Apple – most admired company & most valuable brand

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Its consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating

Android based network to study cyber disruptions – Sandia

Android based network to study cyber disruptions – Sandia

As part of ongoing research to help prevent and mitigate disruptions to computer networks on the Internet, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have turned their attention to smartphones and other hand-held computing devices. Sandia cyber researchers linked together 300,000 virtual hand-held computing devices running the Android operating system so they can study large

What is NFC or Near field communication in smartphones?

What is NFC or Near field communication in smartphones?

Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimetres. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi.

Ads in mobile apps poses privacy and security risks

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the official Google Play market, researchers noticed that more than half contained so-called ad libraries. And 297 of the apps included aggressive ad libraries that were enabled to download and run code from remote servers – which raises significant privacy and security concerns.

GarageBand for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

GarageBand for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Apple® today announced that GarageBand®, its breakthrough music creation app, is now available for iPhone® and iPod touch® users. Introduced earlier this year on iPad®, GarageBand uses Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface to make it easy for anyone to create and record their own songs, even if they’ve never played an instrument before. “GarageBand on iPad

iPhone 4S by Apple in Hong Kong & South Korea

iPhone 4S by Apple in Hong Kong & South Korea

Apple has announced that iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, will be available in Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries on Friday, November 11. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 4S beginning on Friday, November 4. iPhone 4S is packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing

5 top smartphone vendors

5 top smartphone vendors

For 2011, IDC maintains that the worldwide smartphone market will grow 55.0% over 2010. The first half of the year has demonstrated strong growth for the smartphone market, the second half of the year will bring new flagship models and refreshed user experiences to cell phone market. These will keep smartphones well out in front

Games on Android Mobile Phones

Games on Android Mobile Phones

Android apps stores generally lag behind an Apple apps store, but still they have various fun filled applications and Android games. Thousands of Android games which are released by Google are popular among gaming freaks. There are different types of Android games which can make you think and keep you occupied whenever you feel bored.

iOS becomes second largest smartphone platform

iOS becomes second largest smartphone platform

With shipments of 20.3 million iPhones and a market share of 19%, iOS overtook Nokia’s Symbian platform during the quarter to take second place worldwide. In doing so, Apple also became the world’s leading individual smart phone vendor, stripping Nokia of its long-held leadership position. ‘The iPhone has been a phenomenal success story for Apple

New Smartphones Club