New addition to the globally popular BlackBerry Curve series is fast, easy-to-use, richly-featured and BlackBerry 6 ready Singapore – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry Curve 3G, an exciting addition to the popular BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones. Designed to provide the growing mass of smartphone purchasers with [...]
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21 Sep
Facebook denies building smartphone
Facebook has denied several reports that it is developing a smartphone, in a move which would up the competition between itself and major rivals, Google and Apple. Reports yesterday alleged that Facebook is developing smartphone software, according to a “source with knowledge of the project”. Yesterday TechCrunch, a technology specialist site, ran a saying the [...]
16 Sep
Twitter unveils multimedia-friendly redesign
Microblogging site Twitter will now support photos and videos shared by users directly from the Twitter homepage The new-look Twitter.com website will feature a multimedia pane, containing videos and photos that can be viewed from within the browser while also reading tweets The new-look Twitter.com website, which was unveiled last night, features a new viewing [...]
13 Sep
YouTube tests live video streaming
Google is testing live video streaming on YouTube, in a move that will challenge the likes of Livestream, UStream and Justin.tv Google has launched a two-day livestreaming trial on its video-sharing website, YouTube The two-day trial, in association with a number of content partners, including Rocketboom and Young Hollywood, is aimed at testing YouTube’s ability [...]
9 Sep
Nokia N8 to launch 1 October
Nokia’s long-awaited smartphone will finally launch on all networks on 1 Octobe Comeback kid: Nokia’s new N8 could be set to launch a fightback by the company The N8, first announced in April, will finally be available to consumers on 1 October, Nokia has disclosed. The smartphone, based on the Symbian 3 operating system, includes [...]
2 Sep
Apple event September 2010: New Apple TV, iPods and Ping social network unveiled
Apple has unveiled a new music social network that could rival Facebook and Twitter, as well as an Apple TV that can stream movies and television shows directly from the internet Steve Jobs announces a new touch-screen version of the iPod Nano Apple has thrown down the gauntlet to Facebook and Twitter with the launch [...]
2 Sep
Microsoft to increase Xbox Live subscription fee
The cost of subscribing to Xbox Live Gold will increase by £1 per month, Microsoft has confirmed Subscribers to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold service will have to pay an extra £1 per month from Nov 1 to play games online Microsoft has announced that it will be increasing the cost of subscriptions to its online [...]
28 Aug
YouTube adds movies on demand
Video service YouTube is adding more than 400 full-length films and starting a new movie category that it ‘hopes will grow in time’ YouTube has added a new section for on-demand movies More than 400 movies will be available on YouTube for viewers to watch in full for free, the website has announced. Titles on [...]
25 Aug
Facebook now ‘worth $33 billion’
Facebook is now worth as much as $33.7 billion, after investors have paid up to $76 for a share in the company ahead of its much-hyped flotation on the stock market, according to a report. The Financial Times has said that the implied valuation means that Facebook is now has a higher valuation than technology [...]
25 Aug
New Amazon Kindle sells out
Amazon‘s new eReader has sold out before it has even shipped to the public, according the retailer’s website Amazon’s Kindle eReader has sold out before it was supposed to ship to the public tomorrow. The £109 device, which can store up to 3,500 books and access the internet via an “experimental” browser, will not now [...]
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