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In 3 weeks Apple’s new guidelines for in app purchases are due to go into effect and section 11.13 of the infinitely long document of legal jargon has been causing a lot of scandals. It stated that publishers, and in this case they list creators of magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video, had to offer…
Richard Green, Nokia’s Chief Technology Officer since May 2010, has announced that he’s going to take a leave of absence for an unspecified amount of time due to “personal reasons”. After just 1 year on the job, he’s out, and Reuters say his departure is due to disagreements with what Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new CEO,…
The Bing search capabilities baked into Windows Phone already let you speak your search queries, but the next release, dubbed Mango, will allow you to identify music that’s being played in the area, and find pertinent album and artist info. Microsoft first mentioned Bing Audio last month, but didn’t give much in the way of…
When the iPad 2 was first released, there was a lot of hype about the Smart Cover because it seemed like a novel way to protect your screen. Well, the good folks at Evernote decided it could be used for much more and the Evernote Peek app lets you use the Smart Cover to try…
OnLive has been quietly building up steam over the last year for their cloud-based mobile gaming service, and they’re just about ready to go. During the E3 conference, OnLive announced that their subscription service would be available to iOS and Android device owners starting this fall, complete with support for multiplayer, and voice chat. Alternatively,…
We’re still a while away before we’ll see Windows 8 land in a retail tablet but a new rumor suggests that Microsoft may be one of the first companies to release one, as the software giant may be preparing to build its own Windows 8 tablet to battle the iPad and Android devices. The report…
Lightyear has just announced a five-year agreement with Sprint wherein it will provide service as an MVNO, or mobile virtual network operator. The upside for Lightyear is that it will have Sprint’s reliable network backing it, and access to a lot of the handsets that Sprint has to offer. The downside is that it will…
Earlier this week Apple announced a new service called iCloud, an online data storage feature that will allow users to wirelessly sync, transfer and store photos, contacts, calendar info, e-mail and more. And it will do it all at no charge for OS X, iPhone and iPad owners. However, MobileMe, Apple’s current cloud solution, already…
For those of us that live in cities with an extensive network of public transportation, owning a car seems like a ridiculous idea. To live in such a city however, and be so dependent on buses, trains, subways, and trams, you need to know routes and schedules. Some cities have plenty of information, be it…
It seems like we keep hearing about new versions of Android malware every other day and Norton says that isn’t an accident. The bad guys are going to be increasingly focused on the mobile space and Android should be one of the largest targets. Norton has multiple products for the mobile space, so it does…