MyAssistant is the jailbreak community’s latest enhancem

In the two short weeks since the iPhone 4S received its first public jailbreak, we’ve already seen several tweaks that expand Siri’s capabilities. SiriToggles allows you to open apps and change system settings, while AssistantExtensions can... 

Tucows launches Ting: cellular service with a conscience

There was a time when Tucows was the place to go to find software for your Windows computer. You can still find software there, but the company is throwing its weight behind a new venture: a discount cellular carrier called Ting. Ting is utilizing Sprint‘s... 

NASA phone nanosensor can detect diabetes and cancer from

It’s amazing when we see stories about science-fiction becoming a reality. Pictured above is a clip-on nanosensor for a mobile phone that has been developed by NASA to detect toxins in the air, alerting you when it senses harmful substances. First... 

iPhone 5 to be announced at WWDC in June?

It’s official: we’ll be spending at least the next six months listening to iPhone 5 rumors. Heck, depending on when Apple announces it, that could go as high as 10 months. The latest bit of fodder for the rumor mill is now telling us that... 

First BlackBerry London leaked image appears

RIM‘s 2012 roadmap was purportedly leaked recently, and it didn’t look like there was going to be a flood of exciting hardware flowing out of Waterloo. Of course, no one had actually seen any of the company’s as-yet-unreleased handsets.... 

Nokia design chief envisions totally port-free phones

Steve Jobs loved clean, minimal designs. He rather famously hated cables and buttons, and he’s certainly not the only person in the tech industry to feel that gadgets should be uncluttered and beautiful. Nokia‘s design chief Marko Ahtisaari... 

ADzero is a gorgeous, bamboo Android phone

Ahh, bamboo. Strong, beautiful, renewable, bamboo. Green gadget lovers everywhere were abuzz when Asus launched a bamboo-clad laptop. Even manufacturing giant Foxconn has outed some snazzy bamboo designs in the past. Now there’s ADzero, an Android... 

Droid Razr Developer Edition sparks customer backlash

Last year, when Motorola promised to unlock the bootloaders on its phones, the development community celebrated. Online petitions, social media bombing, and numerous emails were credited for pressuring Moto into making the pledge. The only problem, though,... 

NTT DoCoMo asks Google to limit Android data use

Ever since the smartphone became popular, the mobile networks have been complaining about how much extra data users pull down and the stress that puts on their infrastructure. Such data use has seen most networks introduce caps on contracts and significant... 

NTT DoCoMo asks Google to limit Android data use

Ever since the smartphone became popular, the mobile networks have been complaining about how much extra data users pull down and the stress that puts on their infrastructure. Such data use has seen most networks introduce caps on contracts and significant... 

iPhone 5: A visualization of the rumors

Nobody who hasn’t made a blood oath of secrecy really knows what the next iPhone will be. Heck, Apple may not even know exactly what features it will have yet. Barring any drunken mishaps, we won’t know about it until Tim Cook takes the stage... 

Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good batte

When LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used... 

UK mobile network O2 sends every website your phone number

The majority of us treat our mobile phone number like a closely guarded secret. We only give it out to a trusted few, and hope we never get added to any lists that lead to unwanted marketing/sales calls. But if you’re phone is on O2‘s network... 

Raspberry Pi GPU beats Tegra 2, doubles iPhone 4S performa

Anticipation for the launch of the Raspberry Pi $25 PC continues to grow as its launch window gets ever closer. Over the past few months it has been surprising to see what the tiny machine is capable of. Videos of it running Quake III, playing back 1080p... 

The best Cydia apps

Now that Apple’s A5-powered devices, the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, finally have an untethered jailbreak, there are hoards of iOS users jumping headfirst into the world of jailbreaking. When you’re used to being limited to the App Store, Cydia...