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iTunes Apple released an update to its iTunes software with Apple iTunes 10.0.1 launching on Friday last week. The new releases mostly adds bug fixes and changes the way users share music  on Ping , it adds the ability to use Ping from within  iTunes library, instead of having to manually search out music tracks you already owned in the database of the iTunes Store. Apple lists the following change [...]

Facebook Page Browser Facebook has officially launched a new feature for helping users discover Facebook Pages, the tool is called “Page Browser,”and  was briefly available to users earlier this month. Page Browser suggestions are tailored based on pages users previously ‘Liked’, and following a new Page simply entails clicking on its icon. Users can search for the pages based on “Country” [...]

Twitter Facebook is down and Twitter users went into frenzy with people tweeting and re-tweeting, with “RETWEET IF YOUR FACEBOOK ISNT WORKING” leading the pack. There were the usual sarcastic, funny, insulting, philosophical, thought-provoking, angry tweets doing the rounds for ‘Facebook Isnt Working’. We bring you some of the gems! KourtneyJessica Facebook isnt working. [...]

Facebook Down Facebook is currently inaccessible, this makes it second time in two days that the social networking site went down, after issues at a third-party networking provider Facebook was down for some users yesterday. Here is what Facebook has to say “We are currently experiencing latency issues with the API, and we are actively investigating. We will provide an update when either the [...]

Research In Motion If reports from Wall Street Journal are to be believed,Research in Motion (RIM)  could showcase the world its tablet as early as next week, at a developers’ conference in San Francisco. According to earlier rumors the Tablet PC is to be christened BlackPad, the rumors got more credibility when RIM registered blackpad.com. The touch screen tablet will measure 9.7 inches, akin [...]

Gmail app on Android 2.2 Google has updated the Gmail app for Android 2.2 Froyo, it now gets the ability to reveal more quoted text in the  email threads and introducing limited support for Priority Inbox. The Gmail app now has a “show quoted text” button,too view older parts of a conversation as needed.  Actions like reply, star, and archive now have a permanent place at the top of [...]

Twitter Yesterday, thousands of Twitter users found themselves redirected to other websites, and that they were automatically sending tweets to  to others due to  a security hole on Twitter’s website. The attack was caused by malicious users using cross-site scripting (XSS) and it was particularly worrying because it could be exploited simply by hovering over a link on a page. In some [...]

Facebook An online report had  claimed that Facebook could be working on a phone of its own to compete in the fiercely competitive and lucrative Smartphone sector. Facebook was prompt is dismissing the report. “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects [...]

BT British Telecom has come out with an attractive offer for subscribers who subscribe to  its current broadband and landline telephony bundles — it offers an upgrade you to BT’s  fibre  optic network free of charge, the new offer include 40GB a month usage limits and £25 setup fees for users on the cheapest monthly bundles. The offer will see customers enjoy superfast speeds from [...]

Napster on iPhone Napster, the original Big Daddy of music sharing , is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Apple’s App Store, Napster has joined rivals like Rhapsody, Thumbplay, Rdio and Mog on the Apple App Store. Napster on i-Devices offers 10 million full-length songs for a subscription of $10 a month, and you can even listen to those songs offline. You could create playlists, [...]