Karelog [Boyfriend/Girlfriend Log] - A Spyware for Android | Keep and eye on your Partner with Android-powered Device

An Android-app has been released in Japan, this Android application allows your significant other to keep tabs on you – without your knowledge. The app is called Karelog that is basically a piece of spyware than when downloaded can be installed onto your partner’s Android handset. It will run in the background, and unless your partner is tech savvy enough, they will probably not know that it is running.

Upon installation an ID and password will be given to you, and you can login via a website. Through the website, it appears that you will be able to track their movements through GPS, so you can always be sure that he/she is where they told you they would be. The app will be free for the first 3 days after which you will be required to pay a subscription fee of ¥525 a month (or ¥840 for 3 months or ¥1,980 for a year). This is the regular membership which will allow you to track your partner via GPS but also to check the battery status of their Android device.

There’s even a platinum membership that will set you back ¥1,980 a month, ¥4,980 for 3 months or ¥8,980 a year. This gives you even more access to your partner’s phone and you will be able to access call logs and see what sort of apps he/she has downloaded. It’s a little creepy and despite the “Boyfriend Log” moniker, we don’t see why possessive and jealous boyfriends can’t install this on their girlfriend’s Android handsets either.

DROID Incredible and ThunderBolt will receive an Update to Gingerbread in September

HTC Thunderbolt and Droid Incredible, if you have any of these Smartphones then get ready for some good news and possibly some bad news. HTC's Facebook page has a post about the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update will be rolling out for the Verizon Android handsets in September. What could possibly be the bad news then. Well, we need to check the official HTC Facebook page and the post about the Gingerbread update seems to be missing.

However, it’s not a false report, as evident by the screenshot captured by the folks at Droid Matters. Here’s what the message had to say:

We’re pleased to announce that both DROID Incredible and ThunderBolt at Verizon will be receiving an update to Gingerbread in September. Thanks for your support!

This leads us to believe that it was a premature announcement. But as to whether or not it was an accurate release time frame – we can only hope so. Stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted. How many of you are still running Froyo on your Thunderbolt or Incredible. Update (2.43PM PT): HTC’s Twitter account seems to corroborate with reports about the Facebook statement, so the September time frame should be accurate. Rejoice.

[iPhone 5 Top-story] - Apple may have lost Next-gen iPhone…

We've come up with iPhone 5 top story on the internet and that's 'Apple may have lost an next-gen iPhone' in a San Francisco bar, again! Is that really possible, though it seems unbelievable, but this story is published by CNET has published. Apparently, an iPhone 5 has gone missing in the San Francisco Mission district sometime in late July and the event has sent a wave of urgency at Apple Security whose mission was to find and extract the device ASAP.

The device was reportedly lost at Cava 22, a bar sin the Mission. From there, Apple used the phone location capability, or the cellular network, to trace it to a single-family home in Bernal Heights, a residential and family friendly neighborhood. The occupant denied having the phone, and a police search did not bring anything up. Apple has even offered a reward for the return of the phone -no questions asked-, but the person still denied having the device.If you have missed last year’s drama, tech site Gizmodo purchased a lost iPhone 4 from a man who said to have found it in a bar.

Gizmodo then published a lengthy series of articles detailing pretty much anything that the eye can see. In turn, it sparked Apple’s anger, and Gizmodo reporters were (and stil are) banned from Apple events since, but Gizmodo’s editor in chief’s home was search by the police and his computers were confiscated. Charges were eventually dropped. If this happens again, iPhone hunting season will officially start in July of 2012. Frankly, if this is true, that’s completely silly. Maybe Apple should add a “bar” challenge in their interview process, or build a field testing team that can drink and not drop a 140g phone.

Google Apps [Offline Edition] by Google

Google just has released new versions of GMail, Calendar and Google Docs that can work even when there is no internet connection actually is pursuing its “everything web” endeavor. This is really cool that Google has realised it and is addressing this issue because networks are simply not always available, and this is the reason why “old” productivity apps like Microsoft Office or Open Office are still so popular.

GMail offline is found as a Chrome Store App (it is free) while Google Calendar and Google Docs are to be used from the usual website, although will work in read-only mode when no network is available. On the contrary, GMail users will be able to create new messages and have them queued until a network access is available. At the moment, this seems to work only with Google’s Chrome web browser, but Google is looking into making it available to other browsers. However, Google does not say why these “web apps” don’t work from the get go on other browsers, like Firefox.

Classic DOOM and DOOM II are now acceptable in Germany

It's time for German DOOM Game's Fans to become happy, great news comes for them - the mature rating for the two games are no longer rated as Restricted and have been replaced with USK 16+, this means that kids 16 and above will be allowed to purchase the game legally. While in this day and age who really plays those games anymore, and kids who really wanted to play the game would have probably found the means to obtain it through alternative outlets.


But it’s good to know that such a vital piece of PC gaming history can now be enjoyed by all. The game was previously restricted to adults only due to violent graphical content available in the game, but I guess compared to other titles available today – it’s just not that violent anymore. No word on when it’ll go on sale yet, but German gamers tired of the whole COD/BF scene will have something refreshing albeit old school to look forward to.

Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3 [Full Steam Integration]

At this time in the World of Games perhaps the Steam is the most successful Online Video Game Store/Service at the moment, so it comes as no surprise that the upcoming Call of Duty installment, Modern Warfare 3, will be sold on Steam and will feature full integration with Steamworks. This means that achievements, auto-updating, Steam Cloud integration, and all the usual features of Steam will be available for the game.

Not sure if this means we’ll be seeing funny hats, but Steam fans won’t be disappointed. COD: MW3 now has a Steam product page and is up for pre-order at $59.99. There’s no telling when it’ll start receiving price cuts (a usual occurrence for Steam games) but something tells me it won’t be anytime soon. Pre-order customers will get to play the game as soon as it launches on November 8th, thanks to Steam’s instant content delivery platform. Anybody planning to fork out money for the game before it releases.

Blackberry Bold 9900 [Tear-down Video]

Let us show you what makes your BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone tick, Some available tools can be used with some patience, a lot of guts or spare BlackBerry Bold 9900 phones and do it yourself, or let some experienced professionals do the job for you, and just watch the video they release. If you prefer the former – all the best, while for those less gutsy, there’s the team over at DirectFix to save the day.


DirectFix recently posted up a video clip of them taking the phone apart, and putting it back together. So if you ever decide to take apart the phone to replace some parts, you know what to do – of course this voids your warranty, so make sure you know what you’re doing, but if you don’t own a Bold 9900 or you had no intentions of taking one apart, it makes for a pretty entertaining video nevertheless. Hit the break to watch the 8-minute long video, if you’re keen on finding out what happens.