If you have been a user of an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch over the years, then one of the most positive aspect of the iOS that you have probably noticed is the smoothness of the user interface. But what about the Android? It would be safe to say that Android is not the smoothest when it comes to scrolling through the UI. And now if this new report is of any indication, the Android...

If you have been paying attention to the news regarding the tech industry lately, then you will know that there's a massive amount of commotion surrounding a diagnostic tool called Carrier IQ. The mobile community is currently up in arms which concerns Carrier IQ and that it is claimed to violate loads of privacy issues. But what exactly is Carrier IQ? And what does it do?

There is no doubt that the competition inside the smartphone industry has been rather fierce these past years. And one such competition involves the long time battle between two operating systems, Apple's iOS and Google's Android. When it comes to branding, it is no doubt that Apple is one of the strongest around, if not the strongest. But just how loyal Apple fans are? A report surfaced today claiming that iPhone owners are more likely...

One of the most often cited advantage of Google's mobile operating system Android is its open source nature. Like a double edged blade, this very open source nature of Android also serves as one of its major glaring drawbacks. Closed platform such as the iOS, Symbian and Windows Phone 7 are generally malware and virus-free but unfortunately, the same can't be said regarding Android. This is because basically anyone can write an app for Android...

When it comes to a debate regarding which mobile operating system is better between the iOS and Android, someone is bound to put up an argument that would probably go, "but Android has Flash Support". This is behind the reasoning that majority of the media content that's found on the Internet is flash based. But now in an official statement, somehow unexpectedly, Adobe decided to kill Flash support for mobile devices including Android and RIM...

Apple has no doubt kept the attention of the tech industry for the past two weeks with the launch of the iOS 5 and of course the latest iPhone, the iPhone 4S. One may ask, what about the Android camp? Well, it seems that Google and Samsung got some exciting announcements as well, as they finally lift the curtain on the next Android flagship smartphone, the much awaited Galaxy Nexus (used to be called Nexus...

When it comes to the world of gaming, there are games that started a revolution and changed the face of gaming forever. One such game would certainly be Grand Theft Auto III by Rockstar Games. About two months ago, we have reported that Grand Theft Auto III has made its way into the Mac after a decade. But now it seems that Rockstar is once again making their classic opus available to more platforms as...

Security vulnerabilities in mobile devices are not exactly new but it seems that as the years went by, this particular issue has become more of a pressing concern. When it comes to being hit by security vulnerabilities, it seems that devices that run under Android currently have it the worst. And now another security vulnerability have been discovered that affects various HTC devices such as the EVO 3D, EVO 4G, Thunderbolt and many others.

When it comes to the subject of app stores, you can say that the Android Market is still playing catch-up to the iTunes App Store. But you can also say that the Android Market is doing a fine job of keeping up with the iTunes App Store. This is especially true when it comes to uber-popular applications. Just this Wednesday, Flickr for Android is now made available through the Android Market.

I'm sure most of you can recall that when it comes to music and video playback, there was a time when we are stuck with Windows Media Player or whatever it is that comes by default with your operating system. But then one open-source, cross platform media player arrived and multimedia playback has never been the same again. I'm talking of course about the uber-popular VLC Media Player. If you haven't heard about it, then...