Apple Maps has received fair amount of criticism due to its lack of luster performance, jittery location services and distorted maps. Apple admitting to their mistake released an official statement apologizing about the maps and went as far as suggesting different applications as “temporary alternatives”. Users were hoping for a Google Maps application to be […]
Amazon launched a handful of new devices recently, among which was the new e-book reader the “Paperwhite”. Now, you must be thinking that if there are tablets and phones, which can run pdfs and open word documents why is there a need of a separate device? The simple fact is that there are no distractions, […]
The trend of using desktop computers is shifting; we now have tablets, notebooks and netbooks that are filling the space. However, some people still prefer using desktops (including me) that is mainly due to the freedom of replacing components and customizing it to your liking. The most important part of that customization is having a […]
Have you ever faced a situation where you had to take a long trip and your iPhones battery let you down? You could sacrifice minimizing the usage but you are not really a conservative type? Well there are solutions to that; you could use extended batteries, or external chargers to provide you with that extra […]
Keeping a track of your hard drive could be a little hard to tackle, fragmented drives, out dated drivers and improper formats could leave you muddled. With the rise of Solid state hard drives came utilities to control them, Intel recently updated the SSD toolbox to version 3 which gives you added functionality that I’ll cover in […]
We know that Apple maps hadn’t been the most favorite feature for people on iOS 6 with its jagged results and inaccurate location services. Yes it adds real time voice navigation and street view alternative with “fly over” but, lack of accuracy cannot be compensated. The word from Google center is that they would be […]
A few years ago, hard disks were all about the memory, companies were churning up hard disks in sizes up to terabytes but since the advent of Solid-State-Drives or SSDs, the focus has now shifted to performance rather capacity. SSD technology uses electronic interfaces compatible with traditional block input/output (I/O) hard disk drives. They do not […]
Samsung started off their week by announcing their 840 and 840 Pro SSDs, an upgrade to their existing 830 series. The new drive (PRO) takes on the corsair neutron GTX as they both use the same type of flash memory. The drives feature updated MDX controller which originate from ARM Cortex R-4 cores clocked at […]
Blackberry OS was once a popular choice among mobile platforms but Android and iOS shunned it long ago and are currently ruling the mobile software industry. RIM tried to revive the dying Blackberry OS with OS 7 but that too failed to make an impact and along with that the updated playbook did not receive any praise either. […]
Earlier this month Motorola announced several devices but left one for the big finale, announced in London is the new RAZR I which is made in collaboration of Motorola and Intel and powered by Intel atom processor. Although that has been done before, but not by a company like Motorola, which is now owned by […]