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Social Maps App CityMaps Arrives Boston, Rolls Out Local Recommendations
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CityMaps, the social mapping company fresh off its $2.5 million Series A, is rolling out a big update today which not only brings the service to a fourth city (Boston), but also introduces a recommendations feature it calls “Featured Maps.” This option allows users to quickly see recommended places to...
UK regulator reverses Sky pay-TV advantage decision, following Netflix and Lovefilm growth
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UK regulator, the Competition Commission (CC) has published revised findings [PDF] today as part of its Movies on Pay TV investigation. It now finds that Sky Movies no longer provides Sky with a material advantage over its rivals in the pay-TV retail market. The amendments reflect the growth of services like...
Nokia Lumia 800 update reportedly triples battery life
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Earlier this week in Refresh Roundup, we wrote of a Vodafone-branded update for the Lumia 800 with a designation of 1600.2487.8107.12070. Among the enhancements, the new software version was said to provide longer battery life -- a welcome improvement, no doubt -- but we could've never guessed the significance...
KLIK, The Face-Detecting iPhone App, Heads Into Production
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KLIK, the real-time, facial recognition iPhone camera app from Face.com, has released its official 1.0 version today. (The previous version, which debuted in January, was a beta). The production version of the app includes significantly enhanced recognition capabilities as well as – you guessed it! – photo filters. (Sigh, thanks...
Here are the specs and pricing for Apple’s newly-updated MacBook Pro and MacBook Air
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If you’ve been waiting for Apple to refresh its Mac line, today is going to be a good one for you. At the WWDC conference, we’ve gotten details about the company’s newest updates to its Mac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air computers. Here’s what we know: MacBook Air The MacBook...
Native Firefox Android browser adds speed, Flash, HTML5 and a fresh look (hands-on)
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After a brief stretch in beta followed by some vague teasing, Firefox's native Android app is finally set to hit Google Play. While there are a raft of other bells and whistles -- a new welcome page, curvy Australis tabs, Flash and HTML5 support, for starters -- the company...
Jawbone releases $299 Big Jambox, more power and features
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The main gripe we had in our original Jambox review was that sound wasn’t as big as other (bigger) portable Bluetooth speakers. While both of these products sound great at low volumes, the Logitech has much bigger speakers and simply blows past the Jambox at higher volumes. At its...
Foursquare 5.0 hits the App Store with an all-new user interface
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Foursquare has just released an all-new version of their iOS app that features a completely revamped design. Version 5.0 is much simpler and cleaner than previous versions, taking some of the functions previously in the tab bar along the bottom and moving them to the front page, making checkins...
Spotify for Android 4.0 launches in Google Play Store
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Spotify for Android 4.0 entered public beta back in mid-April, and is launching officially today in the Google Play Store — adding a few key features like a play queue (which isn't available on iOS), Last.fm scrobbling, a home screen widget, and folder support for managing playlists. These additions...
Hacker News app news:yc is now available for the iPad and iPod Touch
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Popular Hacker News app news:yc has been revamped and is now available for the iPad for the first time. Building on the first version, which was created more than a year ago, news:yc 1.2 expands support beyond the iPhone, and brings the app to the iPod Touch, as well as...
Find out what people are searching for with the updated Hot Searches list
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People turn to search when they’re looking for answers and information, and sometimes what they want to know is on other people’s minds as well. You can learn a lot about what’s happening around the country or catch wind of a breaking news story by looking at what others are...
Adobe Releases Photoshop Lightroom 4, Slashes Price in Half to $149
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Adobe today announced the immediate release of Photoshop Lightroom 4, bringing a number of new features and a lower price tag to the company's professional photo management and manipulation software. Lightroom 4 introduces refined technology for superior shadow and highlight processing, ability to create photo books, additional local adjustment controls,...
Microsoft reveals list of countries getting Windows Phone 8
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The list is a dramatic increase over the 38 markets from which developers had access in the marketplace's previous version. [Read more]...
Here's The Name Of The Next Release Of Android (GOOG)
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Google will be using "Key Lime Pie" as the name of the next version of Android, reports The Verge. Their tip comes from the same source that told them the previous version would be called "Jelly Bean," so it seems pretty reliable. The Verge speculates that Key Lime Pie...
Read It Later undergoes massive overhaul, Pocket is born
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Read It Later, the popular bookmarking service that allows you to save articles, web pages, videos and more for later, has gotten a huge update today. Now called Pocket, the service has removed the focus from just reading later, and moved it to doing later. Where Read It Later focused mostly...
FileMaker Pro 12 Adds New 'Starter Solutions' and Broadens iOS Integration
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Apple subsidiary FileMaker today announced the launch of its new lineup of FileMaker 12 database applications, launching new themes and "Starter Solutions" to help users get up and running, as well as significantly enhancing integration with iOS devices."Databases only boost productivity if people genuinely enjoy using them," said Ryan Rosenberg,...
Fly Or Die: The Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight
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It’s a bit hard to officially review the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight as it’s almost exactly the same as the previous version but with one important improvement: it glows. Arguably, the Nook and the Kindle are equal contenders in the race to the e-reader throne and although I...
Facebook launches Messenger for Windows, Mac version on the way
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Although Facebook Messenger for Windows leaked in late December, it's now officially available through Facebook's website. As far as we can tell, not much has changed since December. There are still Chrome-esque conversation tabs, navigation buttons taken straight from the mobile site, pop-up notifications, and News Ticker support. The...
Gmail iOS app gets Notification Center support
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Long-suffering iPhone Gmail users had their prayers answered Monday as Google announced support for Apple’s Notification Center on its iOS Gmail app. In other words, anyone who gets an email on their Gmail account will now be able to access it right from the centralized Notification Center rather than...
Firefox 14 For Android Graduates From Beta, We Go Hands-On
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When Mozilla first pushed their latest beta version of Firefox into the Google Play Store last month, it raised a few eyebrows thanks to its dramatic redesign and its claims of “significant” performance enhancements. Now that new version of Firefox (version 14, if you’re keeping track) has cast off its...
Apple removes hints of future products from a key file in iOS 6
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Once upon a time eager rumormongers would download the latest iteration of the next generation of iOS, and like examining goat entrails to determine the next Caesar, they would delve into the USBDeviceConfiguration.plist to divine upcoming hardware products from Apple. But, with iOS 6, this is no more. Oh...
Google Redesigns Its iPhone Search App To Be Faster And Prettier
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Google today launched version 2.0 of its search app for iPhone. Google completely overhauled the design of the app, which now looks and feels more like the app’s iPad version the company launched last November. The new version feels significantly faster than the last one and the new design works...
Apple releases new Thunderbolt software update after boot problems
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Apple has released an update to its Thunderbolt software after reports arose that the previous version was causing boot-related problems for some Mac users....
Facebook adds recommendations box to Timeline pages associated with locations
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Pages that switch to the new Timeline format will now display user recommendations in a box beneath friend activity and include a prompt for people to write their own recommendations. This was a feature on the old version of pages, but when Facebook first released the redesign, recommendations were not...
Latest Nokia Lumia 800 firmware update fixes volume bug
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Nokia has been consistently updating its Lumia 800 handset with firmware improvements over the last few months. If we're counting correctly then this week's update is the fourth major revision of the 800's firmware, bringing an important volume fix with it. The previous version (12070) addressed some battery charge...
Ctrl+Z: You can now ‘Undo’ actions in Dropbox’s Web interface, with keyboard shortcuts too
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Realising the importance of being able to roll back actions no matter where they perform actions in their accounts, Dropbox has added Undo actions to to its Web interface, allowing users to correct their mistakes if they move, rename of copy a file that they didn’t mean to. Dropbox already...
Facebook increases size of ‘Page-Like’ Sponsored Stories in News Feed with recent posts
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Facebook has nearly doubled the size of “Page-Like” Sponsored Stories in News Feed by adding a recent post from the page to the story. It is unclear whether the change will make these ads more effective in helping advertisers get new Likes. However, because the unit also includes a recent...
New software can easily unlock any iPhone
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Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone 4S can now be SIM-unlocked in just a few easy steps, as can any previous version of Apple’s popular smartphone line. The new unlock procedure, mapped out this past weekend by mobile hacker “Loktar_Sun,” will allow iPhone owners to use a SIM card from any compatible...
Facebook’s first desktop app for Windows gets its official launch today
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Facebook is officially launching its first Windows desktop app today. Facebook Messenger, which allows you to see and respond to Facebook activity, including chat messages, will allow users to keep up with their friends and Facebook activity directly from the desktop. The app was previewed at the end of...
Netflix 2.2 for iOS brings new player interface, easy access to options
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Netflix has released an update to its iOS app which features an all-new player interface and easy-access audio language options. The audio options are accessible through what used to be the subtitle menu, which now sits at the top of the screen alongside volume and Facebook sharing options (if...
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