News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Recent reports saying Twitter's popularity is declining might not be very accurate. Users of the micro-blogging social network are posting more messages than ever—as many as 50 million 140 character-long messages every day, the company on Monday announced in a blog post.
Daniel Ionescu | Feb 24, 2010
We already knew that 2010 will be the year of the tablet, thanks to rumours of an impending Apple tablet and all of the gear previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Now, a new report is backing that up with some hard numbers, saying that tens of millions will sell over the next 12 months.
Daniel Ionescu | Jan 21, 2010
Big hype didn’t equal big sales for Google’s Nexus One. Only 20,000 Google Nexus One phones were sold in its first week of sales, according to sales estimates from market research firm Flurry. By way of comparison, the NexusOne’s numbers are 12 times lower than for the Motorola Droid and 80 times lower than for the iPhone 3GS.
Daniel Ionescu | Jan 14, 2010
In a bid to become a more trustworthy source, Wikipedia will use color codes to indicate the reliability of an article's author. Called “WikiTrust,” the optional feature will assign a colour code to newly-edited text, based on the author’s reputation.
Daniel Ionescu | Sep 1, 2009
Apple’s upcoming operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, could arrive earlier than the expected September launch date. Multiple sources are reporting that Snow Leopard has now been designated “Gold Master” status, which means the OS is ready to ship to users.
Daniel Ionescu | Aug 17, 2009
The long-expected update to the Android operating system, version 1.5, has arrived. T-Mobile will be rolling out the new OS to existing G1 phones starting sometime next week. While you wait for your share of the software upgrade, take heart: There’s plenty to be excited about in the 1.5 release.
Daniel Ionescu | May 8, 2009
RealNetworks and Hollywood studios are squaring off in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco where Judge Marilyn Hall Patel will determine if the program RealDVD violates laws created to prevent the copying of DVDs that use digital-rights-management technology. RealDVD is a $US30 ($A40) software program that allowed you to copy DVDs onto your computer. Last year a judge halted the sale of the program.
Daniel Ionescu | Apr 27, 2009
After the leaked pictures of the Zune HD appeared on Saturday, more unconfirmed technical specifications of the device have now emerged. Microsoft's new portable media player is set to go neck-to-neck with Apple’s iPod Touch, as the specifications of the Zune HD make it a viable contender.
Daniel Ionescu | Apr 16, 2009
US carrier T-Mobile is set to launch two new devices running on the Google Android platform early next year. The wireless carrier will introduce a home phone and a tablet computer, both powered by Google's mobile operating system.
Daniel Ionescu | Apr 7, 2009
Contrary to recent speculation, Samsung will not announce a mobile phone based on Google’s Android mobile operating next week, the company says. The release of the Android-based phone has been delayed until the second half of this year, Samsung says.
Daniel Ionescu | Feb 13, 2009
Putting your thoughts in 140 characters and sharing them with the world is shaping up to be more popular than "digging" your favorite news. According to new market share numbers from Hitwise, Twitter, the popular microblogging service, is now more popular than Digg's social news aggregation service. Hitwise compared both sites in a report released this week and is basing the market share ranking by page views.
Daniel Ionescu | Jan 23, 2009
Have we entered the era of the netbook? For those not paying attention a netbook is an ultraportable notebook. It's also an ultra-affordable notebook most often priced below $800. In recent months the form factor has become so popular sales figures are rivaling Apple's iPhone, according to sales data.
Daniel Ionescu | Dec 11, 2008
App Store developers will now be able to reach customers in 13 new countries, according to an announcement on the iPhone Developer Program news page.
