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Why American Newspapers Gave Away the Future
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Maybe the extinction of newspapers was inevitable once digital publishing moved from proprietary services (which provided access to their own limited content, such as CompuServe, Prodigy, and AOL) and the slow speeds of dial-up delivery to the open access of the worldwide web and the possibilities of much faster broadband...
Microsoft Says Hola to Windows 8 Beta in Barcelona
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Aiming to show its mobile chops, Microsoft is using the world’s largest cell phone show to debut a new test version of Windows 8. The “consumer preview” version will feature a number of advancements over the early developer version released last fall. Perhaps most notably, this version will include the...
Exclusive: A first look at Netflix's test of personalized profiles
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Netflix recently started to test personalized profiles with a limited subset of its subscribers, allowing them to create a separate profile for each member of their family. The company has talked about eventually doing this for some time, but kept quiet on details – until now. We were able to...
Windows 8 Release Preview – in-depth review
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Windows 8 benefits from three years of engineering improvements since Windows 7 in 2009, resulting in a faster, smoother experienceMicrosoft's reimagining of Windows is nearly done. The Windows 8 Release Preview, now available for download, is the last test version before the final build which will go to Microsoft's hardware...
BlueStacks' Android-on-Windows App Hits Beta
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With many of the most popular apps running on smartphones and tablets these days, it’s not surprising that folks are looking to bring the top hits over to the PC and Mac. Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds, for example, have made their way from the small screen to the computer...
Apple to Remove YouTube App From iPhone and iPad
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The rift between Apple and Google just got a little deeper. Apple released a new test version of its upcoming iOS 6 operating system, the software that powers iPads and iPhones, and developers quickly noticed that the app for YouTube had vanished....
FishPi is a tiny, Raspberry Pi-enabled ship that aims to cross the Atlantic
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Now that Raspberry Pi's are getting into the hands of folks around the world, we're starting to see all kinds of interesting projects. And in the case of Greg Holloway, his goal is a little more ambitious than most — to use a Raspberry Pi to create an autonomous...
Google Preps Maps App for iPhones
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Google has distributed a test version of its new mapping app for Apple's iPhones and is getting ready to submit for approval to the Apple iTunes store....
Rdio posts Android beta app with new sidebar UI, unified playback and remote control
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Rdio has spent a large part of 2012 revamping its mobile app, and a new beta shows that it's still full of ideas with two months left to go. The 2.3 test version makes the ubiquitous hidden sidebar even more unavoidable than we've seen before, but those not irked...
Google Moving Closer to Submitting Maps App for iOS as Eddy Cue Works to Improve Apple's Maps
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is continuing to make progress on a standalone mapping application for iOS, working toward submitting the app for inclusion in the App Store after Apple switched from Google to its own in-house Maps app in iOS 6.Google has distributed a test version of...
Facebook App Center for mobile leaks out on iOS, uses peer pressure to clinch the sale
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While Facebook said it would deliver a version of its App Center store for mobile, it was shy on how that would work. An early iOS tester (since confirmed by TechCrunch) apparently didn't want to wait for an official explanation and slipped out a handful of shots: they show...
AMBER Alerts for missing children now in Google Search and Maps
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Today we are launching AMBER Alerts coordinated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the Google Public Alerts platform. Public Alerts are designed to bring you emergency alerts when and where they’re relevant to you, and AMBER Alerts aim to help bring abducted children home safely. If you’re...
WSJ: Native iOS Google Maps app being tested externally with turn-by-turn navigation baked in
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If Apple's homegrown mapping solution isn't quite cutting it, your navigation needs may soon be met by a native iOS Google Maps app. Citing an unnamed source, the Wall Street Journal says Page and Co. are distributing a test version of the fabled app to folks outside the firm,...
Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 3
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Day three of MWC, the world's largest mobile trade show2.09pm: Hello and welcome to the Guardian's live blog of the Windows 8 preview here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with me, Juliette Garside.This has been described as Microsoft's make or break year. Today's event is arguably the most...
Google Reportedly Readies Maps App For iOS As Eddy Cue Manages Apple's Maps Improvements
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Google is said to have distributed an external test version of its native maps app for iOS, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Citing “a person with direct knowledge of the matter,” the WSJ says that Google is readying the app for submission to the App...
Pulse Builds Snazzy Web App With Help From Microsoft
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Newsreader Pulse is today debuting a Web version that looks more like an app than a site. Pulse for the Web has a tiled, full-screen, image-heavy layout. When a user resizes the window, the story tiles automatically resize and snap into place — with a JavaScript method that Pulse is...
Google Chrome OS Busts Out Of Browser With New Interface
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Google is giving Chrome OS a new look. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) Google is giving Chrome OS a makeover, revamping its browser-based OS look a lot more like classic desktop operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. On Monday, as it does every six weeks, the company...
Android 4.1 for the Galaxy S III not so far off, claims SamMobile
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Samsung has finished developing an internal test version of Android 4.1 for the Galaxy S III, and is now working on a public release version of the software, according to SamMobile. This means that Jelly Bean will be coming to Samsung's flagship phone after the release version is polished...
Microsoft Debuts Windows 8 Test
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Microsoft on Wednesday launched the first test version of Windows 8, to gather consumer feedback on the new operating system....
The native Google Maps app for iOS will reportedly have turn-by-turn navigation when launched
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Google has sent out a ‘test’ version of its new mapping app, reports The Wall Street Journal. This test version of the iOS app has apparently been seeded to ‘some individuals outside of the company’. The app is having ‘finishing touches’ put on it before it is submitted for approval...
So When Will Real People Actually Be Able To Buy Google's Glasses?
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Google Glass will go on sale about one year after the test version for developers ships -- think early 2014. A pair will cost a lot less than the $1,500 that Google is charging developers for an early beta version, which will ship in 2013. They will not include advertising....
Samsung admits to blocking leaked S Voice app, calls it a 'test version'
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Samsung has confirmed to us that it is blocking S Voice, the Siri-esque voice-controlled assistant which leaked a few days ago as part of the Galaxy S III ROM. The company claims that the leaked app is an "initial test version" that may not be representative of the final...
Google reportedly distributing test version of standalone iOS Maps app
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It was reported on Thursday that Google is distributing a test version of a standalone iOS Maps app to people outside the company, suggesting an application to the App Store may be imminent....
Apple releases the latest iOS 6 tester to developers
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Apple released the latest test-version of its mobile operating system iOS 6 today, available to developers who will test and report bugs on its newest features. The majority of the updates seem to be in the map app department. According to MacRumors, these include the ability to control the...
Google has nearly finished its Maps app for iOS
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Ever since Apple (AAPL) replaced Google (GOOG) with its own mapping service in iOS earlier this year, the Internet giant has been rumored to be preparing a dedicated Maps application for the iPhones and iPads. While Google’s former CEO and current chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed in September that the company...
Your iPhone Will Get Some Handy New Features Any Day Now (AAPL)
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Apple is working on an update for iPhones and iPads that bring several new features to its latest mobile operating system, iOS 6. Today, registered iOS developers got access to the latest test version of iOS 6.1. Here are the most important things we know about iOS 6.1 so far:...
Mobile games firm GREE test launches messaging app ahead of global rollout in 2013
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It’s no secret that the mobile messaging space is growing at rapid pace in Asia, and now Japanese mobiles games firm GREE has jumped into the action. The company — market cap $3.8 billion — is gearing up to launch GREE Messenger for iOS and Android in 2013 after giving the app...
More doom n' gloom for BlackBerry 10: Lots of people have no idea it launched
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Blackberry 10, no matter how you slice it, is BlackBerry’s last chance to save itself from complete irrelevance. But what if the age of BlackBerry’s complete irrelevance is already here? That seems to be the case judging by a poll commissioned by research firm MKM Partners, which confirms one thing above all: Lots of...
Take Windows 8 for a test drive
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The 90-day "Windows 8 evaluation for developers" test version of the new OS is available for download now. But read the fine print, and don't expect tech support. [Read more]...
App Store gets an organizational boost in iOS 6
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The App Store has been tweaked for iOS 6, with a more visually engaging layout. For iOS 6, Apple has made some significant changes to the layout and organization of the iOS App Store. While the benefits of Apple's acquisition of app discovery service Chomp doesn't appear to be...
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