Google has created Google Doodles since 1998 when Larry and Sergey attended the Burning Man festival. Since then, the company has created doodles sporadically to indicate the anniversary of large events or people. The latest Google Doodle was launched today (12 December 2011) and shows a Chip. The reason for it is that it’s the 84th birthday of Robert Noyce who is one of the Intel co-founders.
Amazon Kindle Fire Software Update Coming in Two Weeks
December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A number of users are reporting problems with the Amazon Kindle Fire. Reports indicate that the new tablet has problems with browsing speeds as well as other general performance issues. As the Kindle Fire has adequate technical specs, a software update will fix the problems. Good news is that this particular update will be arriving within a couple of weeks.
webOS Switching to Open Source
December 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
As planned, HP has announced the future of webOS and what the plans are for it. Meg Whitman announced that the underlying code of webOS is being made open-source which means it will reach a large amount of people who can in turn develop the platform as needed.
Initially there were two options that HP considered with the first being to sell the OS and the second to make it open-source. The latter was selected and is perhaps the best option.
Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Android Ice Cream Sandwich Update – Unofficially
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Amazon Kindle Fire has been seen running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The update isn’t official and was hacked on to the Kindle Fire by a developer who goes by the name of G1011999.
First 128Gb NAND Unveiled by Micron and Intel
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A new 128Gb NAND has been unveiled by Micron and Intel. A 128Gb NAND is the first of its kind in the world and when in production it will be used on devices such as smartphones, tablets and other similar devices.
Apple iBooks Update Brings Night Reading and Other Features
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple [AAPL] has launched a new version of iBooks for iOS devices. The new update brings several new features to the app which make it more friendly to use. Although most, if not all, of the features are already available on other eBook readers and have been for a while they are still a welcomed addition.
Facebook Timeline Rolls Out in New Zealand
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Facebook has begun rolling out Timeline to users in New Zealand. Timeline was first announced in September at f8. Timeline is a new way of sharing content about yourself on Facebook. The Timeline page is a single page that has all of your history in chronological order right back to the beginning of your account.
“We announced Timeline in September and made it available to developers building apps on our platform. Since then, over a million people have signed up for the developer beta to access Timeline. The feedback we’ve received so far has been invaluable. Starting today, we are making Timeline more widely available as we measure speed and other types of performance. We’ll begin by making it available to people in New Zealand and then roll it out more broadly in the near future.”
Flipboard for iPhone Launches
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Flipboard is a news reader app that pulls content from a number of sources and presents them in a more friendly way. It was originally launched on the iPad only. The app has now been updated and with that update it has been converted to a universal app which now makes it compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch.
Windows Store for Windows 8 to Open to Developers in February
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that the Windows Store for Windows 8 will be opening for developers towards the end of February 2012. What that means is that all developers enrolled will be able to submit apps ready for review and launch.
Android Market Hits 10 Billion Downloads
December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The graph below shows the speed at which Android users are downloading apps on the Android Market. Just by looking at the graph you’ll see that there has been a tremendous amount of growth this past year. In March there were 3 billion total downloads followed by another 1.5 billion by May and another 1.5 billion to July. In December this number has just hit 10 billion total downloads.
Steve Jobs Biography Best Selling Book of 2011 at Amazon
December 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Steve Jobs biography was launched in October and since then, it has become the best selling book of 2011. The book is by Walter Isaacson who managed to get a lot of access to Steve Jobs to create the content.
Why the Galaxy Nexus Doesn’t Support Google Wallet on Verizon
December 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We have been informed that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on the Verizon network will not support Google Wallet. At first it was belived to be an issue with Verizon blocking it due to their own contactless payment system, but in a statement released today Verizon [VZ] has confirmed that this isn’t the case.
