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Google Updates Google Plus for iPhone
Google has released an update to the iOS version of their Google+ app, giving iPhone users the option to instantly upload photos from their device to the social network. The feature has been part of the Android app since launch, but until now has been missing from the iOS version. The latest update, available to download from the Apple App Store, also brings the 'What's Hot' stream, letting you see the latest trending posts, as well as see who +1'd...
Landline to Mobile Call Charges to Drop by 85 Percent
The wholesale cost of calling a mobile phone is to drop by 85 percent, slashing up to £800 million from landline phone bills. The price drop will lower the wholesale cost of calling a mobile phone down to 0.65p per minute by April 2015. The price drop is incremental, and has been staged from April last year, however there are concerns that the cost savings are not being passed on to customers. According to Vodafone, whilst the wholesale cost of...
Spotify for iOS Now Streaming Music at 320Kbps
Spotify has delivered an update to their music streaming app for iOS devices, now offering Spotify users the chance to stream music tracks at 320Kbps. The new 'Extreme quality' mode is available to Spotify Premium users, giving users of the Apple iPhone and iPad the option to hear music at the same quality available through the Spotify desktop client. Previously the iOS app offered music streaming at low quality 96Kbps, or high quality 160Kbps. After downloading and installing the updated...
Nokia Transport App Goes Live for Nokia Belle
Nokia has announced the commercial release of the Nokia Public Transport app, a plug-in application for Nokia Maps, that lets users on the Nokia Belle OS access public transport information for a number of major cities worldwide. The Nokia Public Transport app shows the most convenient way to navigate across 80 major cities, showing the nearest metro station, local trains and bus routes, removing the need to carry extra paper maps and timetables. Once loaded, you can search for your...
Nokia Lumia Taxis Offer Free Rides for Social Media Week
As the global sponsor for Social Media Week, Nokia has decided to brand London cabs with Nokia Lumia branding, which will be offering free rides to passengers during the week of the event. Social Media Week started today, 13th February, and runs until the 17th. The cab can be hailed for a ride if you see it roaming around the streets of London, or you can try to book it via the Nokia_Connects twitter account. Whilst it may seem an...
Mobile Phone Thefts on the Rise
The rise in popularity of smartphones has had an unwelcome side effect, as thefts of mobile phones has risen to more than 300,000 a year, with police stating that figure is still rising. A large number of thefts are snatches, where youths as young as 13 are riding past people using their phone on bicycles or riding pillion on mopeds and snatching them out of people's hands. As mobile usage is more web browsing and texting these days than calling,...
Google Planning Android Home Entertainment System
Google is said to be planning the launch of a Home Entertainment system that will be controlled by Android smartphones, which could be available to buy later this year. The system was mentioned a a possibility at the Google I/O event back in May 2011, and now, according to the Wall Street Journal, such a system is almost ready for commercial release. The Android @ Home service will play songs via the recently launched Google Music Player, all controlled via...
HTC to Bring ICS to Sensation Range in March
HTC have previously suggested that Android 4.0 would be rolled out to HTC smartphones in early 2012, and now they have confirmed via their Facebook page that the HTC Sensation range will be getting it first, starting from March. Whilst this is good news for owners of HTC Sensation handsets, it is less so for other HTC device owners, who will have to wait until later on in the year to get an Ice Cream Sandwich update for their phones....
Send Messages to your Valentine with O2 Cupid Brothers
O2 are running a social media campaign for St. Valentine's Day, providing a 'digital love nest in the clouds', which sends users' tweet messages via personally recorded YouTube videos. The videos will be recorded by two 'non-identical twin' O2 cupids, which can be seen in the videos below. To send a message, you just simply Tweet the message that you want the O2 Cupids to read out to @O2, using the hashtag #O2Cupid. Each message sent will be recorded and...
Motorola to Launch Motoluxe in UK
Motorola has announced plans to launch the Motoluxe in the UK, an ultra-thin Android powered smartphone. The Motoluxe incorporates Motorola's MotoSwitch UI, an updated interface that learns from the way you use your phone, making it quicker to access most called contacts and most frequently accessed apps. The Social Graph feature learns your most frequently used contacts and will populate the homescreen with that relevant content. The Activity Graph learns from the apps you use most often, and changes shortcuts...
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