Right now, Google Me is effectively a mythical service. Just 14 words in a tweet from Digg founder, Kevin Rose, kicked off thousands speculating about a Facebook-fighting social network from the search giant. Meanwhile Facebook has hit 500m users and Mark Zuckerberg is confidently predicting that number will reach 1 billion. So why would Google even bother to try and battle Facebook and why would anyone predict that it could win?
June, 2010
It’s been a busy morning stuffed full of gadget news, and we’ve got the very best of it rounded up for you right here. Read on and fill on up on it all in the lunchtime lowdown.
Foursquare addicts, stop checking in to the staff toilet for a second and listen. Foursquare’s Jonathan Crowley says there’s a new way to check in right around the corner: a Foursquare Monopoly app, that he says is in development right now. Read on, and see him explain it on camera.
The Klipsch X10i earphones cost more than just a pretty penny – around 20,000 of them to be exact. They’re playing with the big boys, but are these stylish little buds up to the task? Can they make a suitable replacement for Apple’s rubbish cans now they’ve got iPhone controls on board? Find out in our Klipsch X10i earphones review.
You’ll want to check out the Klipsch X10i, Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10vi and Shure SE530 (with the PTH accessory) earphones if you want a serious pair of earphones and have £200 or so burning a hole in your pocket. But which of the three? We took a pair of each for a lengthy sonic test drive to see which will suit your ears. Find out which triumphed in this part of our Klipsch X10i review.
When buying high-end earphones like the Klipsch X10i cans, the question isn’t so much whether they justify every penny of their big asking price, but whether the way you use them merits the expensive stroll into the executive lounge. We’ve spend hours listening to these earphones to see whether they belong in first class – find out whether they do in this Klipsch X10i earphone review.
Stand by your wallets, PlayStation Plus, Sony’s Playstation Network premium subscription service, is throwing open its doors today with the arrival of PS3 firmware update 3.40. Sony’s also giving the PSP a firmware jolt so it can join in with the action. Head through for details on what paying for PlayStation Plus gets you and what the firmware tweaks will give you for free…
Good news document fans! iPhone 4 looks to set to get its very own version of iWork. We previously saw a hint that iWork for iPhone was on the way in an iPhone 4 screenshot that slipped out on launch day promising an “Open in Keynote” option for email attachments in iOS 4. But now Apple has actually named iWork for iPhone on the iPhone 4 order page. Is it a careless slip before an official unveiling or just a typo?