Square the mobile payments company has announced that it is now processing $11 million USD in payments each day. This is an increase of $7 million per day based on numbers from July this year.
Acer A510/A511 Tegra 3 Android Tablet Confirmed
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Acer will be launching a new Tegra 3 based tablet in the new year. Two models have been identified which are the A510 and A511. The specs show that they will have the quad-core Tegra 3 processor inside and that they will run the Google Android operating system, we assume Ice Cream Sandwich.
First Generation iPod nano Gets Recalled by Apple
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple [AAPL] has issued a recall for the first gen iPod nano. The reason for it is due to problems with the device that in some very rare cases had problems with overheating. Batteries and heat don’t go together too well often causing explosions. Apple seems to have made the best choice here although the original nano came out five years ago.
Samsung Galaxy Note Coming to O2 UK this Month
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Samsung Galaxy Note is coming to O2 in the UK this month according to the coming soon page on the O2 website. Although the device is listed on the mentioned page, the link for more details is actually broken and just loads up a 404 page. We assume that all the details are being put together now for it.
O2 4G LTE Network Trial Coming to London – Speeds up to 100Mbps
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
O2 is rolling out a trial of a 4G LTE network in London. The project will run from now till summer 2012 and will allow a number of individuals and businesses to test and see what mobile broadband runs like at 4G LTE speeds.
iOS 5.0.1 Download Now Available from Apple
November 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple [AAPL] has released the final version of iOS 5.0.1 which promises to fix battery life. It is available for all iOS 5 compatible devices and ranges between 44Mb and 790Mb depending on if you install the smaller OTA delta update or get the full iOS via iTunes. The file size also varies between the iPad and iPhone by a few Mb.
Dragon Express Brings Nuance Speech Recognition to the Mac App Store
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nuance has just released a new Dragon Dictation product for the Mac. It arrived in the Mac App Store under the name of Dragon Express and has been launched with an introduction price tag of $49.
Google Translate iPhone App Now Supports 63 Languages
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A new update for the iPhone Google Translate app is ready for download. It brings several new languages to the app which makes the total up to 63 languages supported.
The new languages added include Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.
Nokia Lumia 800 Design History Revealed
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia has created a video that goes over the thought process behind the design of the Nokia Lumia 800. The new smartphone runs the Windows Phone Mango operating system and is a huge change in direction for the company who has worked for years with the Symbian OS.
iPhone 4S Proximity Sensor Works Almost Full Time
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The proximity sensor in the iPhone 4S is active all the time the screen is active. The reason for this is the “Raise to speak” setting on Siri that can detect when you lift your 4S to your head so it can activate Siri.
$79 Amazon Kindle Costs $84 to Make
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
iSuppli has been calculating the cost to built an Amazon Kindle. To do this the company takes apart the device and looks at the individual parts and then calculates costs associated to each part. The sale price of the Amazon Kindle is $79 although the price to build it is calculated at $84.25 which means Amazon lose about $5.25 on each sale of the device… or do they?
The Voice of UK Siri Revealed as Jon Briggs
November 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The voice of Siri in the UK is male, unlike the US version which is a female. It has now been revealed that the voice of the UK Siri is Jon Briggs. The strange thing about all this is that he didn’t actually know that Apple was going to use his voice for Siri although nothing shady was happening. The story as we have been told says that the voiceover artist originally recorded 5,000 sentences for Scansoft. This company shortly after merged with Nuance Communications whos engine was then used by Apple to create Siri. Apple tried to keep Jon quiet although he hasn’t signed a contract with them. He first found out about being used in Siri when he saw an advert for Siri.
