Mellisa Tolentino
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Stress-Busters: Holiday Travel iPhone + Android Apps
A lot of people are heading home, or some other dream destination this holiday season. And while some of these people like to take on holiday travel-planning as early as possible, many of us are just realizing how much of December has flown by. There’s only week left before we hit the holiday weekend, and ...
Google Blames LG For Nexus 4 Shortage
In today’s mobile news roundup: Nexus 4 shortage blamed on LG; Over 2M iPhone 5 sold in China; Sprint buys entirety of Clearwire; and Instagram tweaks ToS for better Facebook integration. Nexus 4 shortage blamed on LG A lot of consumers in the UK are berating Google due to the scarce availability of their hit ...
GPS Still Vulnerable To Attacks Show Researchers at University of Texas
Global Positioning System “transmits timing information in atomic clock precision to receivers”–in short, this is what you see in movies or TV shows that detectives use to track down the location of bad guys or people they just want to track and get a hold of. Though it’s a cool technology, there’s still security issues ...
Gifting Apps Returns for iOS 6, Just In Time for Christmas
In today’s mobile news roundup: iOS gift apps, Facebook updates iOS app; Apple found guilty of infringing patents; and Galaxy Note III rumors. iOS gift apps If you still haven’t figured out what to get friends and family for Christmas, then maybe you can just give them apps from the Apple App Store. This isn’t ...
SOPA 2012: A Year of Censorship in Review
In the hashtag category of Zeitgesit 2012, Google’s top searches of the year, SOPA or the Stop Online Piracy Act topped the bill. You might have been surprised by this as I’m sure some of you were thinking that a hashtag about Justin Bieber must have made it to the top but fortunately for the ...
Head-to-Head: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps
Google Maps app is now available for Apple iOS 6 users and many Apple Maps users are very grateful for the addition. One user even commented that he almost died in Australia and is now very thankful that a more reliable can be used. We all know how bad Apple Maps is, but just for ...
Battle of The Filters: Instagram vs. Twitter vs. Flickr
Instagram made a huge splash in 2012, becoming one of the most used photo editing/filtering/sharing apps on the market. Things only got better when Facebook took them in for a cool $1 billion. But now that they’ve established their popularity, they’ve gotten caught up in the viciously competitive business of social networking, fanning the flames ...
I’m Finally OK with My iPhone 5 Purchase. Google Maps App Has Landed!
In today’s mobile news roundup: Google Maps app now on iOS 6; Dell to drop smartphone business globally; E-book price fixing resolved; Samsung Australia takes a jab at Apple Maps; and NY to experiment taxi hailing app. Google Maps app now on iOS 6 Fanbois rejoice! The wait is finally over and getting lost may ...
iPhone and Android Apps To Curb Data Usage + Manage Consumption
The holidays are just around the corner and I bet a lot of people will be stuck on their mobile devices sharing everything they do to their friends or the web in general. But with the constant sharing, some people are plagued with the problem of going over their data limit. So what are people ...
Pope Benedict XVI’s Inaugural Tweet
In today’s mobile news roundup: The Pope makes his first tweet; Surface tablets to become available in non-Microsoft retail stores; and Yahoo! upgrades Mail and Flickr app. Pope makes his first tweet Though this news is not that surprising, given that almost everyone, from laymen to politicians, is on Twitter, this is huge since the ...