Nowadays porting Android 3.x Honeycomb on different tablets is perhaps the hottest trend. This all started when Honeycomb made a hacked appearance on Barnes and Nobles Nook Color, and since then there is no stopping of this Honeycomb awesomeness being embraced by different tablets. Of course it took lots of hackery and some outstanding coding skills to make this happen and all credit for this goes to Android developers at different portals, forums and blogs. Most of these Honeycomb ports for different Android tablets have been consistently coming from XDA, and Toshiba Folio 100 isn’t an exception.
Imagine there's an amazing iTunes song, movie or iPhone app you're desperate to get your hands on, but it's not available in your country's iTunes Store. If you're an avid iTunes user, you've probably figured out by now you can create accounts at iTunes Stores from other countries. The only problem with that is it's fairly time-consuming to switch between different iTunes accounts. That was hard until now: meet iTunes Account Switcher, a simple mac application that runs on your menu bar and, as the name implies, lets you switch between multiple iTunes accounts on the fly.
Speculation before the iPhone 4 was announced was that the handset would be available in both 32GB and 64GB models, but alas Apple settled on the 16GB and 32GB variations we have today. According to sources of former Engadgeteer Chris Ziegler though, we could be in for a higher capacity model after all.
One of the most pressing issues when the iPhone came out was the worse-than-desired performance of the YouTube app, mainly concerning how long videos would take to load. Now there's a fix, named TCP Optimizer, and it's freely available if you're willing to jailbreak your phone.
Microsoft has kicked off an ad campaign featuring Bing's new Facebook integration functionality. This feature allows users to visualize on the fly how many of their Facebook friends "like" a particular search result. This is yet another way that, according to Microsoft, will let you 'Bing & Decide'. Stay tuned for videos below.
In case you opted for Google Nexus S 4G on Sprint and were looking for root, then your wait is now over. For those who don’t know, Google Nexus S 4G is WiMax version of original Nexus S for Sprint customers and has, more or less, identical features and specifications. The credit for this guide goes to kpkimmel, Senior XDA developer and Android hacker, who claims this as a safe method and you can’t miss it if you follow rooting instructions to detail.
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.
