Griffin: Griffin's Twenty audio amplifier lets you play audio from iTunes and AirPlay-enabled apps to an existing set of speakers using your Airport Express and Apple's AirPlay wireless protocol. The result is a solution that is an easy to setup streaming audio system powering your speakers via a low-profile, all-digital amplifier.An awesome gadget with only … Continue reading Griffin Twenty
Camera+ 3.6
Taptaptap: Are you that person who never takes a straight photo? Well, with this new level, you’ll never have to feel the frustration of taking a crooked shot again. And where levels in other cameras look like something out of a flight simulator, we went for a much different approach. We channeled the ghost of … Continue reading Camera+ 3.6
Nokia Maps to launch for free on iOS
Nokia press release: To further extend its location services, Nokia is launching a maps application for iOS under the HERE brand. Based on HTML5, it will include offline capabilities, voice-guided walk navigation, and public transport directions. The application is scheduled to be available for free download from Apple's App Store in the coming weeks.Great news. … Continue reading Nokia Maps to launch for free on iOS
Blackberry 10 to be launched in January
BBC: The next Blackberry smartphone, which manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) hopes can revive its fortunes, will be introduced on 30 January. RIM, once a leading name in smartphones, has struggled to keep up with the likes of Apple and Google in recent years. The new range will run on Blackberry 10, an upgraded operating … Continue reading Blackberry 10 to be launched in January
Text messaging declines for the first time in the US
NYT: In countries around the world, text-message traffic has been shrinking because Internet-powered alternatives are becoming so widely used. American carriers have fought off the decline — until now. For the first time, the American wireless market saw a decline in the total number of messages sent by each customer each month, according to a … Continue reading Text messaging declines for the first time in the US
Apple Store problems fall on deaf ears
Jean-Louis Gassé's piece in The Guardian: I came back from a trip on 2 November, the day the iPad mini became available, and immediately headed downtown. The new store is big, bold, elegant, even more so at night when the very bright lights and large Apple logo on its front dominate the street scene. (So … Continue reading Apple Store problems fall on deaf ears
Ofcom sets 4G rollout timeline for consumers to have multi-carrier options by June 2013
Ofcom press release: Ofcom has today published final regulations and a timetable for the 4G mobile spectrum auction – the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK. This new spectrum will be used to deliver superfast 4G mobile services to people in cities, towns and villages across the UK and will almost double … Continue reading Ofcom sets 4G rollout timeline for consumers to have multi-carrier options by June 2013