App Week: Angry Birds on Android, Shazam upgraded
Sep 4, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
APP NEWS:
Twitter comes to the iPad The wait is finally over for iPad owners and the official Twitter app is now available for download on the App Store, and it's much more than your average app. Fe...
Tags: Absolute Winner, App News, Discovery Service, Google, Handy Addition, Ipad Owners, Iphone, Itunes, Menages, Microsoft Search, Multitasking, Music Discovery, Panes, Photo Manipulation, Powerboss, Search Google, Shazam, Twitter, Which Allows Users, Youtube
90% of broadband users “unsure of speeds”
Sep 3, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Nine out of every ten UK broadband users are unsure precisely what connection speed they’re getting. A survey by ICM has revealed that almost all consumers found advertised broadband speeds bore little relation to actual services provided. Those surveyed agreed that “up to&...
Tags: 5mb, Advertising Standards Authority, Asa, Average Speed, Broadband Connection, Broadband Customers, Broadband Providers, Broadband Users, Connection Speed, Copper Wires, Internet Speed, Latest Tech News, News Link, Ofcom, Optic Connections, Speed Chart, Telephone Exchange, Television Advert, Twitter, Uk Broadband
Sony Vaio computers to get BBC iPlayer desktop widget
Sep 3, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Sony and the BBC have struck up a deal that will see the Beeb’s on-demand catch-up service, BBC iPlayer appear on all new Vaio laptops in the form of a desktop widget.
Available as a pre-install this month, the new Vaio bound BBC widget will allow Sony’s deskt...
Tags: Android, Bbc, Bbc 2, Bbc Series, Beeb, Click Of A Button, Demand Content, Demand Tv, Desktop Shortcut, Facebook, Laptop Users, Luke Johnson, Share Your Thoughts, Sony Computers, Sony Laptop, Sony Vaio, Sony Vaio Computers, Twitter, Vaio Sony, Widget Sony
Skype Beta 5.0 allows ten-way video calls
Sep 3, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Skype has released a new beta of its video communication software. The big talking point of the second Skype 5.0 beta is the ten-way group video function, which is accessible providing each of the ten users has the new beta release installed. The new test release, currently Windows...
Tags: Beta 5, Beta Release, Beta Software, Blog, Communication Software, Free Trial, Free Video, Functionality, New Test, Notifications, Skype, Slicker, Streams, Subscriptions, Televisions, Test Release, Twitter, Video Communication, Video Function, Voip Services
Canon 4K concept camera records 4X 1080p video
Sep 3, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Canon has unveiled the 4K concept camera at its five-yearly expo in New York, a futuristic device capable of unbelievable video shooting quality four times that of current 1080p standards.
Although Canon sadly has no plans to release the fully working 4K concept came...
Tags: Camera Canon, Camera Records, Canon, Canon Camera, Canon Eos, Canon Eos 7d, Canon Ixus, Canon Powershot, Cmos Image Sensor, Digital Cameras, Expo, Facebook, Gadget, High Resolution, Luke Johnson, New Technology, Resolution Lcd, Snapper, Twitter, Video Canon
Apple goes social with Ping for iTunes 10
Sep 1, 2010 Software
A social network for music with emphasis on discovery
Apple has announced an all new iTunes which incorporates ...
Tags: 100 Million, Facebook, Iphone, Iteration, Itunes Itunes, Music Lovers, Myspace, Network Discovery, Networking Space, New Additions, Pocket Lint, Scare, Seamless Integration, Social Experience, Social Music, Social Networking, Social Platform, Steve Jobs, Tv Shows, Twitter
Panasonic adds three new 3D TVs to extra dimension range
Sep 1, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Panasonic has unveiled three new Plasma HD 3D TVs during its IFA press conference in Berlin today building on its current fleet of extra-dimensional VIERA VT20 devices with the inclusion of 42 and 46-inch models.
The new Panasonic VIERA 42VT20 and 46VT20 join former 50 an...
Tags: 2d 3d, 3d Boxes, 3d Tv, Berlin Today, Contrast Filter, Conversion Technology, Crystal Clear Images, Dimension Range, Facebook, Frame Creation, Inch Models, Panasonic Plasma, Panasonic Tvs, Panasonic Tx, Panasonic Viera, Plasma Tvs, Power Efficiency, Shutter Glasses, Tv Manufacturer, Twitter
Orange HD Voice service launches in the UK
Sep 1, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Orange has launched its HD Voice service in the UK. Available free to Orange customers, the service provides higher quality, natural-sounding calls on the same bandwidth whilst dampening background noise. At the moment only the Nokia 5230, Nokia X6, Nokia E5 and Samsung B7350 Omnia Pro su...
Tags: 3g Network, Amr, Background Noise, E5, Facebook, Handsets, Iphone, Latest Tech News, Network Resources, Nokia 5230, Orange Customers, Orange Orange, Orange Press, Sound Quality, Speech Codec, Twitter, Uk Orange, Voice Service, Voice System, X6
Amazon to introduce unlimited movie streaming service?
Sep 1, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Online retailer Amazon is reportedly readying a mass expansion of its on-demand streaming service in the US adding an ‘all-you-can-eat’ style movie and TV content for subscribers.
Speculation surrounding the improved service, that would actively challenge Netf...
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Amazon Movie, American Users, Apple Tv, Facebook, Google, Improved Service, Intents, Luke Johnson, Mass Expansion, Retailer Amazon, Streaming Service, Streaming Tv, Subscription Fee, Telly, Tv Content, Tv Service, Twitter, Viacom, Video On Demand
T-Mobile G2 “is HTC Desire Z”
Sep 1, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Leaked pictures of T-Mobile’s G2 have confirmed rumours that it is indeed the upcoming HTC Desire Z, victim of a separate leak earlier this month. Alongside the images, spec details from Cellphonesignal.com indicate that the G2 is the first T-Mobile phone to feature the HSPA+ high ...
Tags: Active Matrix, Amazon, Autumn, Connection Speed, Desire, G2, Hd, Hellip, High Speed, Iphone, Keyboard, Landscape, Launches, Matrix Oled Display, Mobile Phone, Rsquo, T Mobile, T3, Twitter, Vodafone
