It’s been a year since Google added in-app purchases to what was then the Android Market. Now Google is again looking to catch up to Apple in the features department. This time the Android maker has added the ability for developers to sign up users... 

When developing Android apps, or just evaluating the features of a new software build, it doesn’t always make sense to load the bits onto a physical device. That’s what desktop emulators are good for. Because mobile devices and desktop PCs are running... 

Although ARM-powered Windows RT tablets are on the way this year, it looks like Dell’s first Windows 8 tablet will be of the x86 variety. The Latitude 10 has leaked to the web, and it’s a 10.1-inch slab powered by Intel’s Clover Trail... 

As is always the case when discussing future Apple hardware releases, there’s a lot of speculation as to what the company will change in terms of the underlying components inside the case, as well as the look of the device. The (highly desirable)... 

For many independent app developers, reaching the top of the iTunes charts is a sure way to fame and fortune. Well, maybe not fame, but certainly the fortune part is accurate. But how successful does an app have to be in order to reach that seemingly... 

Whenever a new smartphone or tablet gets launched, one of the key selling points is always how thin it is. So focused are we on such devices getting thinner that there was some surprise when the new iPad turned out to be slightly thicker than the iPad... 

Earlier this month we reported that a backdoor had been discovered in the ZTE Score M Android smartphone. It was brought to light through a post on Pastebin and later confirmed by Justin Case of TeamAndIRC. Now ZTE has come clean and admitted publicly... 

The smartphone battle has been raging hard for the past few years. Until recently, the only serious contenders were Apple (iOS) and Google (Android), with RIM’s Blackberry taking a backseat to the other touchscreen wonders. Microsoft has been talking... 

Since the early days of Android, the loyalists in the Google ecosystem have hoped that one day Andy Rubin would descend from the Googleplex with a series of devices that were stock Android with unlocked bootloaders. In other words, the simultaneous release... 

When the 6th generation iPhone launches — probably some time this year — there is a good chance that it will have a larger display. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has started to order parts for the device, including a display... 

Just days ago, HTC outed the humble-but-attractive Desire C, one of their first truly low-end devices revealed since CEO Peter Chou said the days of pumping out handset after handset were over. The company has certainly turned back the dial slightly... 

I never worry about losing my phone anymore. If I have misplaced it, I hop on my computer and go to a website that will tell me exactly where my phone it. It’s effortless, and I find that the majority of the time it is exactly where I left it.... 

Part of the beauty of Android is that its open nature allows non-Google developers to make its engine run on other operating systems. RIM introduced it to BlackBerry PlayBook owners in PlayBook OS 2.0, and now it looks like OpenMobile’s ACL (app... 

At the start of 2012, HTC announced that they were going to bin their scattergun approach to smartphones and focus on making a handful of awesome devices. The HTC Desire C proves that there are different degrees of awesome in the company’s eyes.... 

Amazon’s massively successful Kindle e-reader is an improvement over paper books in a number of ways. It’s light, lets you carry many volumes, and can download new books instantly. One thing it hasn’t made better is the reading itself. You still...