Steve Jobs was much more than being the founder of Apple and a first-rate innovator. He was an enigma in the truest sense, and over time, many myths have developed around him. We here flout a few of these mistaken beliefs about Jobs. Ask anyone about Steve Jobs, and (s)he will be able to tell… Read More »
In the battle for supremacy in the smartphone markets, Android clearly enjoys an edge over Apple iOS. We here analyze the main causes for the greater popularity of Android over its chief rival. As per the latest available reports, Google Android is the undisputed leader in the international smartphone sector, in terms of market share.… Read More »
Every good mobile application needs a smart, elegant splash screen – there are no two ways about it. In what follows, we would highlight some points that app designing experts need to keep in mind, while making these intro screens. To stand a chance of becoming popular, a mobile app has to make a positive… Read More »
Last Wednesday, we had launched the first issue of the monthly Teks newsletter. It’s time for another new, regular feature to appear on this blog. We will be calling it the AppBoard Tuesday mini-newsletter, which, as you already must have guessed, will be published every second working day of the week. What is it going… Read More »
Everyone was looking forward to how Marissa Mayer would fare at Yahoo, after her largely successful thirteen-year stint at Google. Over time, things have not gone exactly according to plan for Mayer and those who placed their faiths on her though. We here analyze some key problems with her reign at Yahoo. It has been… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Teknowledge newsletter. It would be brought out on the final working day of each month, and we will focus on updating general readers as well as our in-house mobile app developers about the going-ons in the tech world. In other words, the Teks newsletter is your monthly… Read More »
High-end mobile gadgets often spawn many thoroughly unfounded myths about them. The Apple iPhone is no exception to this. In what follows, we will shed light on the truth behind a few common misplaced beliefs about the iPhone. It’s understandable when a person has misconceptions about a pricey, high-end gadget that (s)he does not own.… Read More »
No longer is the Apple iPad in an overwhelmingly dominant position in the international tablet market. The sales and revenue figures have tapered off, and growing discontent among users about the many glitches in the device has been the main cause for that. We will here take you through some of the problems that add… Read More »
Will Amazon be launching a smartphone device later this year? Leaked images and talks in mobile forums indicate that this might indeed be the case. We here highlight some features that the Amazon phone (if it indeed makes an appearance!) would probably boast of. It’s all in the state of rumors and conjecture till date… Read More »
Tim Cook’s position as the Apple CEO was not always as unstable as it currently is. In October 2012, he had the backing and the courage to fire Scott Forstall, the celebrated designer of iOS. While the precise reasons for the sacking were never quite made public, we here try to zero in on a… Read More »