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... 

Windows Phone 8 features leaked

Microsoft is taking a more Apple-like focus on elegant design with the latest versions of its operating systems. Though most agree that it has succeeded in creating a beautiful platform with Windows Phone 7, the company may want to work on employing... 

Bouncer is Google’s defense against malware in Club Andr

During the last year, Google has learned about one of the potential drawbacks of having an open (or semi-open) platform. In yet another parallel between Android and Windows, Google’s mobile platform has been the recent target of several high-profile... 

The dream is over: Peek ends lifetime email service for it

Don’t quite remember the Peek mobile email device? Back in 2008 the email-only handset (a TwitterPeek was announced in 2009), was a pretty hot gadget, that is at least among some small parts of the tech crowd and the for non-smartphone users. Others... 

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... 

Post-honeymoon with the Galaxy Nexus

At some point or another, nearly every smartphone that was released in 2011 has crossed my desk. I’ve been able to experience the mobile ecosystem to its fullest extent, with one unfortunate result: I find it extremely difficult to purchase a smartphone... 

The Verizon Foundation powers Maryland schools with Androi

Smartphones and tablets get a lot of attention from the tech world right now. These small computers can be used for just about anything these days. In fact the most common question I get asked about about a tablet is “Can my child use this for... 

Latest Humble Indie Bundle works on Android

It’s been just over two months since the last Humble Indie Bundle was launched in time for Thanksgiving, but this time around we’ve got a new platform supported. Mobile users may now be enticed to pick up some cheap games and donate money... 

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,... 

Your iPhone home button is now obsolete with Zephyr 1.1

Those who are skeptical that iOS could ever go buttonless may want to take a look at the latest version of Zephyr. The jailbreak tweak, which enables multitasking gestures on the iPhone, now makes the home button completely obsolete. In the new update...