Apple Earlier this week it was found that Google had been overriding privacy settings for several Internet browsers, including Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, in order to display its Google+ buttons in advertisements. Now, according to a couple Apple Communities support forum threads (one, two), using Google products on Mobile Safari may be related …
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February, 2012
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21 February
Northern NSW TV goes digital only on 27 Nov
The Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that free-to-air TV transmission will become exclusively digital in northern NSW on Tuesday, 27 November 2012. Regions covered in the northern NSW broadcast area include Newcastle, the Hunter (Hunter Valley and Port Stephens), the Northern Rivers (Coffs Harbour, Forster, Grafton), the North West Slopes and Plains (Tamworth, Armidale, Inverell), and the …
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20 February
iPad 3 retina display ‘confirmed’
The iPad 3 will feature a retina display, so we’ve been hearing for months now. Well Mac Rumors has got its hands on what it claims is this fabled display, and while it’s not attached to an iPad 3, it is the closest anyone’s come to confirming the screen’s existence. That’s it up there. The ruler is apparently to prove …
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20 February
Samsung shows sequels to Galaxy Ace and Mini
At this point, there may not be any new phones left to unveil at Mobile World Congress. This time Samsung is getting a head start on next week’s wireless trade show by announcing the Galaxy Mini 2 and Galaxy Ace 2. Though we heard rumors of the Mini 2 last week, Samsung waited until early Tuesday morning to make the …
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20 February
Sky Go for Android out now, on selected mobiles only
Sky has launched its Sky Go app for Android, giving fans of Google’s robot-powered OS access to on-demand Sky programmes. Hurrah! But it’s only available for a select few smart phones. Boo! The free app gives ‘droid-lovin’ Sky customers access to its channels in line with their subscription, including all four Sky Sports channels, Sky Sports News and ESPN, the …
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20 February
Over half of Brits own a smart phone, Android still on top
Over half the population of Great Britain owns a smart phone, a new survey suggests, with Android trouncing Apple’s iOS to rank as the most popular mobile operating system in the UK. The statistics come courtesy of the bods at the brilliantly named Kantar WorldPanel ComTech, who reckon 50.3 per cent of folks living in this sceptred isle own a smart …
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20 February
Barnes & Noble reportedly readying 8GB Nook Tablet
Barnes & Noble is prepping a new version of its Nook Tablet to better compete against Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The book retailer will launch an 8-gigabyte version of its tablet through Wal-Mart on Wednesday, according to The Verge. The Nook Tablet made some noise after its launch as part of a new wave of affordable tablets better suited to competing …
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20 February
Meet the iPAD: the device that could slay the iPad
Could the iPad be banned? Earlier this week, devices were seized in China over a patent dispute, and the same could happen here in the UK. Chinese company Shenzhen Proview Technology claims it owns the name ‘iPad’ in China, and is trying to ban exports. It’s revealed details of its own iPAD computer it released way back in the year 2000 to …
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20 February
Age, income dial up smartphone ownership rates
Based on age alone, it would not be news that younger consumers are much more likely to own a smartphone than older consumers. But when you throw income into the equation, it becomes a completely different story. To start off, overall smartphone penetration stood around 48 percent domestically by the end of January, according to a new report from Nielsen …
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20 February
How the Simpsons will spark EA’s freemium push
The Simpsons are going mobile in a big way with a free iOS game created by Electronics Art. EA plans to release The Simpsons: Tapped Out to iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad in the coming weeks, the video game giant told CNET. The game will be given away for free, but players will have the option to buy …
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