Month: February 2011
WANTED: Photography expert for iPad 2
It was sorely missed on the original iPad design, but the inclusion of at least one, or maybe even two cameras on the iPad 2 seems to grow ever more certain with each snippet of info that slips out of…
The Daily iPad News App: Why You Should Care and Why You Should Be Afraid Too
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation yesterday launched The Daily iPad news app, a massive new venture reportedly costing $13 million dollars to develop. A premium-cost news service, it's the first to employ Apple's newly-introduced iTunes subscription system. "The iPad demands…
iPad 2 spotted in the wild at The Daily launch
Yesterday's high-profile launch of The Daily iPad newspaper wasn't jsut significant as News Corp's first forray into paid-for tablet publishing, but also as there was a very special guest in attendance. No, not the tech-launch gatecrasher Stephen Fry, but rather…
Palm Pad WebOS tablet gets world's shortest preview trailer
An incredibly short teaser trailer for what appears to be HP's Palm WebOS tablet has appeared online. Popping up on Palm's official YouTube channel, it arrives less than a week before HP's "Think big, think small, think beyond" event on…
Android Market web portal now open for business
It's been a far too long in the making, but there is now finally an official web destination that you can grab Android apps from. The Android Market (https://market.android.com) connects to your Google account and gives you the ability to…
Greatest ever Olympian Michael Phelps gets his own Kinect swimming game
Michael Phleps, the American Olympic swimmer who is more fish than man, is to get his own Xbox 360 Kinect title. Called Michael Phelps – Push the Limit, it "utilizes Kinect for Xbox 360's unique capabilities to let players go…
After Windows victory, chip king ARM Holdings proves its worth with stellar results and ten-year share high
Just as we were catching our breaths from ARM Holdings' CES fair announcement of a tie-up with Microsoft, the Cambridge semiconductor group smashed all expectations with a 73% increase in pre-tax profits, to £167.4 million, at its full-year results….
Pics of the iPad 2 screen leak online
See that pic to the left? That may well be the first ever glimpse at the screen of the iPad 2. A millimeter thinner and a tad lighter too, the screen photos come courtesy of the iFixYouriPhone repair shop,…
BlackBerry faces ban from India after missing government deadline
BlackBerry could miss out on one of the fastest-growing mobile markets in the world after missing a data sharing deadline set by the Indian government. India's authorities had given Research In Motion (RIM), the owner of BlackBerry, until 31st…
APP OF THE DAY: Skiver (Android)
There are never enough holidays in a year: FACT. That's why so many of us choose to watch Jeremy Kyle in our pyjamas all day rather than find work, and even more of us employed cogs in the capitalist machine…