I am very sorry to say that the most innovating icon in this world, Steve Jobs is stepping down as Apple’s CEO with effective immediately. He suggested COO Tim Cook to replace him who has been carrying out most of the operations over last several months. Even though he officially resigned, Jobs will still be actively involved in Apple’s future. I could go on and write about Steve’s innovations, revolutions and accomplishments but I recommend to read the official biography which is going to be released in early 2012. This man started Apple in his parent’s garage and after several problems the company now turned into the empire. His pet projects are all at ultimate level - Macintosh, iMac, OS X, iPod, iPhone, iPad. ...

A major change has been noticed in Apple’s latest operating system iOS 5 with the way that developers access an iDevice’s unique identifier number. For those who are not developers or unfamiliar with the concept, the ‘UDID’ allows developers to identify app users on a specific device by device basis. Many apps and mobile ad networks use the UDID or hashed version to keep track of who their users are and what actions they have taken. ...

Anonymous, the famous online hackers group has announced a very dangerous news to make a huge attack on the popular social networking site Facebook on November 5. This hacking group, Anonymous has been known for publishing these kind of threatening statements and successful. If Operation Facebook is real, it could mark a new phase for Anonymous, which in recent weeks has joined forces with the remnants of the more tightly knit hacker group LulzSec to target law enforcement agencies in an ongoing operation called Antisec. Antisec aka Anti Security is a movement of online hackers working to oppose the computer security industry. ...

Google’s CEO Larry Page in an official blog post just made an announcement that it plans to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The whole acquisition process is expected to finish by early 2012. Well, what does this acquisition mean? Is this to protect the whole Android ecosystem? Google just acquired 17,000 patents specifically related to mobile. And we can expect the whole patent lawsuit issues to end in the near future. For those companies that have doubts about supporting Android, Larry Page says - ...

Sharing is about more than just conversations - it’s about shared experiences too. And now, the Facebook killer, Google+ introduced Games too. To begin with, you will now be able to play some of the popular games like Crime City, Dragon Age Legends, Zynga Poker, Angry Birds, Sudoku Puzzles, etc. You can share your latest high scores with your friends’ circles too. If you are a Game developer interested in building games for this project, navigate to https://services.google.com/fb/forms/plusdevelopers/ and proceed further steps. ...

Forbes has put together a list of the World’s most Innovative Companies. Salesforce.com leading the list, followed by Amazon.com, Infosys on number 15 and Bharat Heavy Electricals on #9. Apple is #5 and interestingly Google is seventh most innovative company in the world. Steve Jobs best friend’s company Oracle is 77th and the giant Microsoft is far down the list on 86th. So, what is the measure for this Forbes list? ...

The mobile sphere has become increasingly competitive over the last few years with giants coming into the platform. In an official blog post from Google, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond believes recent actions from Microsoft and Apple indicate a partnership of sorts bound with the common bond of stopping Android’s fast growing success in its tracks. According to the post, Android is on fire. More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers. Android and other platforms are competing hard against each other, and that’s yielding cool new devices and amazing mobile apps for consumers. ...

Randi Zuckerberg is leaving Facebook to start her own social media company called RtoZ Media. Randi is the Director of marketing has been with Facebook since near the beginning of the company’s rise to power. She had gone on a maternity leave three months ago, and instead returning to the company , she submitted a letter of resignation. Her resignation letter included a summary of achievements during her 6 years journey at Facebook - ...

Best Buy has announced one day exclusive offer on all versions of Google’s Nexus S on August 3. You can buy Nexus S for free as a new phone or an upgrade purchase with two year activation at all Best Buy stores and also online. Nexus S is a pure Google experience phone and runs Android 2.3, Gingerbread. Offer runs from Aug 2 at 11 PM CST to Aug 3 at 11:59 PM CST and available on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. ...

A malware targeting Android devices is reportedly capable of recording users’ phone conversations without consent. Android is Google’s mobile operating system recently hammered with lots of malware and Trojans in the past. While Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and Symbian are generally free from viruses, Android in which users can install 3rd party apps that are not moderated has been considered as an unsafe platform. In the SD card, the audio file is saved in a directory called “shangzhou/callrecord”. This Trojan is more advanced as it records the conversation itself in “amr” format. Also it has got many other malicious activities targeted for Android platform. ...