Archive for December, 2010
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
What is it?
In geek-speak, Foursquare is a "location-aware social-networking application". For the rest of us that means it uses your phone's GPS abilities to let you see where people on your "friend list" are at any given time — and allow them to locate you. It's free and available for ...
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Two new iPhones were accidentally broken in the Thomas household in just two days recently. Worth nearly $900 each, it was a financial blow the family of five from Chelsea in Melbourne's south did not need before Christmas.
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Apparently the internet, our phones and the world's roads aren't enough for Google. Now, the tech giant has sent its Android-powered army to conquer space.
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Apple has joined a growing number of US companies that have severed ties with WikiLeaks, removing an application from its online store that gave users access to the controversial website's content.
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The fashionable folk tapping on Blackberrys or using apps on iPhones in New York, Paris or Barcelona have more in common than a taste for expensive hand-held devices.
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Apple is planning a January 7 opening for an online shop stocked with software applications that add entertaining or functional features to the firm's Macintosh computers.
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Phone companies are charging travellers up to 40 times more to use the internet when they are overseas than at home - and often users don't even realise their phone is doing it.
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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Finding a doctor will soon become easier for iPhone users with the launch of a new app that will pinpoint the nearest GP.
The free application allows users to pinpoint the location of their nearest AMA-affiliated doctor and, by utilising GPS technology, can direct patients to the clinic.
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Like a scene from a TV crime show, Victorian police have used an iPhone GPS app and a helicopter to track down a thief.
His crime? Stealing the mobile phone.
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Lonesome South Koreans who have trouble finding true love can now get video calls from a beautiful and cute girlfriend - if they download a smartphone application.
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