Waze, an Israel-based mobile-apps start-up has issued a new free release of its iOS version of its app to let drivers report traffic conditions while still staying focused on the road. The app makes use of the iPhone’s proximity detector to activate voice recognition by waving a hand. It then asks a series of questions […]
Apple scaled up its legal attacks late this week with lawsuits againstSamsung both in the US and in Germany. The American complaint, details of which were filed in a Northern District of California court in San Jose on Wednesday and published on Friday, accuses Samsung of violating two patents that it had only just obtained […]
Sprint will soon begin an Upgrade Now trial that will give some of its subscribers the option to buy out the remainder of their contracts in order to upgrade to new hardware early, SprintFeed learned. The trial will only be available at corporate stores, and there are restrictions on who’s eligible. Fees will be determined […]
Microsoft has finally brought MSN for iPad to the US and Canada. It first appeared in the UK The app mainly presents MSN articles in a magazine-style format, divided into categories like News, Autos, Video, and Entertainment & Celebrities. An offline mode can be toggled for reading away from Internet access. An unusual feature called […]
To show their continued support for Nintendo, Two Tribes have outlined some of their strategy for bring the next incarnation of Toki Tori to the Wii U. In a recent update post, they discussed their previous support of Nintendo with the launch of the first Toki Tori as a download on the WiiWare download service […]
Streaming video startup Blip.tv has announced it will dropping the “.tv” from its name in the first of many steps to refresh and improve the company. Blip has also secured a $12 million round of funding to help see those improvement efforts through. “Our research actually showed that people didn’t really identify web series as […]
Google may be planning its first stand- alone retail store at its European headquarters in Dublin after a trial at a computer shop in London, according to a filing by the company. The Google Store would be open to the public and sell unspecified Google merchandise, the company’s Irish unit said in a local planning […]
On Tuesday, the Senate Transportation Committee voted to consider making texting while driving an infraction. Nine states have now completely banned the use of hand-held phones by drivers with at least 35 states prohibiting texting behind the wheel. Drivers today spend more time on the road than ever before, and Ford recognizes the need to […]
Google wrapped up and posted the finished version of Chrome 17 for the desktop on Wednesday. The new browser update takes site prerendering beyond just search results to include autocompletion. If the autocompletion in the address bar is headed towards a likely web address, the browser will start loading content in the background to speed […]
Motorola has teased about what new features will be coming in its next software update for its exercise device. The company has blogged that it soon will be adding the ability to wake the display from sleep mode with a wrist flick. It should also be supporting over 40 new activities. The new activities supported […]
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