In most college dorms, the most advanced pieces of technology consist of a George Foreman Grill and a glow-in-the-dark Bob Marley poster. Not so for UC Berkeley freshman Derek Low, creator of the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated …
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No Joke: Instagram Is Finally Available for Android
The wait is over. Instagram has finally released an app for Android, available right this second on Google Play.
It’s no secret that Android users coveted the app, which was previous only available on the iPhone. According to …
‘Draw Something’ App Downloaded 20 Million Times in First Five Weeks
OMGPOP’s new game Draw Something is only five weeks old and it’s already been downloaded 20 million times. Right now it’s the number one free app for Android and the number one paid and free app for iOS.
As Business Insider …
Apple’s New iPad Should Be Google’s Wake-Up Call
A strange thing happened during the announcement of Apple’s new iPad on Wednesday: for a moment, CEO Tim Cook stopped talking about his company’s products and started dissing Google’s Android operating system. Cook displayed a …
Google: Android Apps Have Tripled to Nearly Half a Million Since Last Year
Google has something to boast about at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year, it used the event to announce that its Android Market had accrued an impressive 150,000 apps. Today, the company announced that the …
Steam for iOS, Android Devices Won’t Play Games, but Lets You Chat
Fingers crossed Steam operator Valve might have found a way to plonk stuff like Skyrim, Rage or Sins of a Solar Empire onto your mobile phone? Alas, the new freebie Steam client for smartphones won’t do anything like that. What …
Chinese Mario Kart Knockoff ‘Mole Kart’ Released for iPhone
Oh how we’ve longed here at Techland for Nintendo to release games specifically for iOS. I guess we’ll have to settle for this: Mole Kart, the cartoonish racing game that bears no resemblance to Nintendo’s Mario Kart whatsoever.
See, this game from Chinese developer Taomee is totally different from Mario Kart. It has, um, moles …
Unlock Your iPhone with Your Face
We can’t recommend locking your phone enough. If a thief gets hold of it, who knows what personal information he’ll dig up going through your email or mobile browser history.
Sometimes, though, you just don’t want to take the …
‘iCade Mobile’ Wraparound iPhone Gamepad? Yes, Please!
Let’s face it, the iPhone’s touchscreen sucks for serious 3D gaming: Dead Space, Grand Theft Auto III, Minecraft, Aralorn: Sword and Shadow — small as the iPhone’s screen is, who wants to obscure half the picture (often …
Android, iOS Devices Have ‘Record-Shattering’ Holiday Sales
It’s been an exceptionally profitable holiday for Apple and Google, according to research firm Flurry Analytics, which claims that it can detect device sales based on “apps monitoring” and use that to come up with a “roughly …
The Battle for Smartphone Intenders
Ben Bajarin is the director of consumer-technology analysis and research at Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.