If you have one of those jailbroken iPhones which are unable to access Facebook – we bring great news for you. Facebook has released a  new version for iPhone – 3.2.2 – and this edition fixes login issues for users of jailbroken iPhones. The new version of the app is available via the Updates tab in  iPhone’s App Store application. Facebook’s Engineers have initially acknowledged [...]

Since the U.S. government has legally authorized jailbreaking we were wondering about Apple’s steps to counter this move. Apparently, Apple is trying hard to get its monopolistic hold on the iDevices, it has applied for a patent covering various methods for identifying and disabling unauthorized use (which includes jailbreaking) of its popular iPhone and iPad products. Apple’s  patent  [...]

Facebook has published a promotional video for Facebook Places online, it’s a glimpse into how the company hopes users will utilize its new location service. The video shows Facebook employees talking about  the value of Places for enhancing everyday life. They cite examples of where Places can help connect friends or tell stories about what others did at places like the Golden Gate Bridge [...]

Facebook has accquired Hot Potato, a New York-based startup that specializes in social activity updates for an undisclosed amount according to an  announcement made by Hot Potato . The company will be shutting down operations within a month and delete all existing members data. “This wasn’t an easy decision, especially since we’ve built up a base of dedicated users. If Hot Potato was going [...]

Twitter has launched a browser based tweet button that lets Twitter users  a simple way to click and share the web page they’re viewing with their Twitter followers. This is not a novel feature,  third-party applications and clients have offered bookmarklets for faster sharing for years now . Tweet button  is convenient for those  who prefer to use Twitter.com rather than an external program. [...]

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion(RIM) announced  that BlackBerry App World is now available for all BlackBerry owners and is no longer in beta version. Blackberry app developers could offer apps for $0.99 and $1.99, the payment options are either credit card or  carrier billing. User’s BlackBerry ID can be used to manage account information across multiple devices, the navigation has been [...]

Facebook Places is in the news since it launch yesterday, its popularity has rubbed off on Foursquare , who have yesterday seen a highest number of signups, thanks to Foursquare and its ilk, location based services have been around for quite some time now, even Yelp.com has joined the fray, nevertheless, this feature has now got tremendous exposure with Facebook’s 500 million user base. If [...]

Launch of Facebook Places in US has all the features of a Facebook feature launch – huge publicity in media, indepth discussions on blogosphere, scrutiny by privacy advocates and of course, large number of users trying it out. One unexpected  but, positive consequence is that Foursquare is experiencing record interest in the wake of the launch of Facebook Places. On Thursday, the location [...]

Google’s  annual developer conference held in May bought news of  an all new web apps store for its Chrome web browser. Chrome Web Store is designed to be a central location for buying and selling HTML5-based web apps.  In that direction, Google has launched the first developer preview, developers can access the developer preview of the Chrome Web Store through Google Code Labs. Information [...]

More than 100 million people a month are now using Google Maps wrote Vic Gundotra, Google’s Vice President of Engineering,  Gundotra blogged about the evolution of Google Maps over the past five years, which has become immensely more valuable with the rise of mobile apps and GPS-enabled smartphones. It does help that the now top selling Android based phones comes pre-loaded with Google Maps. Gundotra [...]