Saturday, March 13, 2010

‘Application/Software’ News

Voice-Based Bubbly the New Twitter?

Voice-Based Bubbly the New Twitter?

Friday, March 12, 2010 12:31

A hot new social-networking service dubbed Bubbly, which is essentially a voice-based Twitter, is quickly gaining popularity among Indians. And thanks to Bollywood celebs being early adopters, Bubbly is growing virally and with virtually zero marketing spend. Bubbly is the ...

Try on Tag Heuer Watches With Augmented Reality App

Try on Tag Heuer Watches With Augmented Reality App

Friday, March 12, 2010 12:07

Tag Heuer is launching a new augmented reality app that lets you try on a watch using your laptop. The app, made by UK company Holition, works by reading a barcode on a paper watch you print out from ...

How to: Upgrade Firmware On Sony Ericsson Satio

How to: Upgrade Firmware On Sony Ericsson Satio

Friday, March 12, 2010 11:35

The Sony Ericsson Satio was blighted with early software issues, but these have all been happily fixed via several firmware updates, the most recent hitting phones last weekend.  If you’re a newcomer to the world of smartphones, then upgrading ...

Turn your Nokia N900 into a WiFi hotspot with JoikuSpot

Turn your Nokia N900 into a WiFi hotspot with JoikuSpot

Thursday, March 11, 2010 15:17

Joikusoft has released its wonderful JoikuSpot WiFi hotspot utility for the Nokia N900, bringing the same basic features as the long-running S60 version, plus adding in a few new tweaks to take advantage of the more powerful hardware. Available since ...

New Gestures coming to the iPhone

New Gestures coming to the iPhone

Thursday, March 11, 2010 14:16

Folks who are keen to dabble with Apple’s latest iPhone 3.2 Beta 4 SDK might be interested to check out some new gestures that have appeared in the gestures folder. Upon inspection, you’ll notice the 3Tap.plist and LongPress.plist files, which ...

Get BBC iPlayer Working on The HTC HD2

Get BBC iPlayer Working on The HTC HD2

Thursday, March 11, 2010 13:55

People have been complaining about being unable to access BBC iPlayer from their HTC HD2. Here’s a quick trick to get it working. If your HTC HD2 is running Opera 9.7, you may experience problems when trying to connect to ...

Grab Your Bike and Go with Google Maps

Grab Your Bike and Go with Google Maps

Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:24

If you’re one of the 57 million Americans who ride a bike, mapping your daily commute, exploring new trails, and planning recreational rides just became a little bit easier. Google is announcing that we have added biking directions in ...

New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones

New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones

Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:13

​Last March, Google launched the YouTube Mobile app for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile phones. Since then, the application was translated to 12 languages, installed on millions of devices around the world, and has been chosen as a Nokia ...

Opera Mini 5 beta for Android released

Opera Mini 5 beta for Android released

Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:08

Opera Software today launched the newest beta version of the world's most popular browser for mobile phones, Opera Mini 5, on the Android platform. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android brings a fast and cost-efficient Web experience to any ...

iPhone 3.1.2 Firmware App: Trick Appstore / iTunes that you are using firmware 3.1.3

iPhone 3.1.2 Firmware App: Trick Appstore / iTunes that you are using firmware 3.1.3

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 17:22

With this iPhone app you can change your reported firmware from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 – tricks apps like appstore and iTunes so you don’t get bothered to upgrade to 3.1.3 in iTunes anymore and so you can install any ...