One of the members over at XDA-Developers has managed to root Amazon’s latest Kindle Fire HDX tablets by exploiting a vulnerability in Amazon’s custom Android Fire OS operating system. Published by jcase…
CyanogenMod Installer removed ‘voluntarily’ as Google blows violation of TOS trumpet
CyanogenMod Installer has been removed from Play Store after Google claimed that the app was in violation of Terms of Service and warned the team of administrative action. Launched in the middle…
Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 update to fix battery issues
Microsoft has released an update for its Windows 8.1 operating system to address complaints from Lenovo Miix2 8 tablet owners regarding poor battery life. The update dubbed KB2913236 is currently limited to…
Samsung offers Galaxy S4 Mini in three hot colours
Samsung has announced three new colours for its Galaxy S4 Mini in the UK: Pink, Orange and Purple, right in time for the holiday season. The Pink and Purple versions will be…
Jolla’s first smartphone powered by Sailfish OS goes on sale
Jolla has started selling its first Sailfish OS smartphone in Finland through DNA, one of country’s fixed-line and mobile telecoms network. Powered by Qualcomm’s dual-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz, Jolla’s smartphone has…
Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 getting Android 4.4 KitKat in January 2014
Samsung gadgetry including its Galaxy S4 smartphone and Note 3 phablet are bound to get Android 4.4 KitKat update as early as early 2014, a new leak claims. iTechAddict has leaked a…
BBM to come preinstalled on smartphones from several Android OEMs
BlackBerry has announced that BBM will come preinstalled on Android smartphones from multiple Android OEMs starting next month. The struggling smartphone company has revealed that vendors from Africa, India, Indonesia, Latin America…
European Commission drafts steps to restore faith in EU-US data flows
The European Commission has outlined draft steps that it believes will pave the way for restoring faith in EU-US data flows following revelations about NSA spying activities under its PRISM programme. European…
Like Asda, O2 will also be selling PlayStation 4 on launch day
First Asda and now O2 has announced its plans of selling PlayStation 4 consoles and bundles on launch day in the UK. The news from O2 comes as a relief sign for…
Rockstar announces GTA: San Andreas for mobile
A remastered version of GTA: San Andreas is coming to mobile as soon as early December, Rockstar has announced. GTA: San Andreas for mobile will be different from its PC counterpart and…
Microsoft to beef up encryption to counter NSA surveillance
Microsoft is looking to revamp its internet traffic encryption system as it believes that its global communications system links have been breached by the National Security Agency, reported the Washington Post. Per…
Nokia Lumia 525 is now official
Nokia has finally unveiled its leaky and much rumoured Lumia 525 Windows Phone 8 smartphone through its website. Powered by the dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1GHz, the Lumia…
Apple expects bumper iPad Mini with Retina sales; orders 4M units
Apple is expecting bumper iPad Mini with Retina sales during the upcoming holiday season and as the bottlenecks are being slowly removed, Cupertino may have ordered manufacture of nearly 4 million units…
Asda to sell PlayStation 4 through 155 stores without pre-orders
If you haven’t pre-ordered for the PlayStation 4 yet, but want to get your hands on the next-generation gaming console when it launches in the UK, there is indeed good news. You…
Acer Chromebook gets a touchscreen upgrade
Acer has announced a Chromebook Pixel competitor (sort of) by equipping its exiting Chromebook with a touchscreen and that too at a fraction of the cost as its Google counterpart. Dubbed C720P,…