| Korea treats game addicts harshly Posted: 
Game addicts in the U.S. can probably expect their mother or wife to shout at them occasionally. In Korea, things are a little different. As can be seen in the series of photos posted on AllVoices, game addicts, along with truants and youngsters looking to join gangs, are often sent to military training camps to [...]  |
| Capcom eyes smartphone gaming future Posted: 
Gamers write off the current trend for casual gaming at their peril, because big companies are very interested in the direction in which the market is heading. Casual gaming is on the increase. On the consoles we have motion control nabbing new gamers, on the Web we have games from companies such as Zynga, and [...]  |
| Media Stream placeholder found in iOS 4.3 Posted: 
Recent mobile operating system betas are serving as a new feature testbed for the platform. That is, new multitouch iPad functionality likely won’t make the cut and live photo streaming technologies is also thought be appearing on a provisional basis. 9 to 5 Mac has been crawling around on their hands and [...] Related Posts: [...]  |
| City considering Facebook to shame drunk drivers Posted: 
A California beach town is looking at ways to use Facebook to curb drunk driving. The city council is considering the proposal to allow police to post mug shots of drunk drivers. [...] Related posts: Drunk drivers get new gadget Delhi police catch drivers via Facebook Why texting while driving should be banned – worse [...]  |
| 2010: Cyberattacks double – Facebook is a ‘treasure trove’ for hackers Posted: 
According to reports, cyberattacks across social media sites are on the rise. In 2010 the number of cyberthreats nearly doubled with Facebook being the primary target. [...] Related posts: Companies see 70 percent jump in social networking spam in 2009 Facebook and Twitter open the door for network attacks The dangers of social networking sites [...]  |
| Kids learning how to use technology early, but at the expense of ‘life skills’? Posted: 
It’s obviously great to see kids learning how to use technology at such young ages, but what about the down sides? Technology is a real mixed blessing. On the one hand it [...] Related posts: Black Friday 2010 – What to buy the kids More kids own cellphones than books 26% of British kids have [...]  |
| Microsoft solves mystery data use on Windows Phone 7 Posted: 
Microsoft says it’s fingered an unnamed culprit as being responsible for mysteriously high data use on some Windows Phone 7 handsets. This may mean it may be possible to fix the problem without a software update to the mobile system itself. [...]  |
| Verizon rejiggers text plans ahead of Verizon iPhone Posted: 
First they slashed the cost of the iPhone 3GS and now they’ve pulled a bit o’ text slight of hand, one that charges more for more messages. Whatever comes down the road, the smartphone marketplace is being remade right before our eyes and the Verizon iPhone hasn’t even shipped yet. With the iPhone [...] Related [...]  |
| How to adjust white balance on the iPhone camera Posted: 
Although there is not a formal setting for white balance on most cell phone cameras, including the iPhone, it turns out that there is nonetheless a way to indirectly set the white balance on the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 has more features than do a [...] Related Posts: iPhone 4 camera review- pros and [...]  |
| Nokia bails on AT&T X7 smartphone Posted: 
Sources around the interwebs are saying that the exclusive launch of the new Nokia X7 smartphone on the AT&T wireless network has been scrubbed and may not be launched in the United States at all. The phone, which has not [...] Related posts: Nokia challenges iPhone with direct-to-mobile music store Nokia developing Skype-enabled phones Move [...]  |
| iPhone 5, iPad 2 to come with features to battle Facebook Posted: 
Some new tech buried in the iOS4 operating system make it appear that the next iPhone and iPad will come preloaded with some social networking tools designed to carry the good fight to Facebook. The [...] Related Posts: Facebook CTO: We’ll work with Apple on Ping OS level Facebook integration coming to iPhone iOS4.2 features [...]  |
| “Playboy on iPad!” was premature ejaculation Posted: 
If you’ve got an iPad, you’ll know that thanks to Steve Jobs’ family-friendly policies, there is absolutely now way of viewing adult material on the device; well, except on this thing called the web. That comical inconsistency has been further highlighted by the announcement that [...] Related posts: Playboy Island finds home in Second Life [...]  |
