Looks like David Cameron might be retracting Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s invitation to ‘pop in’ next time he’s in town. Facebook has refused to remove a page named “R.I.P RAOUL MOAT YOU LEGEND!”, because the site wants to promote free speech and discussion.
July, 2010
The iPhone 4 is giving Apple a PR nightmare as a result of the iPhone 4 signal problems but is it really as bad as the scorn poured on Windows Vista? One of Microsoft’s top execs seems to think so. At the firm’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s COO compared the issues around the new iPhone with the problems that plagued Vista. Is he right? And why is Microsoft still using its own products as a punchline?
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Apple is holding an iPhone 4 press conference on Friday at its One Infinite Loop base in Cupertino. It’s scheduled for 10am PST which makes it 6pm our time. Apple hasn’t revealed what it will discuss at the event but it seems a safe bet that the iPhone 4 signal problems might just get a mention. We’d expect more details on the iOS 4.1 update too. Could we also see a u-turn and the announcement of free iPhone 4 case or even an iPhone 4 recall?
Apple has punted the iOS 4.1 beta out to developers and it includes those tweaks to the signal bars that it promised in the wake of the iPhone 4 signal problems brouhaha. But early users are reporting that the iPhone 4 “Death Grip” is still a problem (as we predicted) and there could be bad news if you’re planning to use an iPhone 4 jailbreak. Read on for the latest…
Today Electricpig had a go on a bunch of Microsoft’s Kinect games to be launched along with the console, come November. Read on for Electricpig first impressions…
Apple has silently snapped up Canadian mapping firm Poly9. The company previously supplied its cartographical smarts to Microsoft, Yahoo and the US Military. One of its most intriguing products is Poly9Globe, a browser-based spinning 3D globe that gives stats on your location and doesn’t need any additional software to run. Could Apple be planning to put that iPhone 4 gyroscope to good use? And could this be the next step towards its own Google Maps replacement? Here’s what we know so far…
TIGA, the industry body for the UK gaming industry, maintains that the games industry in the UK needs a tax cut, despite the Government launch of a £2 million fund earlier today. TIGA hit the coalition government with a set of priorities, and three tiered demands to get the UK gaming industry competing in a global market.