Android's user interface is nice-looking, but it's nothing outstanding. Thankfully, Android is an incredibly customizable operating system, making modifying it almost a must for power users. If you've been looking for a good alternative interface, Launcher 7 might be a good choice for you. It's a port of Windows Phone 7's look, with a few extra customization features that make this a must-try.
Your next iPhone could feature a number of new sensors for working out your location, temperature and even mood according to an interview with Benedetto Vigna.
At about 7 PM local time, an explosion at a Foxconn factory killed 2 people and injured 12, 3 of those seriously. The building is located in Chengdu, a high-tech region in the South of China, and is known for manufacturing iPads. The explosion was first revealed to the world thanks to an amateur video. It's been reported that this incident might have been caused by fine powder used in the manufacturing process that somehow ignited.
Sony hasn't been having a great year as far as security is concerned. After a hack last month and quite a few ever since, it was just two days ago that another exploit was found, bringing all online services down once again. In an already bad week for Sony, F-Secure is now reporting that an actual scam site is hosted on Sony's Thai domain, sony.co.th.
The world of Linux customization is a complicated and fragmented one. There's so much variety, but also a lot of, frankly, suboptimal themes out there. No GNOME themes, no mac look-alikes: these are truly the greatest-looking and better-made Unity themes, at least in my humble opinion.
Google's Chrome browser is probably the most streamlined and minimalistic of all major web browsers out there. Now Google is stripping out the address bar as we know it, and only displaying when it's really necessary, at least if this obscure feature in the latest Canary build is brought down to the stable channel.
Microsoft today gave students a reason to turn their backs on Macs by announcing a new offer to help promote the computers running the company's Windows 7 operating system. From May 22nd, students who buy a new Windows 7 PC will also receive a 4GB Xbox 360 for absolutely nothing.
Verizon just don't seem to be able to keep a lid on it these days, with executives leaking information about smartphone left, right and indeed center. The latest comes courtesy of CFO Fran Shammo with the news that Apple is planning to bring a world phone to market.
We're probably all too familiar with Facebook's photo tagging feature. It lets users easily identify a person on one of their photos by setting an area around their face or body and tagging it with the person's name.
Playboy magazine has arrived the iPad, at last, fully uncensored for your reading, and I guess viewing, pleasure. As with all good things in life, the app won't come for free: $7.24 a month if you commit to buy a yearly subscription, $17.95 a month for a monthly subscription and a whopping $0.95 if you just want to try it out for 3 days. No, there is no free trial.
