The official iPhone Spotify app has been slung Apple’s way for approval to go on sale on the App Store, meaning you could be loading up on songs over 3G or Wi-Fi for free, and in just weeks. Want to see what to expect? Read on for a run through on film!
July, 2009
Forget, for a tiny moment, all those sleek sexy smartphones currently enticing gadget candy fans everywhere. Because sometimes, it pays to keep things simple. Hence the rather neat HTC Snap. There’s no touchscreen here, no unique, Apple–bashing design. Just some solid Windows Mobile action for the planet’s Microsoft mad workaholics.
It’s the start of another long week, but we’re here to turn those Monday blues a happier hue, with all the latest tech news, full to the brim, right here in techie breakie!
The Halo 3: ODST Firefight mode may have been lifted straight out of Gears Of War 2, but so what if it’s Horde mode, Halo style? Don’t fix what ain’t broke, right? Right. Halo 3: ODST isn’t out until September, but we’ve had a play of the new gameplay mode already, which sees you and your mates holding back an onslaught of Covenant aliens. Did it get our trigger finger itching? Read on and find out in our first impressions.
Twitter has puts its expansion plans into gear this week: not only did it dump masses of spammers off people’s feeds this morning, but it rolled out a new guide to the service, aimed at businesses. After 3 years of buzz and no bucks, are the pieces coming together for Twitter to start making money?
Fancy ejecting flash drives from your Mac with a wave of your hand? That’s what Apple has been planning, according to a newly discovered patent application. Is Cupertino cooking up a motion sensing USB key?
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We were gutted when the Competition Commission told Project Kangaroo to hop it earlier this year. The joint web-TV venture promised all the power of BBC iPlayer, but with multi-channel content. But a new online TV service is to rise out of Project Kangaroo’s ashes: the platform has just been sold, with the eager bidder promising a video-on-demand service this year. Watch out Hulu!