After Apple has announced yesterday that it will be relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code, developers were greatly relieved, as it meant that they could again start using third party development tools to create iOS apps. Adobe was glad at this development and has termed  Apple’s decision “great news [...]

Erica Sadun at TUAW has discovered that the new iPod Nano has video playback capabilities lying deep in the code  (the internal settings property list, to be specific).  It may not be anything more than a bit of excess or leftover code, but we are keeping our fingers crossed.

Mozilla released two new editions of Mozilla Firefox browser – Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12 with an aim to fix critical security vulnerabilities in each and to help Web site operators block  clickjacking. Its becoming crucial for Web browsers to constantly watch for new attack possibilities as they become more powerful and independent of the Operating Systems. The 10 critical vulnerabilities [...]

Google’s just announced Google Instant service, through which you can see details about its immediate result delivery. Basically, the search function no longer waits for you to hit enter while searching and starts updating its results page instantly as you type. “We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical [...]

Bad news for all the iPhone 3G owners who were looking forward to  Game Center, Apple’s social and gaming networking application, which is  included with iOS 4.1. Apple has confirmed that Game Center will work on the second-generation iPod touch, but not on the iPhone 3G. The first-generation iPhone and iPod touch models are the only other iOS based devices that cannot access Game Center. [...]

Nokia N8 will be on sale at the Nokia’s U.K. Online Shop for £429 SIM free or on contract from £35 per month from Friday 1st October. The Nokia N8 will also be available from Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone. Mark Loughran, General Manager, Nokia UK, says, “The Nokia N8 is a great multitasker, packed with [...]

The IFA technology show in Berlin saw Google reaffirm it’s plans to release the Google TV set-top box in the U.S. later this year, with launch in the rest of the world coming in 2011. Google TV, which was unveiled at the company’s annual I/O developer conference in May, aims to bring Internet video to the living room. Users will be able to search the web and switch back and forth between [...]

According to reports Nokia will introduce its new E7 smartphone at its Nokia World event in London next week, and  the device may pack both a “large” touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. Nokia will also unveil  its new N8 model, which is the first phone to use the new Symbian 3 software, along with other new smartphones. “As the N8 starts shipping and other devices are [...]

Apple’s Ping music social network had a rocky start, it was hit with spam comments,  saw Facebook withdrawing ‘Facebook Connect’ and is plagued with  international availability issues, despite these issues it surpassed the 1 million user milestone in few days after launch. Apple had introduced Ping as the centerpiece of iTunes 10, users can follow updates from both their friends and [...]

// According to a study carried out by  Net Applications last month, iOS (devices running iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) is the third most popular platform on the Internet – Microsoft Windows and Apple’s OS X occupy the top two positions –   with a 1.13% market share, way ahead of  Android’s 0.20% market share and Linux’s  0.85% user share. “It’s something to take [...]