It’s been a hectic morning in tech, so catch up with everything you might have missed here in our round up. Read on for your lunchtime lowdown!
September, 2010
An iPad VLC player app has been approved! The move makes it much easier to get videos from sources other than iTunes (whatever they might be *cough*) onto your iPad. It looks like Apple’s new, slightly more reasonable approach to policing the iTunes App Store is taking effect…
Apple has inked a deal that points to a follow up to the new Apple TV packing support for live shows and DVR functions. Is the future of Apple’s most prominent hobby a little more serious or is the Cupertino crew after other tech entirely? Read on for our reading of the signs…
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UPDATE: Since we posted on this, the video has been made private. But today’s Thursday, the date we were promised we’d Live Mobile, Work Mobile, See Mobile, Play Mobile, although at a guess, we’ll have to wait until Jimmy Fallon to get to the bottom of this. Stay tuned!
This advert for a mystery device, with no manufacturer details save a lower case ‘m’ branded on the outside has been broadcast to the US on prime time TV. The ad is so short that look away, and you’d have missed it. What it is, we can’t tell. What does it look like to you?
Google Docs is about to colonise the iPad. While you’ve can view Google Docs files on the iPad now, Google has announced that it’s prepping a fully functioning iPad version of Google Docs to give iWork a run for its money. With wireless printing arriving with iOS 4.2, is Google Docs going to be the only documents app you’ll need?
The Altec Lansing Muzx Ultra earphones sit at a tricky price point. At £99.99, they’re too pricey for an impulse buy and are up against ace rivals from the big boys of high-end portable audio, including Shure, Ultimate Ears, Etymotic and Sennheiser. Can these new Altec Lansing alternatives shape up? Find out in our Altec Lansing Muzx Ultra review.
The PS3 firmware upgrade has arrived today, as was announced in Japan towards the end of last week. Plug in and switch on your PS3 and you should find the 3.50 update available, which will add Blu-ray 3D playback to your PS3. The PS3 update also adds Facebook integration, and grief reporting tools.
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