Apple iBooks includes a number of treasure troves of excellent free publications. If you’re planning on getting your head around iOS development in 2011, you can nab a fistful of Apple Developer Publications for free.
Search for “apple developer publications” on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and you’ll find the six books that are available right now. Let us know how you get on if you do start wading through the iOS developer guides, they’re not exactly light reading!
A UK porn ban could be on the cards as the government prepares to meet ISPs in January to discuss a requirement for users to specifically request access to porn rather than just being able to plug rude terms into the search engine of their choice. The thinking behind the plans is based on the “think of the children” rational.
Conservative MP Claire Perry told the Sunday Times: “We are not coming at this from an anti-porn perspective. We just want to make sure our children aren’t stumbling across things we don’t want them to see.” Is this a slippery slope to censorship or simply good sense? Let us know by clicking on the headline and getting involved in the comments.
The HTC HD7 is O2′s finest smartphone right now, and it can be yours for free with a small amount of effort and a bit of a PVA glue. Yup, we’re giving one away in our latest competition. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is make us your own DIY gadget, be it a cardboard Kinect, a PlayStation Move made from bog roll or even a Tupperware iPhone 4 that actually loses signal when you grip it. You can see the rules here, and to serve you with some inspiration, here’s one of our best entries so far: a digital photo frame made out of an aging Dell laptop.
The Google TV rollout is being delayed by Google as it struggles with software issues that have led to lukewarm reviews and high user returns. Google TV devices from Sony and Logitech are already out in the US but an avalanche of other Google TV products from LG, Toshiba and Sharp were meant to be unveiled at CES 2011. It now looks like that’s no longer the case…
Morning all, here at Electricpig we’ll be spending the next two days wrapping up for Christmas. Normal service will resume in the first week of New Year, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be updating here. Over the Christmas period, from this Wednesday until January, we’ll be bringing you everything you need to get through Christmas stress free, from last minute techie presents to what to watch out for in 2011. If you’re getting a gadget for Christmas, be sure to check in, as we’ll have everything you need to get the best out of your new toy.
The Facebook iPhone app has had a serious overhaul. That’ll please iPhone and iPod touch owners who’ve got used to frequent crashes and other bothersome bugs. The Facebook iPhone app update doesn’t bring any new features but the list is littered with tweaks that should mean you have fewer headaches using it…
The Nokia C3 Touch and Type could be right up your street, if you’re after a candybar phone but fancy a touchscreen as well. With A stylish metal body, big, usable buttons and an affordable price tag, it’s also the perfect pressie for Christmas for the technophobe in your life. Read on for the full verdict in out Nokia C3 Touch and Type review.
Roll up, roll up, it’s our end of the day news roundup. Come one, come all and see what you’ve missed these past few hours from brand new apps to headphones and beyond.
