We’ve known for a while that Amazon is launching its own App Store. The website for it actually was put online for a few hours it seems as users entering www.amazon.com/apps were taken to a web page showing 48 available apps, although each app redirected back to the homepage. Before you check it, we not note that /apps also redirects to the homepage now although there is a screen shot below.
Within the app store, a number of apps were found, some of which are a bit cheaper than the official Google Android Market and some were a little more expensive. We also note that a few apps were found to be exclusive to Amazon. [Read more…]
Nokia has released the Nokia Updater for Mac that allows Nokia users to get the latest updates for their smartphones. Previously, the software was only available on Windows.
NAVI is another Microsoft Kinect hack that pushes the boundaries of what the popular hands-free gaming controller can achieve.
Every couple of weeks, Android Developers releases details about the various versions of Android and which is the most popular. The reason for the release of this data is so that developers can see which version is most popular and then target either a specific OS, or perhaps decide it’s time to focus on the higher end of Android versions. The data was updated on March 15 and shows the percentage of Android versions with data gathered from devices that connect to the Android Market.
Apple rolled out iOS 4.3 recently and with that came the ability to use the iPhone 4 as a personal wireless hotspot for up to 3 users (generally a paid extra on your contract). What we didn’t know is that when connecting up to the wireless hotspot with a WiFi iPad 1 or 2, the GPS data is shared with the iPad and allows you to pinpoint where you are on a map.
Although it has never succeeded in getting prices down to $200, we now hear that ASUS are yet again attempting to get the netbook down to the $200 to $250 price point.
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 on Monday evening. Within the first 24 hours, the new browser had been downloaded 2.35 million times which works out at 27 downloads per second for that period of time.
Facebook has updated its Android app and along with the update, a number of new features have been added.
Verizon is dropping the $35 activation fee for those who purchase either a Samsung Galaxy Tab or Motorola Xoom on a month to month contract.
Motorola has officially announced a WiFi edition of the Xoom tablet. When launched, it will be made available across a number of leading retailers in the US which includes Amazon.com, Best Buy, Costco, RadioShack, Sam’s Club, Staples and Walmart.
Twitter has made a change to the settings page today that now provides an option to enable HTTPS by default for your Twitter account.
