With The Pirate Bay still down for the count, sad pirates can take solace in the fact that there are actually plenty of other great torrent sites out there. Below we’ve listed four popular alternatives that TorrentFreak earlier this year listed as the most used in the world after The Pirate Bay.
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Over the past few months, at least one of your friends or family members has probably upgraded to a new phone, whether it’s the Galaxy Note 4, the iPhone 6, the Xperia Z3 or something from earlier in the year.
Whichever phone they chose, they probably wouldn’t mind a few accessories to go along with it, which is why we’ve prepared a small collection of mobile-minded gifts from Amazon that you might want to consider.
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With BGR Deals’ Golden Apple Giveaway you could have a chance to win a brand new iPhone 6 and an iPad Air 2 with a combined value of $1,150. Plus, the prizes offered in this contest aren’t just your run of the mill iOS products – both the iPhone and iPad will be awarded in the prestigious color of gold!
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Google Maps has gotten even better, at least for European users who haven’t been able to use one of the new features Google brought to the U.S. earlier this year. The lane guidance feature enabled in a May update in America is now available in various European countries, including the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Ireland, to both iOS and Android Google Maps users.
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With Christmas less than two weeks away and Hanukkah set to begin even sooner, it is officially crunch time for people who haven’t yet finished their holiday shopping this year. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just too crazy for some people, and it’s understandable if you didn’t want to deal with the pressure.
We have shared a few posts in recent weeks that identify some of the best gifts you can get for friends and loved ones this holiday season, and they focused on things like headphones, accessories and wireless speakers. Over the next week or so, however, we’re going to supplement that coverage with a few additional posts that suggest some great last-minute gift ideas.
Up first, we have some awesome iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus cases for you to check out. They’re all great gift options, but only problem with them is that you might not want to give them away.
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Android 5.0 Lollipop added a ton of great features to Android this year, highlighted by its gorgeous new Material Design UI. However, some Android fans on Reddit are already looking forward to 2015 and are making wish lists of features they want to see Google and Android OEMs add to make their favorite smartphones even better. Below, we’ve summarized the most popular suggested features posted to give you an idea of what Android fans really want to see out of Android phones by this time next year.
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Microsoft’s aggressiveness finally paid off. According to the NPD results for November, the Xbox One outsold the PlayStation 4 in the United States for the first time since January. Microsoft’s console also topped Sony’s in the U.K., another huge achievement for the Xbox One.
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When Apple ousted Google Maps from iOS back in 2012, it wouldn’t have been such a big deal… but Apple’s own mapping solution that replaced it was an absolute disaster. The countless glitches and bugs were intolerable — though they did make some nice art — and Apple’s Maps app was so bad that police had to warn users that it might kill them.
Of course, Apple’s iOS Maps app has improved dramatically since the early days. While some users still avoid it because of the bad taste left in their mouths, it is now considered by many people to be a solid option to replace Google Maps on the iPhone and other iOS devices.
There are plenty of articles that compare the features of these two leading iOS mapping apps, but a new analysis published recently provides an astonishingly in-depth design comparison that you really need to check out.
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Yesterday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps that were on sale for free included several great options, including a few that are still free if you hurry. Today we have a fresh list, however, and it contains seven solid apps that are normally worth a combined $48, but right now you can download each and every one of them without paying a cent.
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Rumored features and specifications of the Galaxy S6 have been leaking on a relatively consistent basis over the past few weeks, but the latest reveal could be one of the biggest yet. On Friday, Toptienmobiel.nl published what it claims is our first look at the prototype of Samsung’s next flagship smartphone.
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