Archive for October, 2011 - Page 24

Your iPhone can be used as a tool for spying. And you don’t even have to be entering data on the device itself. Researchers have found a way to use the iPhone’s accelerometer to track keypresses on a nearby keyboard.

In another case of major technology companies experiencing serious security breaches, Microsoft reports that its YouTube channel was recently hacked.

Earlier today we told you Apple is going to let non-Apple employees watch the celebration dedicated to Steve Jobs, which is available now via the company’s website. But those of you that want to know more about the iconic Apple leader can already buy the official “Steve Jobs” biography, which [...]

Apple launched the first-ever iPod on October 23, 2001. Back then, it was a little-known project, and one that was predicted to be doomed to failure. But ten years and 304 million devices sold later, the iPod has proved to be one of Apple’s crown jewels.

Earlier this week Motorola unveiled a new flagship Android handset, the Motorola Droid RAZR, which not only is a spectacular device considering its overall design and hardware specifications but also a handset that brings back from the grave an old, but successful, Motorola brand, the RAZR.

Apple is known for its strong stance on marrying hardware to software. As such, Apple’s operating systems only run on Apple hardware (at least officially). But there was a time when Apple was licensing Mac OS, and Compaq’s  former chairman and CEO shares how Steve Jobs once approached him to [...]

Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, just one day after Tim Cook and Co. introduced the iPhone 4S, a phone that was going to set new sales records for the company in the weeks following its announcement.

Android smartphones are on the rise. But as the platform becomes more popular, it seems there is one unlikely beneficiary: Microsoft. The company is reported to be earning licenses from at least 50% of Android smartphones already.