Samsung invites public to Times Square for its Galaxy S IV unveiling

So, what are you up to on March 14th? If your idea of a good time is seeing a new smartphone unveiled, Samsung's arranging just such a party at Times Square in New York for the upcoming Galaxy S IV, according to a recent tweet. We'd guess that revelers will get to watch a livestream of the recently announced Samsung Unpacked 2013 shindig for the new handset on the block's famous big screens, while the...

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Last Day To Snag 8 Useful Mac Apps For Free! [Freebie Bundle]

The new year is well underway, and we’ve got a bundle lined up for you here at Cult of Mac Deals that will help you make the most of your Mac over the months to come. And the best part is that you’ll get all 8 of these time-savings apps for free as part of The Mac Freebie Bundle. Here’s what’s included (Note: Regular price is listed.): IconBox 2 – $15.00 Ondesoft Screen Capture for Mac – $30.00 VidConvert...

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Facebook to Serve Up Ads Based on Your Offline Shopping Habits

Facebook will now be able to target some ads based on your offline shopping habits thanks to some partnerships it announced on Wednesday. The social networking giant has inked a deal with data mining firms Datalogix, Acxiom and Epsilon that will apply their records about customers' offline purchases to Facebook's Custom Audiences product. Facebook is also working with BlueKai "as a marketing data...

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MWC 2013: Intel isn't giving up on tablets and smartphones

It’s no secret that Intel has struggled to break into the mobile market. But if there were any doubts as to whether or not the company is in it for the long haul, this week’s announcements should put them to rest. None of these were unexpected, but together the announcements, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, seem designed to show Intel remains serious about getting its chips into everything from...

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Samsung Galaxy S4′s Display Will Put the iPhone 5′s Retina to Shame

Galaxy S4 Display vs Retina For the last couple of years, the quality of smartphones isn’t measured by the number of cores and the amount of storage on the device; but by the display resolution and the sharpness of the display play, which of course is an important role in determining the quality of a smartphone. According to a recent report, the next addition to Samsung’s top-selling...

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iPhone 6 'about to enter production, packs 4.8" screen'

Analyst backs talk of phablet-sized iPhone. The iPhone 6 is preparing to enter production ahead of its mooted launch date in June, reports indicate, as the start of a new year brings a slew of new rumours around Apple’s plans for 2013. In a note to investors, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek claims that Apple is already undertaking trials of the next iteration of the iPhone and the fabled iPhone Mini,...

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Adobe announces Photoshop Touch for iOS and Android phones

Time to get layerin. Would-be graphic designers rejoice: Adobe has an app designed just for your smartphones. Announced today, Photoshop Touch for mobile brings the core functions of Photoshop to the form factor of a phone. Those who've been paying attention will know that Photoshop Touch for tablets has been around since last year, though Adobe has planned about bringing the app to life on handsets...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet Becomes Official

[MWC 2013] After nearly one month of leaks and rumors, Samsung is making the Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet official. We all knew what it looked like, thanks to various web leaks leading to Mobile World Congress, but now you can get (almost) all the details related to this new Samsung product. The Galaxy Note 8.0 has been designed to maximize the pen experience, while remaining a usable one-hand device....

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Adobe issues emergency Flash update for three vulnerabilities, says two are being used in attacks on Firefox

Adobe on Tuesday released a security bulletin addressing three vulnerabilities in its Flash product. If you use Flash on Windows, Mac, or Linux, you should download the new version and update as soon as possible. Two of the vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild as part of targeted attacks designed to trick the user into clicking a link which directs to a website serving malicious Flash...

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How to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 GT I9100G with Official Jellybean 4.1.2 XWLSR

An upgraded firmware version of jellybean as android 4.1.2 has now officially launched for Samsung galaxy S2. This update android 4.1.2 jellybean now become commonly launching one by one for most of the powered android devices. Well in this case it is dubbed as XWLSR just after of XWLSD. It also comes along with some new impressing features and most the bug fixes, check them below. Features of XWLSR New...

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How could Apple make a cheap iPhone Mini?

Rumors that Apple is working on a cheaper version of the iPhone—dubbed the iPhone Mini—got a bit of a boost last week when Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty commented how a lower-priced iPhone made sense. At the core of Huberty's argument is the fact that Apple wants to expand into China, and Chinese consumers want access to the latest version of the iPhone at a lower price, rather...

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Twitter will have a native client ready for Firefox OS launch, will support Web Activities for easy tweeting

Twitter has announced that it will release a native Firefox OS client in time for the launch of Mozilla’s upcoming mobile operating system later this year. According to Twitter, the app will be in the Firefox Marketplace by the time the first Firefox OS handsets ship. The company showed off the interface for the app, which includes Home, Connect, Discover and Me tabs, much like its other apps. It...

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No, the new iOS 6.1 lock screen bypass bug does not allow access to your iPhone’s file system

Earlier today, word began getting around that there was a new way to bypass the iOS 6.1 lock screen and that this one was even worse, allowing full access to the user portion of the file system. Well, that’s not exactly true, as we’ve uncovered with some simple tests. The lock screen bug does in fact exist, and it works as advertised, bypassing the lock and bringing you to a blank black screen with...

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Microsoft posts Dev Center app for Windows Phone, tops 130,000 total apps

Despite launching the Windows Phone Dev Center months ago, Microsoft hasn't provided an option to run the dashboard on Windows Phone itself. The company is at last introducing some logical consistency (and recursion) by launching a Windows Phone version of its Windows Phone developer console. The app lets registered creators track downloads, crashes and feedback without turning to a computer, and a...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 goes official with S Pen on board

When available, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will sit between the Galaxy Note 10.1 and the Galaxy Note II in the company's Android range. The slate's design follows the same language as the rest of the current Note range. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 features an Exynos chipset with a 1.6GHz A9 quad-core CPU and 2GB of RAM. There are 16 or 32GB of available built-in memory on board and a microSD card...

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Why iOS won't become Apple's 'Windows XP'

Apple is selling millions of iOS devices every quarter, but some worry that the lack of innovation, combined with the fact that people find the operating system to be 'good enough' could turn Apple's mobile operating system into the company's own ' Windows XP.' First, some background on what is meant by 'Windows XP' in this context. Microsoft released Windows XP back in October of 2001, and it remained...

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Early Sony PS4 price and pre-orders appear

The Sony PS4 has been announced and unveiled earlier this week at last, but unsurprisingly Sony failed to give us any indication on exact release dates that the console will be out and perhaps more importantly, how much they will be charging gamers for a piece of their new technology. Luckily, that hasn’t stopped rumors from circulating online following the event, as we can tell you that there are...

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Samsung Galaxy S4: 14 March reveal in New York confirmed

Samsung has confirmed that it will reveal the Samsung Galaxy S IV in New York on the 14 March. The confirmation comes as the rest of the mobile phone industry gathers in Barcelona to see what the industry has to offer, although we suspect that the news will now dominate the news headlines. It will be the first US launch of Samsung's flagship Galaxy smartphone in 3 years, company spokeswoman Chenny...

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Meet ownCloud 5, The Open Source Dropbox

ownCloud is a free software suite, written in PHP, that provides file storage, synchronization, and sharing. It provides the same basic features of Dropbox or Box.net. It also provides a whole lot more. ownCloud was started three years ago when Frank Karlitschek wanted a free software alternative to proprietary solutions. In the time since the project has attracted a dedicated group of core contributors,...

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Samsung Series 7 Chronos trickles into US stores

After whetting our appetite at CES, Samsung's updated Series 7 Chronos is slowly squeaking its way into US retailers. Spotted at Best Buy for $1,200, this 21mm dynamo packs a 2.4GHz Intel Core i7 3635QM CPU and an AMD Radeon HD 8870M GPU along with a 15.6-inch touchscreen. While this lean, mean, Windows 8 machine's streamlined design and spec sheet are impressive, such adornment comes at a price....

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Twitter ratchets up phishing protection by adopting DMARC standard

Phishing emails often pose as being sent by major league sites rather than princes from far-flung countries, but Twitter's implemented a new measure to stamp out phonies that borrow its name. Costolo and Co. announced that, earlier this month, they began leveraging a tech called DMARC that establishes a way for email providers to authenticate senders and reject messages penned by impostors. While...

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Apple's iOS 6.1.3 Will Fix Lock Screen Security Flaw

Apple has supposedly released iOS 6.1.3 to developers. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has released iOS v6.1.3 beta 2 to developers that addresses the current lock screen security flaw. The news arrives after Apple released iOS v6.1.2 over the air earlier this week which supposedly fixes the Microsoft Exchange and battery drainage problems. This latest beta release follows beta 1 which was...

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Chrome Delivers Voice Recognition Capability To The Internet

If you deal with web applications, or are currently looking into such an endeavor, I think you would be stoked to hear that today’s Chrome stable release will introduce support for the Web Speech API that was originally discussed in January, where it will allow developers to take advantage of speech recognition capabilities into their web apps. Just in case you want to get a better idea on how integrated...

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