Virgin Media seems likely to join the likes of BT Openzone, T-Mobile and The Cloud by launching its own UK-wide Wi-Fi network. The company is reportedly plotting a network of “tens of thousands” of hotspots, each one linked to its super fast fibre optic cable system.
November, 2010
The Motorola Milestone 2 is a tad late to the party: its US equivalent, the Droid 2, has been on sale since the Summer, and Android 2.3‘s release is just around the corner. But it’s still one of the only Android phones you can buy with a bona fide slide out physical keyboard, and if that’s a necessity for you, still very much worth a look. Read on to find out why here in our full Motorola Milestone 2 review.
Apple doesn’t take iPad and MobileMe security seriously enough according to a leading US cyber-security expert. John Bumgarner, CTO at the security research think-tank, the US Cyber Consequences Unit, spoke to Electricpig about Apple, MobileMe, the iPad and iTunes and wasn’t at all complimentary. Read on to find out why he believes MobileMe and iTunes are almost open goals for hackers…
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Fresh off a weekend of R&R, it’s that time again for your morning US update of things you might have missed on my side of the pond. Breaking headline this morning was Groupon entering the digital music store game, Google Docs going mobile, Apple saying no to Snuggie Porn and more.
The Google Nexus One has reportedly taken the lead as the front runner in the race to be the first phone running Android 2.3, Gingerbread. Up until late last week that title belonged to the Samsung Nexus S, but now it looks like the Nexus One will be the first Android 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 phone.
It’s official, Angry Birds 2 has been confirmed by Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka and not just for your mobile device. At the Virtual Goods Summit in London, Vesterbacka revealed that Angry Birds 2 would be making its debut on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii as well.
Apple’s peculiar way of thinking when it comes time to approve apps has left behind a new causality – Snuggie Porn. In the latest twist in the App Store saga, Lex Friedman, author of The Snuggie Sutra, has learned that just because Time magazine likes your book, doesn’t mean Apple likes your app.
The power of Google Docs is coming to your pocket thanks to support for mobile browsers. The move to take Google Docs mobile was a long time in the making, but thankfully the day has arrived. So what’s so special about Google Docs in a mobile browser?