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We’ve known the Apple TV has secrets since the first teardown back in September last year revealed its operating system was littered with references to other iOS devices. Now software sleuths have discovered code in iOS 5 that suggests the Apple TV’s Bluetooth abilities are about to be turned on.
While the most obvious consequence of adding Bluetooth support to Apple TV is the ability to use the Apple wireless keyboard to navigate menus and enter text, there’s more to it. The move would also make it possible to hook up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as well as a host of other peripherals. It also adds new impetus to talk of Apple TV app support and its future as a console…
The new MacBook Air will get a serious speed boost if the latest rumour about the next incarnation of Apple’s super-skinny laptop comes to pass.
After whispers around the highly likely prospect that the new model will get an Intel Sandy Bridge processor bump and a Thunderbolt port, the focus has moved to the flash storage with speedy new memory chips in the frame…
TomTom is rolling out version 4.0 of TomTom HD Traffic. It now reports 200% more traffic jams in rush hour, and delivers information to the TomTom device two minutes after a problem is reported on the roads. There’ll be no extra cost for existing TomTom users either. TomTom says: “Existing HD Traffic customers will experience the benefits immediately, without the need for any software upgrade.”
Out now | Free | TomTom
Facebook for Android is catching up with its iPhone alter-ego, adding new features in a major update. What can you expect from the social network’s Android arm? Read on to find out…
A new version of Facebook for Android has hit the Android marketplace. It adds the seriously important ability to browse your friends’ profiles and photo albums in the app. In the previous version of Facebook for Android, you’d have found yourself kicked out into the browser.
Being able to browse photos and profiles in the app means it’s now much easier to zoom in on photos, leave comments and share them. However Android’s Facebook app is still lagging in some other areas – you can’t access your inbox to send or receive messages and Events aren’t supported yet.
However, don’t worry too much Android fans, it took over a year for the iPhone app to get Event and the development of the Android version seems to be moving a lot faster. The original version was only released in September.
Out now | £free | Android Marketplace (via Techcrunch)
Facebook for Android is catching up with its iPhone alter-ego, adding new features in a major update. What can you expect from the social network’s Android arm? Read on to find out… Read more
Itching to get your hands on a PSP Go!? Well the deal just got a little sweeter. PlayStation Network honcho Eric Lempel has announced a hefty new PSP firmware update and its best feature is confined to the PSP Go.