Technology

Touch, zoom and expand.. The World by National Geographic app is now at the App store

by olagaballah August 23, 2011

National Geographic World Atlas…of course we will all remember yellow National Geographic magazine, which very often includes, folded up inside, some awesome maps from all around the world. Yes, which we used to use when we were young using them as study aids in school. But now National Geographic maps are there for your iPad for only $3.99.

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Goodbye SMS, Welcome WhatsApp Messenger!!

by olagaballah August 18, 2011

Goodbye SMS.. WhatsApp Messenger allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Nokia phones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Moreover, you can easily send and receive pictures, audio notes, and video messages.

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Apple has upped iPhone 5 orders for the second half of 2011!!

by olagaballah August 16, 2011

2011 seems an important year for Apple. Apple is ordering 26 million iPhone 5 units for 2011. As Apple is reportedly upping orders of iPhone units by 13 percent for the second half of 2011, 26 million of those units will be the much-anticipated “iPhone 5. We are waiting for iPhone 5 enthusiastically.

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Congratulation Google …Hard luck Microsoft!!

by olagaballah August 16, 2011

News of Google buying Motorola for $12.5 billion took the tech community by surprise this morning, but what was more surprising is that Microsoft was trying hard to purchase Motorola and their wide range of mobile patents. It seems that war between Google and Microsoft is an endless one. Watch and wait…when will begin the next fight???

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Google+ is a Cover for Mobile Malware!!

by olagaballah August 16, 2011

A new threat to Android phones. Security researchers at CA Security have identified a new mobile malware application on Android that guise itself as a Google+ app. It is an earlier Android Trojans,that has the capability to record phone calls, as well as gather the GPS location of the handset, the text messages and the [...]

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Hold onto your seat…Video Games are Real!!

by olagaballah August 10, 2011

“Boom!! Can you feel what has happened?” it’s not science fiction but a new tactile technology has been developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP) called Surround Haptics, “Haptics is a sense of touch, from the Greek “I touch.” makes it possible for video game players and film viewers to feel a wide variety of sensations, from the smoothness of a finger being drawn against skin to the jolt of a collision.

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Facebook Messenger…Download it Now!!

by olagaballah August 10, 2011

Yesterday, Facebook announced about its new amazing mobile app called Messenger that extends its Messages product. If you are a facebook fan, then enjoy Facebook’s just-released standalone messaging app for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android. Connect to your friends wherever and whenever you want.

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Archos G9 Android tablet..with 250GB HDD!!

by olagaballah August 9, 2011

Believe it or not…250GB Android tablet is on its way. The Archos G9 tablet comes with many features, but the main one that stands out and one that even the Apple iPad cannot compete with is a 250GB hard disk drive with a 4GB flash drive. It’s unusual to see a tablet with more than 128GB of on-board storage due to costs and space; however, Archos disagrees and offer us its G9 Android tablet with the option of a 250GB hybrid hard drive. Let’s have a look at this amazing android.

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Google+ App for iPod touch and iPad is Now Available

by olagaballah August 9, 2011

Since the arrival of Google+ in June, there are over 25 million users and much more. Thus, it’s Google show time; the app just received an update that brings it iPad support for the first time. Version 1.0.2.1966 also brings the social networking site to the iPod touch via a native app…so iPad and iPod touch users shouldn’t be disappointed anymore.. it seems that Google want to make everyone happy after the failure of Buzz and Google wave. Enjoy Google+ and start connecting with your friends.

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Blackberry Torches and Bold, company’s saving grace?

by elsarobedello August 7, 2011

Probably most of you have been thinking why Blackberry’s out of the scene already and why their market share has been dropping these past few months. Time changes and technology improves, unfortunately Blackberry isn’t innovating and the smartphones that they offer are outdated already. But, we think that’s not the case with them now because [...]

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