Are you dreading the day when the Wikipedia appeal banner makes its return? Does the phrase “A personal appeal from Jimmy Wales” give you nightmarish visions of the penetrating stare of Jimmy Wales driving you to involuntarily throw hard cash at the screen in an attempt to make his face go away? Well, turns out that banner has been tested alongside a whole host of other banners, and it’s his face that was most successful in getting you to dig deep.
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The Pure radio web portal, The Lounge, is getting a major overhaul. It will include rebranding of The Lounge, plus the addition of social networking functions like Facebook and Twitter. Search functions will also be improved, and there’ll also be better integration of the Pure cloud based MP3 download service Flow Songs. This is good news to our ears, as The Lounge, and Flowsongs could be much improved with a decent overhaul and the addition of some spangly new features. There’s no date for when The Lounge 2 will go live, but we’re expecting it in the next few months, so keep your ears peeled for more news.
Just because that tablet you’ve got your eye on is running Android doesn’t mean you’ll be able to access the Android Market. While the criteria are complicated, there are a number of telltale signs that should give you an idea of whether that tablet runs Android Market or a wonky alternative Android app store. Click through for our easy ten point checklist.
We’re quite over-excited about the imminent arrival of the Papa Sangre iPhone game. It was originally slated for release in late summer, but has been held back by the various niggles that you’d expect when designing a type of game that has never existed on iPhone before. But the wait is nearly over: Papa Sangre has been submitted to Apple, and will be with us as soon as it’s passed the App Store testing procedure.
Exclusive: The Advent Vega Android tablet is shipping, even if only to a few people. See the proof: one of our readers has one, and has unboxed it for us on camera. Click through to see the gallery.
UPDATE: Want even more info? Check out our ultimate guide to Sony Ericsson LiveView
We reported that the Sony Ericsson LiveView Android touchscreen remote was now up for sale earlier this week, but that Amazon listed shipping date was way off. The iPod nano-esque clip ons are being dispatched already, and if you need further proof, one of our readers has got one. Read on to find out just how it works in practice.
The Advent Vega will not be on the shelves at Dixons today, as was planned. Instead, it will be arriving later in the week, and should be on the shelves by the weekend.