Nokia unveiled Foursquare application for mobile OS Symbian^3 based phones at Nokia World in London yesterday . The mobile app will debut at the revamped Ovi Store as a featured application early next week.
Foursquare for Nokia is nicely integrated with Ovi Maps with the style and function similar to the Foursquare apps on other mobile Operating Systems.
Apple iOS 4.2 beta made available to developers signed on to its development program. iOS 4.2 is suppose to add a number of features, especially for the iPad, in the form of multi-tasking, AirPlay, folder organization, the ability to print from your iPad and more.
Apple has also announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch through [...]
Facebook’s “Like” button could be integrated with Bing’s search results. Facebook and Microsoft are in talks and the agreement would significantly expand the search relationship both the Internet giants share.
Features expected includes the possibility for Bing’s search service to mine anonymized data from consumer usage of Facebook’s Like buttons, which Facebook [...]
Microsoft’s is all geared up to release Internet Explorer 9, the new version of Internet Explorer browser to all and sundry today. IE9 Beta is reported to be a beta that’s technically complete, so we shouldn’t have much to fear when the download is available later today. We are waiting to see how it will stand up to Firefox 4.0 which is also in beta.
“Web browsing is [...]
With the newly refurbished website Twitter has also redesigned its default profile picture to a drawing of an egg, maybe it signifies the – hatching of a new version of Twitter.com.
Twitter had last changed its default avatar image last September, then it replaced the awfully terrible eyesore “the weird brown smiley face” with a wide variety of colored Twitter birds.
Twitter has unveiled a new version of its web interface. Some users have already started getting the new format, though Twitter says on its blog that it “will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks.”. The new look seems to follow the two-column style of its iPad app, it is essentially a version of the sleek new Twitter iPad app but optimized for the web, with the left [...]
YouTube has started a two day trial of its new streaming platform, which enables broadcasters to stream live video directly into YouTube channels. YouTube has brought in four content partners, namely Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood.
YouTube says that live streaming is “a natural evolution to online video that adds an extra level of engagement”, but this is also [...]
Nokia announced C6 and C7 running Symbian3 handsets at Nokia World event at London. The Nokia C6-01 features an 8 megapixel camera and a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen with all-new ClearBlack Display (CBD) technology touted to deliver better outdoor visibility. The 3.5-inch (also AMOLED) C7 gets more memory than its family mate and a stainless steel body. Both handsets can record pixel-heavy 720p [...]
Over 70% of Android based Mobile phones are now running Android Eclair 2.1 or Froyo 2.2 according to a latest report on fragmentation of its Android platform released by Google.
There has recently been a surge in the number of devices running Android 2.2, it’s now running on 28.7% of handsets. The swift leap can be attributed to the wide number of handsets that have been updated to 2.2 Froyo [...]
In a message posted to its website on Friday, Apple updated its iPhone case program webpage and announced that the program will officially be coming to an end on September 30. A return to Apple’s normal return policy means that iPhone owner now have only 14 days to return their device and will incur a 10% restocking fee.
“We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even [...]