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Latitude Leaderboard: Does Google Want to Be the New Foursquare?
Google is expanding its reach across social media — first with Google+, now with Leaderboard, a new feature allowing users to earn points for checking in to a location via Google Latitude . Last week, Google launched an updated version of Google Maps for Android, equipped with the new feature similar to Foursquare. The company hasn’t officially said it ...
Latitude Leaderboard: Does Google Want to Be the New Foursquare?
Google is expanding its reach across social media — first with Google+, now with Leaderboard, a new feature allowing users to earn points for checking in to a location via Google Latitude . Last week, Google launched an updated version of Google Maps for Android, equipped with the new feature similar to Foursquare. The company hasn’t officially said it ...
Instagram Upgrade Introduces a Powerful New Feature
Take a look at your App Store icon, iPhone users, and if you’re an avid Instagram user, there’s a big surprise for you inside. Instagram just received a big upgrade, and it’s going to make your pictures on the social networking service look a lot better. The standout new feature is called Lux, and it can be a godsend ...
10 Free iPhone Apps You’ll Use Every Day
Everyone knows the iPhone isn’t just for making and taking calls — it’s a slim supercomputer at your fingertips, with the potential to improve your daily efficiency. But it can be a difficult task to sort through all of the available apps and find which ones can help, especially those that are free. Have no fear: We’ve compiled a ...
Twitter: Now You Can Tweet By Satellite
Twitter has announced a new partnership with major satellite providers to give their subscribers access to Twitter SMS, the original text-based Twitter service. According to a statement released Thursday, the company has partnered with Iridium and Thuraya, the world’s two largest satellite providers, to increase the number of people that can use Twitter SMS worldwide. The company said the ...
How Evi Compares to Siri: Evi’s Clever, Too, But Slow [VIDEO]
Getting Siri’s voice-recognition capabilities on your phone just became a possibility for Android users and a bit less expensive for iPhone users. Meet Evi — a $.99 app for iPhones and free for Android. For such a nominal price, don’t expect Evi to be on par with Siri. There are some major differences with Evi as opposed to the ...
Apple CEO Promises to ‘Dig Deeper’ on iPhone Factory Conditions
Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to employees that addresses allegations surrounding work conditions at its supplies factories, noting that the company “never turns a blind eye to problems in our supply chain.” According to a report by 9to5mac.com, Cook sent an email to Apple employees following an article the New York Times published on Wednesday that ...
RIM Co-CEOs Are Out, Heins Is In
Following weeks of speculation , it appears Research in Motion (RIM) is finally ready to oust Co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. The two are, according to a press release from RIM, stepping aside on Monday and will be replaced by company insider and former COO Thorsten Heins. Heins, who also joins the company’s board, is already listed as ...
Top 10 Tech This Week: CES Edition [PICS]
1. Samsung 55-inch OLED HDTV There were a couple of examples of the latest in OLED HDTV technology at CES 2012, and this one was from Samsung. It's a 55-inch display that looks simply spectacular, with rich, deep blacks, supersaturated color, extra sharp picture and it's thinner than my little finger. Look for this one to be available before ...
Samsung Galaxy Note Coming to AT&T [RUMOR]
Samsung Galaxy Note might be arriving to U.S. under AT&T’s wing, according to a photo unearthed by SamMobile. In the photo , Samsung’s tablet/smartphone hybrid is sporting the AT&T’s logo instead of the regular Samsung sign. The device should hit the U.S. market in the first half of this year, and the American version is rumored to come with ...
