Last month, Apple [AAPL] updated the MobileMe iDisk app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new update sneakily brings in the ability to stream music from your iDisk to your iOS based device. Any music that you upload to iDisk can now be accessed and run in the background on devices that run iOS 4.
This appears to go against what record labels are demanding in that when music is streamed, you need to pay a license fee.
Apple recently pushed a new version of their iDisk software. iDisk is Apple’s online storage service similar to Microsoft Skydrive and Google Docs. Quietly mentioned in the release note of version 1.2 is the ability to play music files from remote storage in the background. I say “quietly” because this capability is not among the bullet list of features. Only if you click the “More” button do you see this listed:
* Play audio from your iDisk while using another app
The Facebook app on Android devices hasn’t been that good. It just didn’t work as smoothly as some expected and lacked a few features. Thankfully an update has now arrived in the form of 1.3. The new update has native event viewing and video viewing and has also improved the layout.
Google [GOOG] launched Google Wave about a year ago in June 2009. A long beta test was done with the service which then finally opened up for general use. Since it fully opened the take up has not been the best and the service really hasn’t taken off like Google would have hoped for.
Another document has leaked that shows the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 along with five details of what is included in the new smartphone rumoured to 
Apple [AAPL] has already managed to patch the security hole found in the iPhone 4 PDF function. This particular security hole allows software such as Jailbreakme to work that in turn, allows you to run the 
The Clear iSpot is a mobile 4G hotspot designed to allow smartphones and tablets to connect to the internet at 4G speeds.
Vonage has launched a new iOS and Android OS based app that integrates with Facebook allowing calls to be made between friends who use the service.
Orange has confirmed that it will also be selling the newly announced BlackBerry Torch 9800. Confirmation of release dates and prices have been provided yet, but we suspect it will be on or shortly after August 12.
StarCraft II took a long time to arrive, but when it did just a few days ago, a staggering 1.5 million copies of it were sold in the first 48 hours.
The Motorola DROID Android 2.2 update is expected to start this week although the update will lack a few features that are to be found in other devices running the Froyo update.
ASUS is launching the ASUS Eee PC 1016p netbook soon. The new netbook falls in to the 1000 range of netbooks and therefore has a 10 inch screen.
Viewsonic could be joining the tablet race by releasing it’s own Android 2.2 OS based tablet. Stuff.tv reports that the tablet will have a seven inch screen and run Froyo.
