No, we’re not joking. NASA has just revealed details of a satellite “the size of a bus” due to collide with the Earth’s surface sometime tomorrow. The worst bit? It could land “almost anywhere”. Time to don your tinfoil hat and head to the cellar.
September, 2011
Clear your schedule. In just under two weeks’ time, on Tuesday, October 4, Apple will officially unveil the iPhone 5.
That’s according to respected Tech Blog All Things Digital, which says Apple will hold a media event to showcase its new mobile, citing “sources close to the situation.”
The BBC website is one of the most-used in Britain. Now, it’s preparing for a tablet-friendly makeover. The debate rages over on Twitter as to whether it’s a winner or not, with lots of graphics, sliding icons and finger-friendly controls, and less of the old fashioned BBC structure in place. What do you think? Fire it up on your desktop or tablet at beta.bbc.co.uk/#bbchomepage
Our favourite new feature? The analogue clock, with gloriously retro ticking second hand. Navigate away from the page for a few seconds, then head back to see it flick neatly back to the present time. It’s the little things that please us…
Nikon’s countdown clock was actually out by several hours, but it’s finally made those mirrorless camera systems official anyway: behold the Nikon J1 and V1, snappers with compact size and snazzy lenses you can switch out at will. They can even take photos before you press the shutter button – seriously.
The HTC Rhyme Android phone has just been unveiled in New York today, and it’s a HTC Desire S with a twist. A new look and a new version of HTC Sense are part of that facelift, but it also sports a very curious accessory: its own “charm” cube, which plugs into the headphone jack and flashes for alerts. Ideal if you dump your phone in a handbag, supposedly.
Last week, group messaging service WhatsApp started cryptically talking about mangoes on its Twitter feed, prompting speculation that the popular IM client was poised to launch with the latest version of Windows Phone 7, dubbed “Mango”. Today, reports have hit the web that the app has already surfaced on the Marketplace.
Oh ho. What’s this? Nikon is teasing a launch of something online over at the dubiously named iamcomings.com, with a countdown ending at 4pm tomorrow UK time. It doesn’t usually resort to this for a fancy new DSLR though – so could this finally be the Nikon mirrorless camera system we’ve heard so much about?
