iPod and iPhone

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Filed Away for Future Claim Chowder

Christopher Dawson:

So when will Apple finally jump on the train? If Flash isn’t a
universal standard, it’s about as close as you can get for web
multimedia. […]
I give Apple a year until they cave. Android tablets will just be
too cool and too useful for both entertainment and enterprise
applications if they don’t.

Flash is cool and useful for [...]

APP OF THE DAY: Heads Up Navigator (iPhone)

AR WEEK: Real-time maps at your fingertips

This week we’ve gone a bit AR mad, so all of our Apps of the Day have got a whiff of Augmented Reality about them. Whether it’s mapping, games or Wi-Fi locators – we’ve got them all. This map-based offering is one of the best we’ve seen and one [...]

Firefox 4 to be final major Mozilla update

Versions to come thick and fast after

Ever wondered why Firefox is only just approaching version 4 after more than 6 years, when Chrome is up to version 9 in just over two years?
Well, it’s because Mozilla reserves numerical updates for major Firefox releases – or at least it has up until now. But, after the [...]

Speedball 2: Evolution iPad / iPhone hands-on

Ice cream, ice cream

Anyone of a certain age will remember 1990’s Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe fondly. Yeah, it may have come out in the year that Margaret Thatcher’s reign over Britain ended, The Crystal Maze began on Channel 4, and the first US/UK war in Iraq started, but most will tell you that the Atari [...]

Dell Venue Pro finally on sale in Britain

Windows Phone 7 handset finally lands

Better late than never – the Dell Venue Pro has finally made its way to Blighty, going on sell directly from Dell.
Scheduled originally for a November 2011 release, the QWERTY packing Windows Phone 7 device is now available to order online for a hefty ?459 (SIM free and unlocked).
Touted as [...]

Augmented reality at work – advertising and retail

AR WEEK: The future of online shopping

By 2015, global revenues from augmented reality applications and services are expected to reach $1.5 billion. That’s a lot of money for something often branded as a gimmick.
AR’s been around for over 20 years in one form or another but it took the rise of certain video site to [...]

Gameloft hooks up with Unreal Engine for new mobile games

Four Epic titles to hit in next two years

Epic’s Unreal Engine seems set to continue its mobile gaming assault after French publisher Gameloft announced that it will be using version 3.0 of the game engine in four upcoming titles to be released over the next two years.
Released for iOS devices back in December last year, [...]

The best iPad 2 videos on the ‘net

Soon, everything will be revealed. Until then…
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Another Apple device announcement is rapidly creeping up on us like a Dickensian pickpocket, with much the same end result; a rapid emptying of wallets. And, of course, that means that fanboys and [...]

Facebook movie loses out at the Oscars

The Social Network fails to nab the top awards

Despite being nominated for eight statues, The Social Network (aka the Facebook movie) failed to scoop any of the major Academy Awards – losing out to The King’s Speech in both the Best Picture and Best Director categories
David Fincher’s adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book (The Accidental Billionaires) [...]

10 augmented reality tricks to try right now

AR WEEK: Webcam and printer at the ready

Augmented reality is all very well on paper but, if you really want to know what it’s about, the best thing to do is see it with your own eyes. Fortunately, some web apps, the odd bit of software, Adobe Flash, your webcam and your office printer are [...]

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