Google has created a website that details the carbon emissions of the company. The general data shows that the company emits about 1.5 million tons per year of carbon although thanks to custom designing each of its datacentres they have managed to cut down the original numbers by 50%.
Google Maps for Android Gets an Update
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Google has released a new version of Google Maps for Android. The newest release is numbered 5.10.0 and brings a couple of new features to the smartphone. The first is the ability to see places you have given a 4 or 5 star rating to. The second is the ability to attach photos to reviews.
Virgin Mobile Launch a £10 Phone
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Mobile in the UK has just released a new mobile phone. The new device is the VM560 and is built by Alcatel One Touch. At £10 you get a very basic phone that is capable of calls, text messages as well as getting on to sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Several Microsoft Services Go Down for 4 Hours
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Several high profiles online services from Microsoft went down earlier when Microsoft appeared to have problems with DNS. The services that went down include Hotmail, Skydrive as well as Office 365. The outage lasted about 4 hours.
Windows 8 Sees Improvement in Boot Time
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When Microsoft release Windows 8, users will see a large improvement on the boot time of the operating system. After doing a bit of research, Microsoft [MSFT] found that 57% of PC users and 45% of laptop users each shut down their Windows computer at the end of each day. The remaining people either put the PC to sleep or hibernated it. As most people want to start with a fresh boot of the OS each time they switch their PC on, Microsoft has devised a way to make the boot time far quicker than previous version of the OS with a test showing an 8 second boot time.
Samsung Nexus Prime Spec Rumors Appear
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Samsung Nexus Prime is expected to launch sometime in November. At the moment we don’t know too much about the device although some specs are starting to leak (perhaps as rumour). The device has the model name of GT-i9250 and when it launches it will run the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google Android.
Shipping Estimates Increase for Many Products at Apple
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple has increased the shipping times for a number of products in the Apple store today. Take the iPad 2 for example. This particular product was shipping within 24 hours up till today when suddenly it jumped to 2 to 3 weeks. Other products have also seen times increase.
iPhone 5 Production Ramps Up to 150000 Per Day
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The iPhone 5 release date is very close now and from what we hear today, it seems it could be very close. Reports are indicating that production of the iPhone 5 has just been ramped up to 150,000 units per day. Apple expect Foxconn to fulfill orders of about 5 to 6 million units by the end of September, perhaps for a launch in the first week of October.
Virgin Media TiVo Boxes to be Built by Samsung
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Starting in late 2011, Virgin Media will switch to Samsung for supplies of the VM TiVo boxes. Up till now, Cisco were creating the PVRs for VM but a new contract has been signed. The picture below, from Pocket-Lint, shows what the new device will look like.
Motorola EX225 Facebook Phone Details Found
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We’ve seen several Facebook phones in the last few months. The next manufacturer to create a Facebook phone is Motorola. The image below shows the Motorola EX225 which is said to have a dedicated Facebook button along with FB integrated deep in to the device.
GoToMeeting Pre-Loaded on to DROID Bionic Smartphones
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The GoToMeeting app from Citrix is being pre-loaded on to the DROID Bionic Android smartphone. This isn’t the first time that Motorola has teamed up with Citrix as the companies also did the same with the DROID 3 device as well.
Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich Coming Oct or Nov
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Google has “kind of” officially announced that Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be launching in October or November of this year. The current Gingerbread version has been around a while now and a new version will be welcomed. Eric Schmidt said the following:
We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.
