It’s half twelve, it’s time to stop what you’re doing, and tuck into all the latest tech stories. They’re all rounded up for you right here in the lunchtime lowdown, so read on to get in the know on the double!
October, 2010
Apple now has $51 billion of buying power, with enough cash to buy Dell, eBay, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, or Time Warner. But is Steve Jobs after buying any of these big players? Nobody can know what’s on the Apple roadmap, but in the press conference yesterday, Steve Jobs said: “We strongly believe that one or more very strategic opportunities may come along, that we are in a unique position to take advantage of because of our strong cash position,” and while he went on to say that Apple don’t do “stupid acquisitions”, and would be keeping its powder dry, he also said that “we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.”
Has Jobs got a shopping list? What’s on it? Click and tell us what you think!
We’re all waiting for Android Gingerbread 3.0 with bated breath. Back at Google I/O in July, we got news that Android Gingerbread 3.0 will be arriving this year and since then it’s been detailed as the Google tablet OS. Now, we’ve got a list of Android Gingerbread 3.0 features…
The Call of Duty: Black Ops zombies mode seems to have broken cover. The first Call of Duty: Black Ops zombies video isn’t anything near official – it’s from a camera pointed at someone’s TV – but it does seem to be the real deal based on Activision bouncing around YouTube pulling it down…
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Ordered a Nokia N8, or even a Nokia C7? If you’re so keen on Symbian 3 you pre-ordered either handset, you’ll be pleased to know that a new must grab app awaits you in the Ovi Store right now: Swype. The revolutionary touchscreen keyboard that’s caused a stir on older Nokias and Android smartphones is now available on Espoo’s latest and greatest, and we’ve got all the details on it right here.
The native music app on the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be powered by 7digital, the invisible music download service behind lots of big brands. The 7digital native music app on the Samsung Galaxy Tab will let Tab owners search, discover, preview, purchase and download tracks on the go.
The best iPhone apps lurk in a jungle of fart programs and frankly bobbins bits of smartphone software sent to distract you from your true quest. But don’t worry because each month we’ll be giving you the heads up on the latest iTunes App Store inclusions to rise up out of the primordial slime and enter the species called best iPhone apps. Read on for this month’s glorious specimens…
Fight! Steve Jobs came out swinging at the Apple earnings call. We’re used to Steve Jobs Android hate but he was particularly vehement this time. He slammed the fragmentation of Google’s mobile OS, attacked tiny tablets and essentially put pay to the idea of an iPad mini. Still, after being caught out by the Steve Jobs misdirection machine in the past, we’re still not ruling out a smaller iPad…