SugarSync is bringing its file sync, backup and sharing service to the Symbian S60 platform. Available as a free download, SugarSync’s application allows users to easily access, manage and share all their personal content while on the go. You can store various types of files in a SugarSync account, including documents and photos, and even…
Video: Using the Nokia N900 to track your face [The machines will kill us all!]
Dr. Philip Tresadern from the University of Manchester has plenty of time on his hands because he took a Nokia N900 and programmed it to identify faces via the front facing camera that’s traditionally been used for video calls. Using your face, neat things such as authenticating who you are can be accomplished. What the…
Video: Tumbleroo: The almost perfect way to interact with Tumblr on your iPad
Tumblr, the online service that’s not quite a blog, but not quite a microblog like Twitter, now has a beautiful way of being accessed on the iPad via an application called Tumbleroo. Developed by Jerry Brito and Peter Snyder, Tumbleroo introduces a dual pane user interface that lets you do all the things you usually…
Motorola Droid could get Adobe Flash Player 10.1 tomorrow
If you’ve been rocking Android 2.2, otherwise known as “Froyo,” on your Motorola Droid but have been wondering where the heck Adobe Flash Player 10.1 is, you’ll be happy to know that Verizon should be pushing out a software update tomorrow (August 24) which will enable your Droid to play nice with Flash content on…
Install official Flash Player on ANY Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone
Adobe Flash 10.1 Player is here for the Android platform, but even though it’s out of beta only the Nexus One with Android 2.2 Froyo is officially supported. That all changes today, as now the official Flash Player app can be installed on any Android phone that’s running 2.2 (Froyo). The Flash Player 10.1 application…
Google Goggles coming to Apple iPhone this year
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Google Goggles will soon be coming to the Apple iPhone. The search giant said the visual search app should be hitting the iOS device by the end of the year. If you’re not familiar with it, Google Goggles lets you take pictures of objects and it…
Android license server may be easy to crack; pirates cheer
Remember when Google rolled out an Android Market Server License server in order to make it difficult for pirates to swipe apps without paying for them? Well, it looks like that deterrent is very simple to crack. The cool folks at Android Police have put together a demonstration video (at the bottom of the post)…
Google and the Problem with Android Openness
As Google continues its rise to smartphone platform domination with Android, being available on over 20 handsets with every major carrier, the problem with its openness has become evident: if you leave your platform wide open, you’re leaving it open to bloatware and crapware from the carriers. Unlike Apple, who convinced AT&T not to brand…
Foursquare founder calls Facebook Places ‘boring’
If you thought Facebook Places was scaring the heck out of Foursquare and other check-in services, they’re not letting on yet. Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley is actually firing a few shots across the bow and said he is not impressed with the new location-sharing service. “I have now had a chance to play around with…
Google Mobile app for iPhone gets push notification
The Apple iPhone 4 does a lot of things well but it still doesn’t play that nice with Google Calendar and the Gmail experience isn’t as good as on Android. Google is trying to correct that though and it has just multiple new improvements to its Google Mobile app for iOS products. The first new…