Perfectly Prune Your Notifications to Stop Your Phone from Constantly Bugging You

If you’re anything like me, your phone buzzes all day long, alerting you to completely useless things like app updates, Facebook likes, and chain emails from your grandma. Here’s how to keep your phone from bugging you all day without turning your notifications off entirely—but still staying on top of what matters. We’ve all experienced …

Nationalisation

LONDON – you could point to an Android device or an iPhone and say: “There. That’s a smartphone.” Similarly, you could label any phone that retailed for less than US$100 (or R800) as “dumb”. Today, it’s not so simple. sure, ultra low-end phones without internet access are easy. but what about devices like the Asha range announced by Nokia at Nokia World recently? …

Shoebox app turns phones into photo scanners

Shoebox app on the iPhone By Athima Chansanchai A new app released by a “memory sharing” site makes converting photo prints to digital a little easier by turning an iPhone into a mobile photo scanner.  Shoebox, the first app released by 1000memories, gives iPhone users the ability to scan and share large collections of photos …

Bose unveils new home theater, headphone, Bluetooth products

Bose Introduces Lifestyle 135 system If you’re a fan of Bose audio products, there is no shortage of news to report, as the company has unveiled several items recently.Here’s a brief rundown:NEW BOSE ON-EAR AUDIO HEADPHONES Bose has introduced its next-generation of on-ear headphones: the OE2 and OE2i audio headphones.  The OE2 and OE2i headphones …

New iPhone 4S is solid, not remarkable

Apple’s iPhone 4S is a high-performing, easy-to-use smartphone, but you can tell its much-hyped Siri voice-recognition feature isn’t from around here. Siri had a hard time understanding my mix of Boston accent and mumbling, but my editor had better luck asking questions such as “Where’s Whitey Bulger,” and “Who is the mayor of Boston?” — …

The Fine Art of Ganging Up on Apple

The Apple blogosphere gets together and decides, based on rumors, what Apple should do. They entice readers with these predictions. Then Apple goes its own way, bound by its own realities. Then the bloggers get all upset and bash Apple. Then Apple sells millions of fill-in-the-blank. will it ever end? I am a bit disappointed …

iPhone rumors: What to expect this October

Creative thinkers at French website nowhereelse.fr took an educated guess at what the next iPhone might look like, based on rumors and industry analysis. this image is not of Apple’s iPhone 5 — but the real one may end up looking a lot like this. By Wilson Rothman With all of the iPhone rumors out …