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Nokia Makes Sat Nav Free

Because we can’t all have The Knowledge, Nokia have made Sat Nav free for everyone
Nokia’s new navigation optimised phones include Ovi Maps with free voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation, and an in-car holder for an even better and easier navigation experience. We have even added an in-car charger for selected models so that your phone is fully charged when you get to …

iPad Accessories

iPad Accessories

With today’s launch on the iPad in the UK, we thought we’d save you the trouble of looking around for the right accessories. We’ve had the pleasure of trying our some of the nicest accessories available for the device and here are our thoughts;
Advanced Screen Protector – they may have been nice to have on the iPhone to avoid pocket-scratches, …

Why you shouldn’t buy from Overclockers UK

Why you shouldn’t buy from Overclockers UK

It’s not often that we find a technology company with such terrible service that we feel the need to advertise it to our reader-base, but on this occasion, we saw a serious need to expose the terrible practises that are at bay.
This personal story below is printed as-is from a personal blog and is not the opinion of Sporkings.com. No, …

How to delete your Facebook account

How to delete your Facebook account

Calvin Robinson, Editor of Sporkings.com discusses Facebook Privacy Policy issues on Channel 4 News in the UK:

We previously wrote an article instructing users on the steps necessary to delete a Facebook account;

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Whether you have concerns about Facebook’s privacy policies, or you simply don’t want to keep a profile on the website anymore, Facebook make it extremely difficult to actually …

The Day Twitter Fucked Up

The Day Twitter Fucked Up

Oopsy!

We’ve seen some bugs in our time, but this one puts the cherry on the cake. A new exploit discovered in Twitter’s system is the ultimate ego sweller. By simply typing “accept [username]” into Twitter’s homepage, you can automatically force people to follow you, without them even knowing it.
Try it for yourself, tweet “accept Sporkings” and we’ll automatically be following …

Apple Tax could be difference between buying iPad WiFi or 3G

Apple Tax could be difference between buying iPad WiFi or 3G

It’s become a familiar cycle now. Apple launch an exciting new product, it hits the US market first, leaving the rest of the World waiting around for a month (or two, in this case). When the product finally reaches UK shores, we suffer what has become known as the ‘Apple Tax’. This is a price-bump which is often argued to …

Turbocharger 3400 Review

Turbocharger 3400 Review

Sporkings is receiving an ever growing number of visitors from Smartphone users lately, so we thought it was about time we gave you Smartphone owners more attention. We’ve been very busy as of late, testing out a range of mobile accessories from chargers to cases.
First up is the ‘Proporta USB Turbocharger 3400 World Pack‘. Now, in all honesty, this has …

How to quit Facebook

How to quit Facebook

Whether you have concerns about Facebook’s privacy policies, or you simply don’t want to keep a profile on the website anymore, Facebook make it extremely difficult to actually close your account. If you follow the ‘Help’ section of Facebook, you’ll eventually be led to ‘Deactivate’ your account – which basically means your data is still on the website, you friends can …

Adobe CEO Responds to Jobs

Adobe CEO Responds to Jobs

Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe has responded to Steve Jobs‘ article which ironically claimed that Adobe do not develop open platforms. Narayen spends most of the interview plugging Creative Suite 5, but he does address a few of the points raised by Jobs’ and claims this has “nothing to do with technology”. This is in an …

Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash

Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash

Steve Jobs has released a statement clarifying his opinion on Adobe’s Flash platform and it’s place on the web / mobile:
Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and …


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