Siri: What’s it like to have competition in your backyard?
Google has released its signature search app, Google Now, on Apple’s iOS.…
Google to Glass devs: ‘Duh! Go ahead, hack your headset’
‘We intentionally left the device unlocked’
Google might not want people selling its Google Glass Explorer Edition high-tech specs, but it has no problem with developers hacking on the hardware and software, if recent developments are any indication.…
Apple’s next OS X said to be targeted at ‘power users’
Tabbed Finder windows, multiple display improvements, more
Apple’s next version of OS X may provide welcome relief to users dismayed by the company’s seemingly inexorable evolution from computer manufacturer to consumer-electronics company, if unnamed sources speaking to 9to5Mac are to believed.…
Opera sues designer for leaking trade secrets to Mozilla
Simplified browser UIs in the dock
Norwegian browser maker Opera Software has filed suit against Trond Werner Hansen, one of its former developers, alleging that Hansen took trade secrets with him when he went to work with Opera rival Mozilla.…
Peak txt: 1.5 BEELLLION more chat app msgs sent than SMSes a day
Only spam and robots save phone texts from IM stampede
WhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger and other online chat apps handled more messages than telcos handled texts, says market research biz Informa.…
Apple to stage ‘Tech Talks’ roadshow
WWDC refugees will be served locally
After selling out its worldwide developer conference (WWDC) at a speed usually reserved for hit counters on Psy videos, Apple has hinted that those who want to get up close and technical with it will soon be served locally.…
New Google Play terms ban non-store app updates
Rug pulled from under Facebook’s auto-updates
Google has amended the policies of its Play app store for Android to prohibit third-party app update mechanisms, in a move seemingly designed to put the kibosh on a contentious feature being tested by Facebook.…
Ubuntu without the ‘U’: Booting the Big Four remixes
Raring Ringtail without the OS X/Unity stuff
Review It’s the end of April, so that means that there’s a new release of Ubuntu. Well, actually, no – it means that there are eight of them. Don’t like standard Ubuntu’s Mac-OS-X-like Unity desktop? Here’s where to look.…
Apple fanbois get one last chance to see spectre of Steve Jobs
Extra tickets printed after WWDC 2013 sells out in SECONDS
Apple has taken pity on fanbois who were too slow to buy a ticket to its 2013 Worldwide Developer Conference, which sold out in seconds.…
Mosaic turns 20: Let’s fire up the old girl, show her the web today
Grandmother to IE and Firefox, the web’s first popular browser
NCSA Mosaic – marking its 20th anniversary this week – was not the first web browser, but it was the first to be widely used.…
