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In one of the quickest transitions yet, over 50% of iOS device users have already committed to iOS 7.0.6 after reports began spreading that previous updates could be vulnerable to a security breach. According to Onswipe's recent report based on mobile traffic from iOS devices, the adoption rate hit 50.06% on March 3rd, less than two weeks after the update originally became available. Although the threat of private information being hacked likely lit a fire under some iPhone and iPad owners, Apple has made updating easy to understand and nearly instantaneous over the past several years, meaning that most users with devices that can update will update. On the other side of …

Who doesn't love making money while doing little to no actual work? The answer is, "No one." However, some ways of making quick money are demonstrably more pleasant than others, as demonstrated by Airpnp, a new mobile app that lets you rent out your bathroom for complete strangers to use when they have to go in your neighborhood. The app acts as a sort of Craigslist for bathrooms that lets you advertise that your bathroom can be used and also sets your price at anywhere from $0 for less-than-appealing bathrooms to $10 for bathrooms that deliver the luxury treatment. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

A future iPhone feature may offer handset owners added security features for real life-threatening events including emergency situations and accidents, AppleInsider reports, as detailed in a new patent application published on Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

One of the best new RPG franchises of the last generation suffered from a disappointing sophomore slump, but BioWare wants to make reparations with Dragon Age: Inquisition, and if the latest trailer is any indication, they've built the best looking Dragon Age yet. Inquisition will draw more heavily from open-world RPGs like Skyrim and Kingdoms of Amalur than the previous entries, although many of the staple elements of the series will remain intact, including the third-person combat and the ability to form relationships with other characters. For now, revel in the beauty of the Frostbite 3 engine that will power the world of Dragon Age, and try not to think about how far …

Remember when the Desire 310 was accidently unveiled? Well it’s officially official now and coming April 10 in Germany, Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. Pricing is €160 ($220) in Germany, €170 ($233) in the Netherlands, and CHF 180 ($206) in Switzerland. As you can see, it’s close to the same price as the Moto G, but in many ways is not as good. The Moto G has a better display (1280 x 720 vs 854 x 480) and a dual-SIM option. However, the Desire 310 does offer 1080p video recording and a microSD slot. HTC is betting on buyers wanting the expandable storage. Will it work? source: GSMArena Come comment on this article: HTC Desire 310 gets a launch date, will…

Mad Catz and OUYA will be working together to bring OUYA content to the M.O.J.O. micro-console. With this content, the console itself will receive a price cut. It will now be priced at $199.99 in the U.S. with a similar price cut heading to other major territories. All existing content will be available on the console later this spring, with more content on the way. Darren Richardson, the President and CEO of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. had this to say about the deal: “With more than 680 games and 33,000 developers signed up, OUYA features an impressive catalogue of content from AAA developers and independent publishers, all of which are designed to replicate the c…

LG will be sending the L90 to Russia later this week.While it’s not launching in other areas yet, this is a good sign that it will soon. The device packs a 4.7 inch screen, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a 2,540 mAh battery. On top of that it sports either a 5 or 8MP rear camera and a 1.3MP front camera. There will be more information released as the device becomes available in other markets. Those of you patiently waiting for when it arrives on T-Mobile, it’s only a matter of time. source: The LG Newsroom Come comment on this article: LG’s L90 heading to Russia later this week Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more! News…

It’s time for another episode of the Samsung vs Apple war. If you remember, back in December, Apple asked Judge Lucy Koh for a permanent injunction againt Samsung that would ban the sale of over 20 phones and tablets in the U.S. This was after Apple was finally awarded a total of $930 million in damages from the original landmark verdict back in August 2012. Judge Koh denied the injunction, but the future doesn’t look all that bad for Apple. The two giants will face each other in court again later this month, but it’s on a different set of patents that involve newer devices such as the Galaxy S III. Many industry experts think more damages will be awarded to Apple sinc…

If you’re in the UK and the Xperia Z2 is your next phone of choice, than you might want to get your pre-order in at Phones 4u. It will be available from free at £47 per month on contract. All pre-orders will also get the Sony SRS-BTX300 wireless speaker (valued at £119), and get 50% of the new Sony Smartband as well as a free Active Pack. Last but not least, if you pre-order the phone on a 4G tariff, they will throw in a £50 Google Play voucher. So if the Xperia Z2 is in your future, you might as well pre-order to get these extra special deals. We have a the Phones 4u hands on video and press release after the break. Click here to view the embedded video. PRE-O…

Google wanted to acquire WhatsApp but it couldn't get the deal done. Now, Google is apparently venting some frustrations that Facebook beat it to the punch. While speaking at the Morgan Stanley technology conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Google's chief business officer Nikesh Arora voiced his opinion that the huge $19 billion sum Facebook is paying to acquire WhatsApp is exorbitant. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

What really stands out about Infamous: Second Son is the fluidity of movement. Everything feels fast, almost in opposition to the beautifully detailed city of Seattle, sitting dormant before you, waiting for you to wreak havoc or quell the violence. If you want Seattle to crumble around you as you and the other Conduits rampage through the streets, you have that option. If you'd rather take a non-violent approach to the anti-Conduit soldiers, you can do that too. As with the rest of the Infamous series, Second Son is about choice. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

There is no magic formula for selling smartphones, but there are some things that can greatly increase a vendor's chances of success. Great hardware is a start, well-made software is important, compelling features are a big draw and a fair amount of carrier support is certainly needed. Extensive, creative and interesting marketing that delivers memorable messages is also very high on the list — but there is a line between "good memorable" and "bad memorable," and we're pretty sure LG just crossed it. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

A new report from Taiwan indicates that stock of the unsuccessful iPhone 5c is piling up with Apple’s suppliers and retail partners, as demand for the handset is still lower than expected – previous reports have revealed that the iPhone 5s was Apple’s real winner when it comes to the 2013 iPhone models, with the iPhone 5c not attracting enough buyers. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

Titanfall is easily one of the mostly hotly anticipated Xbox exclusives of early 2014, but would this awesome mech-style first-person shooter have made an even better PlayStation 4 game? The title, developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, takes place on a worn-torn planet and pits players against each other in head-to-head online multiplayer battles. Early reviews of the Titanfall beta for the Xbox One have been quite positive, but one industry watcher has raised a fairly interesting point that ponders if the title might have made an even better PlayStation 4 game. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

Another update from Google, joining an update to Google Play Music and Google Play Games, brings some enhancements to Google Text-to-Speech as it ratchets up to version 3.0. Perhaps the most significant change included in this latest release is support for high quality voices. The files are significantly larger for new voices with the female U.K. voice weighing in at 276MB. The larger files sizes do create some delays loading the voices and getting output in certain situations. Along with the new high quality voices, Google has added some new languages – Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (US). With multiple voices available per language, Google had to add a toggle for la…

Flipboard has been busy and the results have surfaced over the past couple days as they announced their acquisition of Zite, a partnership with CNN, and even released an update to their app that adds better support for Google+ users. The purchase of Zite and the addition of CNN content to the app are likely linked to each other as Zite was formerly a part of CNN. Flipboard CEO Mike McCue says in the announcement about buying Zite that Zite always impressed him with their ability to personalize the content delivered to users and he looks forward to seeing this incorporated into Flipboard in future updates to the app. Of course, CNN is one of the world’s leading content …

Samsung had a field day at Mobile World Congress, announcing a number of new wearable devices, including the Gear 2, the Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit. Details regarding specs and availability were shared, but pricing remained a mystery. But now, we’ve received word regarding how much money the new wearables will cost. Nothing is set in stone, but this should serve as a pretty good benchmark for how much you can expect the devices to cost when they are released. According to sources, the Gear 2 will be available for 300 EU ($412 USD), while the Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit will be sold for 200 EUR ($275 USD). Pretty expensive, but we’ve come to expect this kind of pric…

Koushik Dutta, a developer for CyanogenMod, has been key in expanding the capabilities of the Google Chromecast ever since it was first released. His latest update to his Mirror Android app allows the user to be able to mirror whatever is being displayed on the users devices screen. This feature has been in the works for a while, but was finally released today. The feature is still in its very early stages, and is in beta. Because of that, it is currently only supported on the Google Nexus 5 as that’s the only device with the required video decoder on it. Not only that, but the user must have root access to the phone and have the SuperUser app installed. Hit the break …

With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That’s why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day’s hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in quick fashion. Happy reading!! Apps Handwritten note-taking arrives in Evernote for Android Motorola Touchless Control updated with the ability to read notifications Update to Google Play Music makes it possible to go offline with radio stations Google Text-to-Speech 3.0 update brings high quality voices Flipboard adds Google+ sign-in, CNN content, snaps up Zite for future improvements Carriers AT&T will be carrying the upc…

So we know that malware developers absolutely love targeting Android since it's not only the most widely used mobile operating system in the world but it's also the least tightly controlled of all the other major mobile platforms. The Next Web points us to the latest study from F-Secure showing that, unsurprisingly, 97% of mobile malware found last year targeted Android phones. However, there's some potentially good news here for Android users: As long as they're smart, the chances of them ever encountering such malware are pretty slim. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

By his own admission, outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is "big, bald and loud." These are traits that have helped him impose his will at Microsoft for years but apparently there are limits to how far Ballmer's brash personality can take him. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg Businessweek that Microsoft's board of directors finally reached the end of its rope with Ballmer after he got into a screaming match with them over his plan to buy up Nokia's handset division last year. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

We've known for a while now that Samsung has been working on its own wearable computer headset that will be similar in a lot of ways to Google Glass. However one thing we've wondered is how Samsung plans to differentiate its own digital headset from Google's, and now thanks to a patent filing uncovered by Galaxy Club, we might have a better idea. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

The last time we wrote a report about OnLive, the cloud gaming company was falling apart. A majority of the staff had been laid off, investors were left high and dry, and it looked like curtains for the innovative service. But OnLive isn't dead yet. Engadget reports that after years of silence, OnLive has announced that two new initiatives, one of which is already live: CloudLift and OnLive Go. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

Amazon and other online retailers are slowly bleeding big-box electronics stores to death, a fact made all the more obvious this week when RadioShack announced that it was closing down 1,100 stores. Paul Kedrosky points us to a graph put together by The Financial Times that shows how the total overall footprint for major electronics retailers in the United States has been shrinking for the past several years. The total number of electronics retailers in the U.S. has been on a downward trajectory ever since 2009 when Circuit City liquidated its last outlet. Best Buy and Apple have held mostly steady but the recent RadioShack closings mean that the number of electronics out…

FreedomPop on Wednesday unveiled the Privacy Phone, also known as the “Snowden Phone,” or essentially a Galaxy S2 model that has advanced privacy-guarding features, while being budget-friendly at the same time. The Privacy Phone costs $189 and for that price buyers will get unlimited text and voice as well as 500MB of free data for three months. Then, the privacy features and wireless plan will cost $10 per month. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report