOS devices this week. But despite the amount of time it took Capcom to introduce Mega Man to the world’s most popular mobile operating systems, they seem to have done a poor job of porting it. The…
Apple might not have made it to the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in Las Vegas, but a ton of newly revealed products are sure to make their way into the ‘accessories for Apple’ market this year. The one that would probably win hands down is an iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus case from Incipio…
Despite widespread doubts about the growth of wearable technology, Apple Watch sales seem to have gained tremendous traction over the holiday season in 2016. New data from Slice Intelligence shows that November 2016 total Apple Watch sales were 111% higher than in November 2015. December 2016 data only shows a 55% increase over December 2015,…
The light is dim on the iOS 10.2 jailbreak horizon, with no signs of a sunrise. The last we heard was from hacker Stefan Esser of a jailbreak about to “hit soon”, but there’s been radio silence from everyone since then. If you’re a jailbreak enthusiast, there’s one critical thing you should do right now. Here’s…
The death of Victor Collins last November has ultimately led to authorities requesting Amazon for “electronic data in the form of audio recordings, transcribed words, text records and other data” from the Amazon Echo device found in the home of James Bates, where Victor Collins was found dead in a hot tub. But the matter…
We’re in the thick of the holiday season, and many of us will have received that much-awaited box from Santa containing a brand new iOS or Android device. While it’s tempting to just give away your old phone or tablet after taking out the SIM and/or memory card, think again. That device most likely has…
When we first reported the Yalu jailbreak for iOS 10 – iOS 10.1.1 from Luca Todesco, we mentioned that this was a beta version. With that comes all the bugs and risks typically seen on a beta version of any piece of software. However, a lot of jailbreak fans went ahead and downloaded the IPA…
Google is the third big-brand smartphone maker to face the heat of device malfunctions after Samsung and Apple this year. Reports are now coming in about Google Pixel smartphones freezing, and the virtual navigation buttons disappearing for a few seconds at a time. Several users have taken to Google’s forum saying their Google Pixels are freezing and then…
In many ways, Apple was one big reason why Google developed and launched the Google Pixel line of smartphones. But I’m going to leave you to digest that thought while I sketch a background to that assertion. Google’s hardware efforts in the smartphone market had, until now, been part failure and part success. The failure came…
Apple’s beta testing is on in full swing with the watchOS 3.1.3 first beta now available to developers. Also under beta testing are iOS 10.2.1, tvOS 10.1.1, and macOS 10.12.3. watchOS 3.1.3 doesn’t bring any new features, but it appears to bring in several bug fixes and a few improvements. Of note is the fact that…
After several erroneous reports from various reliable news sites that Pokémon Go would skip coming to Apple Watch, 1redDrop carried a story about a tweet from Niantic that said just the opposite. Now, Pokémon Go has finally arrived for the Apple Watch watchOS. Leveraging the functionality of Apple Watch as a fitness tracker, the new Pokémon Go on Apple Watch…
On the back of Ian Beer’s iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak exploit outlined in the Project Zero form updated December 15, we covered Luca Todesco’s Tweet regarding his public release of a jailbreak using that exploit. Beer’s exploit was geared towards developers, but Todesco promised a full jailbreak on top of whatever Project Zero dropped. So, based on…
Amazon seems to be having a problem getting supplies of the Amazon Echo smart home speakers, as well as the smaller Echo Dot. As a result, it won’t be available online at Amazon.com until after Christmas. The only way to get one – and that’s only if you’re on the West Coast – is to…
Nintendo Co. shares tumbled badly after the release of Super Mario Run was greeted with not-so-great reviews. Bad reviews aside, there seems to be a lot of issues around the $9.99 pricing. The game is free for the first three levels but you need to pay $9.99 for the full version after that, much higher…
2016 turned out to be the year that shocked the smartphone world, in terms of sales. It’s not that smartphones started plunging downhill all of a sudden, but the competitive nature of the industry was such that even a small slowdown in the pace of growth was more than enough to push some of the…
