03/07/2014, It is no secret that when it comes to smartphone theft, iPhones are the smartphone of choice. This is thanks to the fact that iPhones are typically seen as being desirable products (say what you will about specs and the pitfalls of iOS) and can be resold at a higher price. Apple has since introduced features such as Activation Lock which is part of iOS 7 thus making the phone […]

03/06/2014, It seems that every now and then we hear about a company launching a new tablet. This is great since this not only helps to further the technology, but gives customers more options to choose from. However it seems that in 2014, we can expect tablet sales to stall. This is according to a recent report from the IDC which suggests that tablet sales this year will begin to slow […]

03/06/2014, iPhones aren’t cheap. In fact they can hardly be called a budget device, but interestingly enough thanks to a recent study conducted by Upstream in conjunction with Ovum, they have found that emerging markets are the ones that desire Apple’s smartphones the most. As you can see in the graphs above, countries such as China and Vietnam are the ones that desire Apple products the most. Over in Brazil and […]

02/27/2014, Say what you will about the free-to-play model or in-app purchases, but they’re here to stay, although interestingly enough it has been found that while these models are indeed doing very well with titles like Candy Crush raking in over $600,000 a day, it turns out that maybe those in-app purchases were done by a very small, but very dedicated, group of players. This is according to analytics firm, Swrve, […]

01/28/2014, Many years ago before 3G became widely available, most of us were surfing on 2G/EDGE internet speeds, which while slow, got the job done. Then again our phones back in the day weren’t exactly designed for surfing the internet in mind although it did have the feature. Fast forward to today where we are starting to see LTE become more widely available, and in some cases even LTE-A. That being […]

01/19/2014, Without doubt Android is the leading smartphone platform at the moment, followed by the iPhone. This is thanks to Android devices being manufactured by multiple vendors, and also because of how some users find Android more “open” to customization and tweaks, versus the iPhone which is pretty much what you see is what you get, unless you were to jailbreak it. Android phones also range from being affordable to expensive, […]

01/13/2014, With all the paranoia and news that the NSA’s PRISM program has caused, how much trust can you place in tech companies these days? For the most part, most, if not all, tech companies have denied working with the NSA in allowing their products to be easily hacked into to gather information, but we guess there are many who remain skeptical. Well interestingly enough despite the paranoia and mistrust many […]

01/10/2014, As most of you guys know, Apple’s Mac computers don’t quite have the same market share as their Windows competitors. There are many reasons for it, such as Windows computers being more affordable, more familiar, and also having more software available for it that is used by professionals around the world. However Apple’s Mac computers are slowly gaining traction, thanks to a research by Gartner where it was found that […]

01/02/2014, When it comes to choosing a smartphone platform, there are definitely stereotypes involved and that’s definitely a debate for another time, but according to a recent study, which is sure to raise a few eyebrows and spark some intense arguments, it seems that iPhone users are found to be smarter compared to other brands and platforms. This is a study conducted by British betting company, Ladbrokes. The test involved about […]

12/06/2013, Do you normally type looking at the keyboard, or are you an expert who is able to type out words without having to look at your keyboard at all? For those who type for a living, such as writers, it is a skillset that is developed overtime, although interestingly enough it seems that those who type fast might not necessarily know where all the keys are. This is according to […]

12/02/2013, When it comes to choosing passwords for your online accounts, does it really matter if you’re a man or a woman? Does your hair color matter? Does having facial hair also play a part in choosing a strong password? Well according to a study based on security breaches at Adobe and LinkedIn, some rather interesting data has been collected and according to the results, it has been found red-haired women […]

11/28/2013, It has been shown recently that phablets, or rather phones with larger than normal displays, are catching on and have been catching on for a while. Q3’s smartphone shipments saw that 21% of their shipments were from phablets alone, so safe to say there are many who fans of large displays for their smartphones. While it might not necessarily be practice in terms of putting it into pockets or placing […]

11/28/2013, We have heard stories where excessive gaming has actually lead to death and of course these are extreme cases, but it seems that over in China, the Communist Party’s newspaper, the Southern Daily, quoted a university professor by the name of Tao Hongkai where he likened professional gaming to drug dealing. According to Tao, “The damage that violent web games do to players’ brains is like the influence of opium […]

11/27/2013, Tablets are gaining a lot of popularity largely due to its size, its price, and how sometimes its battery life can even outlast that of a laptop. While it remains to see if tablets can truly ever replace a laptop, like we said they are undoubtedly gaining in popularity and according to analyst firm, Canalys, they predict that tablets will account for 50% of the total client PC market in […]