The Sony Xperia Ion lands today on AT&T for a very attractive price point of $99.99 on-contract and a host of convincing features like a 720p screen and a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor. As such, we’re here to bring you a Sony Xperia Ion review roundup to help you decide if this will be the right phone to be locked in a contract with for the next two years.
As previously mentioned, the Sony Xperia Ion is equipped with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and its screen is a …

 
UPDATE: We’ve learned that this feature was initially called Friendshake but is now called Find Friends Nearby. As such, all mentions of “Friendshake” in the original article below should now be taken to mean “Find Friends Nearby”. -SHBD
 
Facebook is currently testing and developing a new feature called Friendshake which aims to help people find others who are nearby. However, this new feature also has the potential to be annoying or even …

Samsung has been relentless, bold and innovative over the last few months with its avant-garde mobile devices. September of last year saw the South Korean phone maker launch its record-breaking Galaxy S2 smartphone, so popular that it made a new lineup of versions for the company. Amid the handset’s successful run, Samsung again released another highly anticipated phone in the Galaxy Nexus, a joint project with search giant and Android OS creator Google. The latter handset reached the market …

A U.S. judge Friday struck down an attempt by Apple to get an injunction against Motorola Mobility products claiming the Google-unit is infringing on technology it owns.
Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. District Court for the Norther District of Illinois handed down a decision on Friday dismissing the legal action between Apple and Motorola Mobility “with prejudice”.
This means that Apple or Motorola cannot file the lawsuit again but it does leave an opening for the decision to be …

Sony has announced that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update to the Sony Xperia S has begun rolling out to owners of the device.
In an announcement on its blog, the Japanese consumer electronics company has started their software rollout for the Sony Xperia S including ICS and a host of new and unique media applications.
Sony says that with ICS (version 4.0.4 for those who want to be specific) will bring “cool features” to the Sony Xperia S. These features include:

Lock screen …

U.S. citizens are spending more time to watch paid video services like Hulu Plus and Netflix on their mobile devices, rather than on Windows PCs and Macs, a new survey revealed.

An American kid watching Netflix on the Apple iPad tablet. (Image: Wesley Fryer, via Flickr / CC)

J.D. Power and Associates conducted this year’s U.S. Residential Pay-to-View Study using responses from over 4,000 households in the country during the month of April. The research forms a critical opinion of major …

Repair firm iFixit has conducted a teardown of the MacBook Pro with Retina Display and the firm is calling it the least repairable laptop yet.
The firm has given the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display a “Repairability Score” of just 1 out of 10. That’s the lowest on the firm’s rating scale with 10 being the easiest to repair.
IFixit explains in its teardown:

Proprietary pentalobe screws prevent you from gaining access to anything inside.
As in the MacBook Air, the RAM is soldered …

Google analysis has revealed that websites dedicated to attack other sites by malware distribution are gaining ground once again.
A Google Safe Browsing service analysis, which collects around five years’ worth of information,  unveiled on the company’s online security blog that dedicated attack websites are making a comeback after figures declined last year.
Based on the report, the malicious websites avert detection by Google’s Safe Browsing service through the adoption of several …

Western officials have acknowledged that the US teamed up with Israel to develop cyber spy malware Flame to cripple the nuclear power program in Iran.
Based on a Washington Post report, previous government officials with knowledge on US cyber operations disclosed that Flame is part of a five-year-old top-secret campaign called ‘Olympic Games’.
Sources told the online newspaper company that two US spy agencies, namely the National Security Agency (NSA), an expert in malware …

US Senator Charles Schumer has given tongue to concerns on Google and Apple 3D mapping that could encroach upon public privacy.
The American legislator, in a written letter, told Google CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook that they have to reconsider the implementation of 3D mapping technology.
Senator Schumer said in a statement,
By taking detailed pictures of individuals in intimate locations such as around a pool, or in their backyard, or even through their windows, these programs have the …