Author Archive for Julian Horsey


Twitter Releases Major Mobile Web App Update

Twitter Update

Today Twitter has started to roll out a major new update for its mobile website application designed for touchscreen devices, and now uses HTML 5 together with other modern technologies. The new update brings the mobile website more in line

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Apple Removes iAds From Apps Designed For Children

iAds

It looks as though Apple might have made a move to remove iAds from Children’s iOS applications according to an email received by one iOS developer. It now seems that iAd slots in children’s app will now no longer be filled with adverts.

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Boxee Firmware Update 1.1 Brings New Browser And On Screen Controls

Boxee Firmware 1.1

Boxee has released a new firmware update today for its devices, Boxee 1.1.0.19036 which has brought with it a number of new features and tweaks to the Boxee service.  The main ones being a new browser and a new

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OCZ Launches Agility 3 And Solid 3 SSDs

OCZ Agility 3

OCZ has added two new ranges of SSD drives to its line-up with the launch of the Agility 3 and Solid 3 solid state drives (SSD). Both new ranges use the same MLC NAND Flash while taking advantage of

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Valve Releases Portal 2 Authoring Tools Beta

Portal 2 Authoring Tools

If you are a Portal 2 fan you might be pleased to know that Valve has just released a set of Portal 2 Authoring Tools in a Beta release, a version of the same tools Valve used to make

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Google Adds New App Discovery Features To Its Android Market

Android Market

Google has today rolled out a new update to its Android Market, which has brought with it five new ways to discover Android applications within the Market. Making it even easier to find great applications among the 200,000 apps supporting over 300 Android devices. Google’s

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Third Rail Innovative Clip-on iPhone Battery Pack

Third Rail Battery Pack iPhone

Third Rail have this week launched a new juice pack which has an innovative solution to removing the bulk from your iPhone, when the battery and extra power are not required. The Third Rail iPhone 4 case allows you

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Google Unveils Acer 11.6 inch SSD Chromebook For $349

Acer Chromebook

At Google I/O today Google has taken the wraps off its new Acer Chromebook system equipped with a 11.6 inch 1,366 x 768-pixel 16:9 screen and powered by an Intel Atom N570 processor supported by 2GB RAM. The new netbook is also equipped

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iKeyboard iPad Touch Typing Aid (video)

iKeyboard

Another interesting design concept has started it journey on Kickstarter looking to make the jump from concept to production. The iKeyboard designed and developed by Cliff Thier has been created to help assist iPad users touch typing on the

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Pioneer Unveils WWS-DT101 Multitouch Table

Pioneer WWS-DT101 Touchscreen Table

Along a similar vein to Microsoft’s surface table, Pioneer has today unveiled a new WWS-DT101 Touchscreen table, with a massive multitouch area of 52″. The new table is uses Pioneer’s prieraty software and technology, and is based on a Full HD

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Creative ZiiLABS Unveils ZMS-20 And ZMS-40 Processors (video)

ZiiLabs

The processor manufacturing arm of Creative, ZiiLABS has today unveiled two new processors it has been developing, the ZMS-20 And ZMS-40. The new processors have been specifically designed for the high-resolution Android tablets and are currently ZiiLABS most powerful Zii family of energy-efficient media

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Trillian 5 Pro Features Become Free On All Devices

Trillian 5 Pro Features

If you enjoy using the free version of Trillian on any of your devices you might be please to know, you will soon benefit from all Trillian’s professional features for free. Trillian have announced that this week they will roll

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