Asuran Vist

Asuran Vist is a geek enthusiast and fan of all things gadget and tech. You can currently read his most recent articles at todayingeeknews.com. He writes about anything and everything to do with video games, movies, TV, anime, IOS or Android and mobile infrastructure development.
10
Feb

iPhone Strikes Another Blow Against Blackberry, Now Supported by the NOAA

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Rim just can’t seem to catch a break lately. It’s hemorrhaging market share, has had service trouble lately and its foray into the tablet market has almost completely failed. Adding to this bad couple of months is news today from the NOAA. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association is dropping the ol’ Blackberry from its official [More...]
09
Feb

Apple’s Stock Jumps To New Heights! Worth More Than Google, Microsoft Combined

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As of around noon today Apple’s stock has reached an amazing high at $493.85 a share, the highest in company history. This gives Apple a total market capitalization of 465 billion US dollars. That exceeds the combined total of its two biggest competitors Google and Microsoft. For more perspective, this even puts Apple ahead of [More...]
09
Feb

Apple Faces A Big Fine In Xichen

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Apple is facing a 2.4 billion Yuan fine for selling IPads in the Xichen district. Thats 397 million US and 298.5 Euros. It is said that Apple violated an intellectual property agreement with Proview International Holdings Limited’s Taipei branch. Back in 2009, as those following the news may remember, Apple licensed the name “IPad” from Proview International but it did [More...]
09
Feb

Siri Learning New Languages, Will Likely Speak Russian, Chinese, and Japanese By March

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As an IPhone 4S owner I have become addicted to Siri. I use its voice service for everything from finding something to eat, to checking the time. As of yet, however, a large segment of IPhone fans aren’t able to use the service because of a language barrier. It looks like come this march that will start to change.  A [More...]
08
Feb

Vonage Unveils New IOS App, Allows Free International Calls To Anyone Else Using The App

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Vonage is one of the biggest names in the home VOIP game, but in a world where people are using only their mobile for everything, they are trying to find a new way to stay relevant. Their latest attempt is a new IOS app that allows users anywhere in the world to call another user anywhere [More...]
07
Feb

Mobile Application Development Has Created Over 460k Jobs In The US

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According to some research done by TechNet, mobile application development has exploded in popularity and has become a real job creator in recent years. According to their report, in the last 4 years (since 2008) mobile applications have lead to the creation of 466k jobs in the United States. Now obviously this spans the entire mobile world [More...]
06
Feb

Verizon and RedBox Team Up To Offer Rival Streaming Service To Netflix, Coming To VZW IPhones and IPads This Year

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Are you a fan of Red Box? Are you a VZW subscriber? Then this news is sure to get you excited. US phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced today that they are teaming up with daily rental giant RedBox for a new service designed to rival Netflix. Being called “project Zoetrope” the service looks to combine [More...]
04
Feb

Yahoo Unveils New App Search Utility, Prices and Availability for Android and IOS All in One Place

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Yahoo! was once one of the biggest names in search, but in recent years has been fighting to find a way to stay relevant in the face of Google’s dominance. Their latest attempt is one that can be very handy for those of us with smartphones or tablets. The new utility, available at http://apps.search.yahoo.com/, is a very well designed [More...]
03
Feb

2011: The Year Smartphones Overtook PCs

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Well it looks like 2011 has another milestone under its belt. Canalys Research put out a press release today with sales data on various computing devices such as Smartphones, Tablets, PCs and Netbooks. 2011 is the first year where smartphone sales have out numbered PC sales, with smartphones selling 158.5 million to PCs 120.2 million. [More...]
31
Jan

New Survey Finds That 89% of Mobile Users Report Their Digital Library is “Growing out of control” Say then Need a Cloud Solution

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When Apple announces its big plans for ICloud last year, many skeptics said that most consumers either didn’t need or didn’t want such a service. Well a new survey out today seems to have vindicated Apple. The survey found that 89% of mobile users stated they felt their digital libraries were growing out of control and [More...]

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