Google Chrome’s 17th iteration has just launched in public beta, adding a pretty swish new feature that guesses where it is you’re about go on the web. Read more
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Apple has opened iCloud.com, the iCloud web interface, to developers. The beta site includes new web apps for Mail, Calendars and Contacts along with the online version of the iWork suite. While we’ll have to wait until at least next year for the iTunes in the Cloud feature, iCloud is still due to launch in the UK this autumn and Apple has revealed UK prices for iCloud storage.
The first 5GB of iCloud data will be free but if you need more space, you’ll have a choice of 10GB for £14 a year, 20GB for £28 a year or 50GB for £70 a year. Those prices aren’t cheap but we suspect a lot of users will manage just fine with the free 5GB allocation. Music, movies, TV shows apps and books purchased from the iTunes Store along with the iCloud Photo Stream won’t be counted as part of the free storage.
Gears of War 3 may not be hitting the shops until September 20 but Xbox 360 owners will be able to get hands on with it well before then, when the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta starts next month. So lucky us – we’ve just had a play ahead of schedule. The best Gears multiplayer experience yet? Read on…
There is certainly a distinct advantage to owning an Android device — timely Google core app updates. In the latest Google Maps Navigation beta, Google has outdone itself with automatic routing based on real-time traffic conditions. The bottom line is that Google Maps Navigation is about to save you quite a bit of time on your daily commute.
Yesterday we dropped the scoop on Gears of War 3’s September 20 worldwide release date. Today, we have news on the upcoming public multiplayer beta launch. At Microsoft’s Xbox February Showcase event today, Microsoft made several key announcements.
While Minecraft is still in beta, the incredibly addictive open-world game that has obsessed us for months, has just passed 1 million users. That’s incredibly impressive for an indie game and it’s even more impressive that during it’s rise, the game has gone from largely the product of one man (the incomparable Notch) to supporting Mojang Specifications, a full-on development studio with multiple employees and other projects on the slate. Want to know why all the Minecraft chatter? Try our Minecraft review to see what the fuss is about.
Out now | $14.95 | Minecraft
The Firefox 4 Android and Firefox 4 Maemo apps have popped out of their alpha chrysalises and taken flight as beautiful beta butterflies. The app is up for grabs from Mozilla right now, packing Firefox Sync to keep your desktop and phone favourites in perfect harmony, support for add-ons, the Awesome Bar and pinch-to-zoom for multitouch phones. The Mozilla blog has all the features detailed in full and you can grab the app at the link below.
Out now | £free | Mozilla
Microsoft has launched Internet Explorer 9 in beta tonight, and we’ve had an advanced preview. We’ve already heard about the back end of Internet Explorer 9 - its performance speed due to it leaning on hardware capabilities and the like, so tonight’s all about the UI. We’ve had a full tour around the beta, so read on for all you need to know about the new Internet Explorer 9.