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Image via Wikipedia Google has recently demonstrated a new prototype of Google Goggles which can translate text captured in photos. The concept uses Google’s machine translation and image recognition capabilities and combines their intelligence to interpret the text in images. Google has a habit of pulling something extra ordinary out of its hat every once in a while. I remember when the Google [...]

Image via Wikipedia Ever since the iPad was launched a couple of weeks ago – there’s been no shortage of fans who’ve fallen in ‘love at first sight’ with Apple’s latest gadget. The iPad has evoked mixed reactions from all over the world – if there are plenty of fans and admirers, there’s also no shortage of critics and people who’ve questioned iPad’s usability aspects. The [...]

Image via Wikipedia Adobe and Apple are not known to be the best of friends and the recent launch of iPad without Flash support is likely to further deteriorate the relationship amongst these two technology heavyweights. Adobe claims that Apple’s restrictions on iPad will severely affect both content publishers and consumers. With ‘No Flash’, iPad users will miss out on a wide range of [...]

Image by jlori via Flickr You all know Sporkings bring you the latest and greatest, as such we’re giving away 5 Google Wave invites for free! Simply email Wave[at]Sporkings[dot]com  with your gmail address to be in with a chance of winning. Keep in mind that this version of Wave is  a bit rocky at times, but fun can still be had. Invitations will not be sent immediately. We will pick [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Patrick Barry, the head of Yahoo’s Connected TV group, announced his staff in a mail sent on the morning of October 12 that he is leaving at the end of the month. It looks like he plans to “move on to new projects.” Josh Jacobs is also leaving although there is no apparent connection between him and Patrick. Josh is the head of ad technology platforms. What [...]

Since Google is targeting its main market sector, operating systems, Microsoft is trying to come up with intriguing new technologies. One of them has the codename “Project Natal”. The project aims to change the way games are played and, most of all, the way people play their original games. It is mainly based on gesture recognition technology and has the potential to literally rock the world of [...]

Image via Wikipedia BT Broadband Accelerator filters out interference from your home phone wiring to help your internet go faster. There’s one free for every BT Total Broadband customer if you order it here – and you only need to pay for the postage which is £1.20. There is a mini test there as well to see if your socket is compatible. “In tests the I-Plate has been shown to boost [...]

Wow Twitter has just gone down for routine maintenance, it’s 20:25 BST, and I’m missing it already! They say the will be back in an hour so contented with that in mind, I have decided to think about 2 newsworthy things that I can say about Twitter. 1. Twitter is now as mainstream as it gets. Even the DJ on Kiss FM has a feed, (I know this, as this is what the gym I attend like to play). [...]

Inspired by my article on überBusy, entitled 6 Reasons TwitterFon Is Better than Twitterrific which attracted the attention of Ged at the Iconfactory, who claims they are to be preparing for a major release, I started to think about what I would like to see in the next iPhone App, outside of the functionality that is already present in TwitterFon. Difficult question no doubt and technically [...]