Research in Motion will reportedly lay off 2,000 of its employees, or about 10 percent of its total workforce, according to a press release issued this morning. The move comes as part of a “workforce reduction” following the company’s rapid expansion which lead to quadruple growth in its team over the past five years.
July, 2011
The Facebook for iPad app we’ve been waiting for has been hiding under our nose the whole time. According to TechCrunch, the iPad code has been tucked away, hidden inside the current iPhone app and they’ve published screenshots to prove it. Ready to see Facebook for iPad in action? We’ve been told it’s “spectacular”.
The Summer holidays are truly here, and we have a great selection of the best Android apps to celebrate! Because there’s going to be an awful lot of people out there with plenty of free time on their hands, we’ve picked a few awesome games to keep your thumbs busy during those long, leisure-packed days.
With the new season kicking off in just a few weeks, we recently showed you how to stream the games straight to your laptop, tablet or phone, whatever the platform – legally. But that’s just one side to the story.
As you may or may not know, many people choose to stream games illegally over the internet, and increasingly, that’s become possible on phones too. Read on to find out how it’s done.
Samsung’s Galaxy R just leaked this morning, and it’s a budget version of the five star Galaxy S 2. Perfect if you want the same awesome functionality on a slightly more modest budget.
It’s the latest in a line of slightly lower specced but still undeniably awesome Android phones that come super cheap. Can’t afford the best? Check out the rest, with our guide to the budget alternatives to high end smartphones. Saving money has never been so much fun.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is officially touching down in the UK on August 4 but if you want to jump the queue and nab the Wi-Fi only model early, you can get it the day before from PC World. The store, along with its fellow Dixons-owned stablemate Currys, has an exclusive on the Wi-Fi only model will have stock ready to sell from 5pm on August 3.
Reg Hardware reports that the PC World store on London’s Tottenham Court Road will have its stash of new Samsung slates ready then and we’d expect others stores to be similarly prepared. Check out our Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 preview to help you decide whether it’s worth an evening tech shopping trip.
Out August 3 | £399 | PC World (via Reg Hardware)
Some examples of the new iMac pack a problematic hard drive. Apple has announced that it will replace the Seagate 1TB hard drives used in some 21.5in and 27in iMac models sold between May 2011 and July 2011 due to a risk that they could “fail under certain conditions”.
Apple says it has contacted affected iMac owners who provided valid email address when registering their machine but you can check yourself to see if your system is affected. Head to this page and enter your iMac’s serial number to find out.
Apple will replace affected drives until July 23, 2012. Getting a new drive doesn’t extend the standard iMac warranty and you’ll need to back up the contents of your hard drive before you let anyone meddle with your machine.
Out now | £free | Apple
Apple plans to set iCloud live for both Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5 in the autumn but developers got their hands on the desktop version over the weekend. Leapfrogging straight to Mac OS X 10.7.2, Apple has released the update to developers purely to use for testing the OS’s iCloud support.
The version does not appear to address any bugs or issues in Mac OS X Lion but instead adds iCloud to the Mail, Contacts & Calendars control panel. From there users will be able to choose what they want to be synced to the cloud and manage storage and backups.
Since Apple has badged the developer release as 10.7.2, it’s likely that Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1 will be an update for the rest of us with bug fixes and tweaks.
Out now | £NA | Apple (via AppleInsider)