Archive for December, 2011 - Page 18
Gamefly Begins Massive Year-End Sale [Gamefly Kicks Off Year-End Sale On Used Games With Discounts On Xbox 360, PS3, Wii & 3DS Titles]
If you somehow don’t have enough deals to take advantage of on Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, or PSN, you might want to stop by Gamefly and take a look around. That’s because Gamefly has just started its year-end sale on [...]
Amazon Kindle Fire Now Lets Users Browse Android Market [Kindle Fire Software Update Opens Access to Android Market Mobile Website, But There's a Catch]
Amazon has previously blocked access to Google’s Android Market from within the Kindle Fire web browser. After the latest Kindle Fire update, users report being able to access the official Android app repository, although the results might still not please [...]
iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Shown Off in Video [Developer Pod2G Proves iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Is Possible, But Not on the iPhone 4S or iPad 2]
A few days ago we told you that Pod2g’s iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak is working on the iPhone 4, iPad and iPod touch 4G and that the hacker will soon release it after testing it on older iOS devices that [...]
Unpatched Android Flaw Lets Apps Gain Full Access Even With Zero Permissions [Security Issue in Android Lets Apps Take Full Control of Smartphones & Tablets Even Without Asking for Permissions; All Versions, Even Ice Cream Sandwich Vulnerable]
The user is usually the best line of defense against malware in any computer system. After all, it’s the smartphone or tablet user who downloads apps and gives authorization when the app wants access to the phone’s hardware and operating [...]
700,000 Android Phones Activated Each Day, Andy Rubin Tweets [Android Leader Confirms Android Activations Reached a New Milestone, Doesn’t Say Anything About Actual Android-based Revenue for Google]
Android is growing more and more and that fact can’t be denied as plenty of smartphone makers are busy shelling out more and more Android handsets of all shapes and sizes meant to attract certain demographics. And carriers make sure [...]
Galaxy Nexus Antennagate: It’s Not Verizon, It’s You; or the Phone [In a Familiar Fashion Verizon Says Signal Strength Problem With Samsung Flagship Phone Is a Non Issue, Update Will Display More Bars]
Remember the iPhone 4 Antennagate scandal, one of the most prominent issues that hit the flagship iOS device soon after it was released in summer 2010? Well, it looks like it’s time for a similar scandal, now hitting the Galaxy [...]
Xperia Arc & Play Ice Cream Sandwich Update Scheduled for March-May 2012 [Sony Ericsson Announces Android 4.0 ICS Plans for Its Smartphone Lineup Including the Arc, Play, Neo, Mini, Mini Pro, Active & Ray]
Samsung unveiled yesterday its Ice Cream Sandwich plans for some of the Galaxy-branded Android smartphones and tablets and today we have similar news from Sony Ericsson, as the company released more details about its own Android 4.0 roll out for [...]
PS Vita Battery Lasts Longer Than 3DS Battery [With Brightness & Sound Maxed, PS Vita Lasts Around An Hour Longer Than Nintendo 3DS]
Now that the next round of dedicated gaming handhelds has arrived, we can begin the platform wars we thought we left in 2007 anew. The 3DS and the PS Vita are both impressive pieces of gaming hardware, but they’re both [...]
Steam Holiday Sale: Batman: Arkham City, F1 2011 Take The Stage [Payday: The Heist, Defense Grid, Mount & Blade Deals Also Featured As Steam's Holiday Sale Enters Day Three]
We have now arrived at the third day of the Steam holiday sale, which is practically a holiday itself in the minds of PC gamers. Every year, the Steam faithful look forward to the holiday sale, as it is definitely [...]
Dead Island Worldwide Shipments Hit 3 Million [Deep Silver Shares Latest Dead Island Shipment Numbers, Says Holiday Sales Have Been Strong]
It looks like Deep Silver’s surprisingly moving ad campaign for Dead Island has paid off, as the publisher has reported that total worldwide shipments of Techland’s zombie RPG have topped 3 million. Naturally, Deep Silver didn’t indicate how many of [...]

