iPhone's importance highlighted in special Apple website

Apple's iPhone has been with us for seven years now and while it is very much an iconic and familiar device a lot of features and functionality continue to be added. Arguably Apple's most important product category (and its most profitable), the iPhone has managed to successfully lead the industry in various areas around the world, and not only has it survived waves upon waves of competing products, it's managed to evolve various ecosytems from apps to health, wearables, car infotainment and mobile payments.

To accompany Apple's recent series of advertisements focusing on the many features that the iPhone, Apple has developed the "Why there's iPhone," website. While sounding a bit cryptic, the website is actually a very clear rundown of the various features of the iPhone which make it such a successful and beloved device. The iPhone's raison d'être is simple and consistent.

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Overview: HTC Desire 626s

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Often overlooked, the Desire line of mid-range smartphones offer a more affordable entry into HTC's unique design and software features and solutions to contract-free users.

The HTC Desire 626s is thin and light and features a 5-inch 720p HD display, 8 megapixel camera, a 2000mAh all-day battery, 1.5 GB of RAM, and is powered by a Snapdragon 210, quad-core, 4 x 1.1GHz processor, 16GB of storage is standard with microSD card expansion.

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Motorola releases Stagefright exploit fix release schedule and devices covered

The Stagefright exploit is the latest security threat to affect Android devices. Enabled by a video sent via MMS (text message) can attack the system through thelibStageFright mechanism which is necessary for Android to process video files. Many text messaging apps — Google's Hangouts are said to automatically process video so it is ready once the message is accessed, which can trigger the exploit.

Motorola is one of the first companies tor respond to the Stagefright threat and has released a list of models and corresponding fixes.

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Google Maps for iOS gets night Mode

Blinded by the bright screen of your iPhone when you’re using it to navigate at night? Google Maps has updated its app for iOS to add a new night mode. The app automatically switches over to night mode when the clock says it’s nighttime. Google Maps for iOS also now lets you label places on custom maps as well as edit photo captions.

Source: Lifehacker | Download: Apple App Store (Free)