Perhaps the most annoying, niggling problem that remains in the Windows Phone 7 platform today is the lack of ability for a user to take a screenshot. You might think that something so simple would have been officially corrected, but you would be wrong. Happily, at the hands of the excellent homebrew community, a solution has been created. As with everything homebrew, this new tool requires some technological know-how, so proceed with caution....

Homeless guy Mark aka “Madwhite” is raking in a lot more dough now that he accepts Square, Visa, MasterCard or DiscoverCard transactions. In fact, he’s making 4 times what he normally makes because he says now people can’t use the “I have no cash” excuse. Smart. Once they swipe their credit card, he even lets them know it’s a tax write off! And the best part for Madwhite? Once he has your information, he’ll email you to let you know what corners he’ll be frequenting next....

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, maker of Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices, has seena rapid increasein revenues month on month, overcoming a recent Foxconn plant explosion to post revenue growth of 13.9% from May to June. The Chinese manufacturer saw demand for the iPhone and iPad 2 contribute to sales revenue of NT$228.4 billion, increasing 15,7% year on year. The company ended the second quarter with sales revenue of NT$633.8 billion, up 14....

Tablet manufacturers which utilise their own operating system to power their products could be set for an unexpected boost with the delayed release and unstable performance of Google’s Honeycomb (Android 3.0) platform,says Digitimes, citing sources close to component suppliers. Manufacturers including RIM and HP are set to benefit from thelack of availabilityof Android 3.0 tablet devices, many of which are suffering from software performance issues, as they ready their BlackBerry Playbook and TouchPad devices, both of which utilise bespoke operating systems that are not dependent on Google’s release cycle....

I might be one of about 3 people in this world who loves both their iPhone and their Honeycomb tablet, but a new app calledHoneyGramis hoping that there’s more people like me hanging around. HoneyGram is an Instagram browser that gives you a beautiful interface for browsing photos via your Android Honeycomb tablet. Mind you, this isn’t Instagram for Android. We still don’t have that, and only the Instagram folks know if we ever will....