Netflix coming to Android next year
The ever-popular streaming movie service is coming to Android. In a post on the company’s official blog, Netflix announced that they will start to appear …
Apps & Software
Windows Phone 7 jailbreak imminent
As noted by enthusiast blog istartedsomething, Windows Phone 7 is on the verge of being jailbroken. Actually, hackers have already gained root access Windows Phone …
Apple releases iTunes 10.1; updates iOS 4.2 GM candidate for iPad
Today, after much speculation, Apple released version 10.1 of its iTunes music and iThing synchronization suite. The relatively small, point-upgrade has been highly-anticipated by some …
HTC DROID Incredible OTA update begins rolling out
Verizon Wireless began rolling out a new minor software update Thursday evening. While the listed improvements are hardly earth shattering, there is one addition that …
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.5
Moments ago, Apple released its Mac OS X 10.6.5 update to its customer-base. Fixes in the point-upgrade include: • improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers …
What’s Kik Messenger All About?
If you’ve heard about the Kik messaging app, or as some would call it, “the new BBM”, you probably sat at the cool-kid lunch-table at …
OS X 10.6.5, iTunes 10.1 may be released tomorrow; iOS 4.2 on Friday
If rumors circulating today are to be believed, Apple is set to have a pretty big week in terms of software updates. It’s no mystery …
SlingPlayer Mobile hits Windows Phone 7
Sling Media announced Tuesday that its popular SlingPlayer Mobile software is now available for Windows Phone 7 devices. The mobile app will allow Windows Phone …
T-Mobile’s G2 gets the root treatment courtesy of XDA
Dear hardware OEMs: Resistance. Is. Futile. It seems as though the gang over in the IRC channel #G2Root xda-developers have found a permanent rooting solution …
Dell Venue Pro plagued by Wi-Fi bug [Updated]
The Dell Venue Pro, which became available on Monday, may be affected by a troublesome bug. According to several BGR readers, the new Windows Phone …
Nokia to take over Symbian developement
Nokia and the Symbian Foundation announced Monday some major changes surrounding the open source Symbian OS. First and foremost, the Symbian Foundation will no longer …
Google search coming to a Windows Phone 7 tile near you
Come on, you didn’t think Google was going to just sit on the sidelines and allow Microsoft to Bing-out its Windows Phone 7 platform did …
iPhone 3G performance with iOS 4.2: much improved
iPhone 3G owners have had a rough time lately. First, they missed out on some of the best new features iOS 4 had to offer. …
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace now home to 2,000 apps
Following concerns that Windows Phone 7 wouldn’t have enough titles support to satisfy the new wave of app-hungry smartphone users, Microsoft confirmed Monday that developer …
Nexus One getting Android 2.3 OTA this week?
Alright, we don’t want to get everyone all riled up on a Monday morning, but this next bit of speculative news is pretty exciting. Recently, …
Google Voice suffering massive outage?
Our Inbox is flooded with complaints from frustrated Google Voice users who are unable to login to their accounts. Navigating to Google Voice via the …
Copy and paste coming to Windows Phone 7 ‘in a matter of weeks’
Lending a tremendous amount of credibility to rumors that Windows Phone 7 would receive copy and paste functionality in January, a Microsoft executive has commented …
Hublot iPhone app review
When we first heard watchmaker Hublot would be releasing an iPhone app, we didn’t honestly expect much. Boy were we wrong. If you’re a watch …
Skype 5 beta for Mac now available
Today, Skype announced that a beta version of its chat software, Skpe 5.0 beta, is now available for Mac users. The software has several new …
No Flash for you! Skyfire pulled from iOS App Store [Updated]
We should have known it was too good to be true. Just hours after mobile web browser Skyfire landed in Apple’s iOS App Store, it …
Twitter updates Android client to version 1.0.5, includes iOS UI elements
Social networking site Twitter has just rolled out a new version of their Android mobile client. The new version offers several UI enhancements, including several …
What fragmentation? 77% of devices run Android 2.1 or 2.2
Google’s Android team revealed Tuesday that over three quarters of Android-powered devices are now running either Android 2.1 or Android 2.2. Google constantly monitors this …
Skyfire for iOS approved with Flash-to-HTML5 video converting in tow
A new report Tuesday morning from CNNMoney.com states that Skyfire’s mobile Web browser for iOS has been approved by Apple. Skyfire 2.0, which the report …
iOS 4.2 GM fixes dialer security flaw
Just a quick follow up to an article we posted last week. It looks like Apple’s iOS 4.2 gold master candidate, which was pushed out …
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro get Android 2.1 on Sunday
As Google prepares to release a fresh new version of Android, Sony Ericsson has announced that it will finally push out an OS update for …
Xda-developers forum eyes webOS port for HTC Hero
We can’t even count the number of times we’ve heard someone say, “webOS is great but I wish it was available on some decent hardware.” …
Google wields ban hammer, ousts SMS spying app from Android Market
It’s not every day Google dusts off the trusty old ban hammer and squashes an Android app. After all, the Android Market is an open …
Stiff competition forces Roku to license its software? [Updated]
Following Netgear’s announcement Tuesday that it would offer a $90 set top box powered by Roku’s software, it looks as though Roku is playing with …
Garmin to offer navigation software exclusively on ASUS for Android; coming soon to BlackBerry, iOS [Updated]
Hot on the heels of the public break-up between GPS giant Garmin and handset maker ASUS, the navigation company has announced that it will still …
iDOS emulator brought DOS and Windows 3.0 to iOS; now toast
We’re not sure how software developer Fast Intelligence managed to sneak iDOS past the app approval team at Apple, but the influx of blog coverage …
