If you've got bugs in your products you'd assume the company who made them is going to fix them, but it's reassuring that Apple's come out and said it specifically. Apparently Cupertino's identified the bug that's killing iOS 6.1 iPhone batteries, and is in the process of crushing the life out of it. Meanwhile, here's what you have to do to stop it for now. Read More >>
Featured comment by gizmodester:
"The misses has an 4s and the battery life is shocking - since her last update a couple of days ago.
I have the 5 and I did use exchange for the fir..." More »
Apple's arrogancemagic seemingly even extends to glitches, as it's Do Not Disturb bug, which proves you shouldn't trust your iPhone as your alarm yet again, will mysteriously fix itself come next Monday. In fact, Apple's not going to bother doing anything about it and will just let people ride it out -- it's not like anyone's actually working yet, right? Read More >>
Featured comment by Rich Murrills:
"I'm having the opposite problem - my DND isn't coming ON when scheduled. It's not the end of the world, and I'd much rather that than have it stuck o..." More »
Apple's automated Do Not Disturb feature has gone a little haywire with the big switchover to 2013, and is now refusing to wake up some iPhones and iPads from their scheduled offline time. Read More >>
Featured comment by lewismariot:
"i've discovered this, not sure if it's meant to happen or not but-
Take a picture through the camera and then delete it, go onto the safari or chr..." More »
A weird glitch with Apple's iPhone 5 has been uncovered, which sees touch input drop out when the phone's display is continuously stimulated. It's pretty niche and unlikely to break anything too seriously, but it might effect some gaming uses if left unchecked. Read More >>
Once, I bought a cheap pre-paid international mobile phone, to take on holiday to Mexico so as to avoid futzing with my iPhone's data and roaming and such. Read More >>
Featured comment by XtremGiz:
"I just read the Daily Mail article and it doesn't make any mistakes about geography, as far as I can tell. I think it's more likely to be one of those..." More »
Nokia’s big flagship launch hasn’t gone all that well over in the states. It got the party right, even the price, but apparently it didn’t get the software right. Nokia’s confessed its newest kid on the block has an infuriating problem with its data connection, but all it needs is a software fix. Read More >>
Featured comment by MonsterMunch:
"Well it could be worse. Imagine the embarrassment if Nokia had run an advertising campaign mocking other companies for releasing buggy phones...
ht..." More »
In what has to be one of the biggest Indian giver moves ever, Danish state run lottery company Danske Spil notified 300 people via email that they just won billions in the lottery... only they really didn't. They were only notified because of a glitch in the system, meaning for half an hour 300 people thought their lives had changed forever. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Given the large number of people, there must be a few who told their bosses where to stuff their job or told their spouse they were leaving them, som..." More »
Nokia has addressed user complaints regarding the Lumia 800's battery, saying that a problem with the way "certain variants" of the 800 manage power can stop the phone using its full battery capacity. Read More >>
Jaguar has had to recall over 17,000 diesel X-Types over an error in the code that controls cruise control. The bug affects cars that rolled off the line between 2006 and 2010, and can prevent the system from disengaging. Read More >>