Google brings native Translate app to iOS
Today, Google announced the availability of a new Translate app for Apple’s iPhone. The app gives users the ability to speak to translate, listen to spoken translations, …
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Google brings Gmail’s Priority Inbox to HTML5 mobile browsers
Yesterday, Google announced the expansion of Gmail’s Priority Inbox feature to its mobile website. Users accessing gmail.com from their HTML5-capable smartphone browser can now view messages categorized by …
Android 2.4 reportedly lands in April; ViewSonic among first to launch
Google is reportedly preparing to release the next major build of its Android OS at some point in April, and ViewSonic will be among the …
The Plaza in New York offers iPads in every room
If you’re planning on staying at the The Plaza hotel in New York, you have one more thing to look forward to, and that’s iPads …
Hotmail begins offering email aliases to curb spam
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced a new feature aimed at keeping spam away from the inboxes of its Hotmail user-base. Currently, Hotmail users …
Apple to release iOS 4.3 on February 14th, report claims
Contradicting earlier reports suggesting AT&T might enable Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature on February 13th, which would require a release of iOS 4.3 on or …
Mexican drug cartel sells counterfeit Microsoft software to fund kidnappings, drug trafficking
Sales of illegitimate copies of Microsoft programs may be doing more than just lining hackers’ pockets. According to Microsoft’s lawyers, notorious Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana …
RIM begins seeding BlackBerry Radio app to select Beta Zone users
In a blog post today, RIM announced that it will begin seeding a new application, dubbed BlackBerry Radio, to select Beta Zone users in the …
Google will not bring Honeycomb to smartphones – yet [updated]
At a press event on Wednesday, a Google spokesperson confirmed that Android 3.0 Honeycomb will not be made available for Android-powered smartphones, PC Magazine reports. …
Apple to ‘crack down’ on in-app payment policy violators
On Tuesday, we reported that Sony’s eBook reader app for iOS had been rejected by Apple. The reason Apple gave for the rejection was that …
BlackBerry App World update brings in-app payments
Research In Motion on Wednesday announced a new version of its on-device software store for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry App World. Version 2.1 brings several changes …
Microsoft publishes details of first Windows Phone 7 update
While Microsoft neglected to supply an answer to the one question on every Windows Phone 7 user’s mind — when? — the Redmond giant has …
Google launches Web-based Android Market
During a press conference on Wednesday, Google announced and subsequently launched a Web-based version of the Android Market. Providing functionality similar to iTunes where apps …
Verizon Wireless LTE modem now supports Apple computers
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday updated its “VZAccess Manager” software to add Mac support for the Pantech UML290 LTE modem. The new update — VZAccess Manager …
The ‘race’ for smartphones: Nielsen examines ethnicity and mobile
Have you ever wondered which ethnicity purchases the most smartphones (by percentage) in the U.S.? And of those devices purchased what operating system is most popular within each …
Apple rejects Sony eBook reader app, offers explanation
It looks like the dormant theme of raging against the App Store machine is working its way back into blogs across the Web, as The …
Google Latitude adds check-ins, available now for Android devices
If there has been one thing Google Latitude lacked, it was the ability to actually check-in to places and locations. You might ask why you’d …
Apple seeds iOS 4.3 beta 3 to developers
Right on schedule, Apple has released iOS 4.3 beta 3, build number 8F5166b, to developers through its online developer’s portal. The code is available for …
Apple releasing iOS 4.3 beta 3 today; build 8F5166b?
One of our Apple sources has just let us know that the company’s iOS 4.3 rampage isn’t slowing down. We have been told there will …
Former Google, MTV engineers cook up IntoNow – Foursquare meets Shazam for TV fans
If there’s one thing we love here in the good ol’ U. S. of A., it’s television — so it stands to reason that various …
Apple’s second OS X 10.6.7 beta now available for developers
Just four days after Apple seeded its last Snow Leopard beta to developers, the company on Monday made a new version of OS X 10.6.7 …
Verizon Wireless’ BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Curve 3G get OS 6 update
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday made RIM’s latest BlackBerry operating system available for the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphones. BlackBerry 6 is now …
Apple App Store hits 10 billion downloads
Just over a week has passed since Apple posted up their 10 billion App Store download counter, and that’s all the time it took to …
Google readies Android Marketplace for Google TV
Google has stated that the Android Market would become available on Google TV-enabled products some time in early 2011, and it looks as though a …
Apple may intro Windows Phone 7-like photo streaming service
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say, and considering that we see a new patent infringement suit pop up almost every day it …
Apple seeds OS X 10.6.7 beta to developers
Apple on Thursday seeded the first beta build of its OS X 10.6.7 software to developers. OS X 10.6.7 build 10J842 comes exactly two weeks …
Sprint reminds you it is working on Epic 4G Froyo update
It looks like T-Mobile’s planned release of Android 2.2 for the Samsung Vibrant has other carriers attention. Via its official Twitter account, Sprint has felt …
Froyo coming to Samsung Vibrant tomorrow
Hey, Samsung Vibrant users… are you sitting down? We have one word for you, and it just so happens to be the made-up compound word …
Apple reveals top iOS apps of all time
As the clock continues to count down toward Apple’s milestone of 10 billion apps downloaded from the App Store, the company has revealed its top …
Sorry Playboy fans, still no porn in the App Store
Earlier today, curious news swept the Web. According to a tweet from Playboy boss Hugh Hefner, the popular men’s magazine will soon land on the …
