Month: October 2010
Less than 3% of Germans opt out of Google Street View
Google, who are bringing their Street View mapping service to 20 German cities later this year, have announced that less than 3% of German residents have opted out of having their home displayed on the web app. Since announcing the…
Liars like Twitter, honest
You may only have 140 characters to play with, but that doesn't stop Twitter users from typing out tall tales. New research from insuarance firm Direct Line shows that people feel far more comfortable lying when using the micro-blogging paltform…
Samsung Galaxy S gets Android Froyo update
Samsung's flagship Android phone, the Galaxy S, is to get a long overdue upgrade to version 2.2 of the OS. Landing next month, Froyo for the Super AMOLED smartphone will add new features including pinch-to-zoom browser functionality and Flash Player…
Get your iPad an iMac costume this Halloween…
Well OK, it's not quite a little suit for you to dress your Apple tablet in, but this iPad dock, the PadDock 10, makes your slate a dead ringer for desktop iMac computers. It's pretty much just a fancy speaker…
New Apple MacBook Air, Mac App Store, OS X Lion and iLife 11 announced
Apple head-honcho Steve Jobs took to the stage once again last night to reveal a whole host of new products heading out and into stores worldwide. Whilst the new MacBook Air model was expected, Jobs also dropped in a few…
16 megapixel Sony Ericsson S006 camera phone revealed
Sony Ericsson have just revealed details of a new, high spec camera phone. The Sony Ericsson S006 will feature a 16 MP sensor, making it the smartphone capable of the highest resolution shots to date. Though only running Sony Ericsson's…
Zuckerberg slams his portrayal in The Social Network
Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook, has spoken out for the first time against his portrayal in The Social Network, the David Fincher-directed biopic surrounding the website's formative years. Speaking at the Stanford University in California, Zuckerberg dismissed the…
No more pictures of your ex in Facebook Photo Memories
About bloody time! Me and my gang of lonely hearts club pals were just the other day talking about how annoying it is to keep having pictures of our respective ex partners popping up in our Facebook Photo Memories box….
3D prescription glasses on the way from Samsung
Put off by 3D TV as you already have a pair of prescription glasses on the end of your nose, let alone 3D ones? Then Samsung may be able to win you over to the third dimension of TV viewing,…
Steve Jobs under fire again, this time from RIM boss
It's been quite a catty week so far in the world of tech. First Apple's Steve Jobs and Google's Andy Rubin traded verbal blows over what truly contitutes an open-source platform, and now Jobs is under fire again as RIM…