Archive for June, 2011
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Apple's giant marketing machine is well versed in the art of making iGadget owners feel their once-prized possession is inferior once a newer model hits the shelves. It seems each new iPhone and iPad is a magical, ground-breaking slice of modern technology that puts last year's model to shame.
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Photo C@rds HD ($3.99) by Hot Chili Apps lets you create photo greeting cards and more on your iPad. It’s easy to use — simply pick one of their 36 templates and add your photos. Decorate your card with stickers and text, and you have a unique photo e-card to ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
A German chemicals company says its managers have begun keeping their mobile phones in biscuit tins during meetings in order to guard against industrial espionage.
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
Fairfax Media's metropolitan digital publisher Jane Huxley said yesterday that combined downloads of the two iPad apps were sitting at around 110,000.
"As far as we know, this is the fastest moving news app ever in the App Store," said Ms Huxley. "So naturally, we are delighted with this outcome."
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
A Perth company still coming to terms with its newfound celebrity status after its second application became the top download in the iTunes store after less than 48 hours.
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
Apple plans to introduce a new iPhone in September that boasts a stronger chip for processing data and a more advanced camera, according to two people familiar with the product.
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Finnish mobile maker Nokia has unveiled its N9 button-free smartphone, the company's first and only bet on the Linux-based MeeGo platform.
Nokia Australia said in a statement that the phone, which has no keypad or home buttons, would be available "later this year", with pricing still to be announced.
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
A Japanese company has come up with a new way to charge your mobile phone after a natural disaster or in the great outdoors - by heating a pot of water over a campfire.
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
iPhone users may be prevented from photographing or filming live concerts and sports events if a new Apple patent is anything to go by.
The company is developing software that is capable of sensing when someone is trying to record a live event and then switching off the device's camera. It ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Ben Hosken took 1½ days to create an application about Sydney Buses that people wanted to use. It took the government two weeks to close it down.
In February, Mr Hosken was given access to live traffic information that provided, at two-minute intervals, live updates of where State Transit buses sat ...
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