Google’s newest Chrome update, beyond being incredibly cool, could have huge implications in the way we as humans interact with one another. A new functionality not only allows users to translate speech directly to text via a microphone, but allows those results to be translated into 50 other languages (a few of which Chrome can already …
Apple Tests iOS 5 on the App Store
In a move that should surprise no one, Apple is testing iOS 5, the next version of its iPhone operating system, ahead of a big reveal in June.
App Store developer FutureTap discovered a mention of iOS 5.0 while looking over crash reports, according to 9 to 5 Mac. After a bit more digging, FutureTap found that an iPhone 4 and …
The Top 15 Royal Wedding Search Terms Infected with Malware
The folks over at Norton sent me an interesting list this morning: a compendium of infected “Royal Wedding” search terms.
Here’s a quick rundown of the most poisoned sorted out in percentages (e.g. how many bad eggs there are for every 100 results):
1. william and kate movie … 61%
2. princess diana death photos … 58%
3. prince
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GPS-Based App Automatically Plays Audio Alerts If You’re Near Severe Weather
Those affected by the recent storms in the South may want to check out the Global Alert Networks hands-free mobile alerts app. Available for Android and BlackBerry phones, the app runs in the background and uses your phone’s GPS chip to determine if you’re within range of severe weather. If so, it’ll send you an audio message that gets …
Apple May Have Purchased iCloud.com for $4.5 Million
Note to self: Purchase domain names with the letter “I” followed by an actual word, just in case. GigaOM.com is reporting that a company in Sweden named Xcerion that owns the iCloud.com domain has recently purchased CloudMe.com and renamed its iCloud service to CloudMe.
But why?
Apparently Apple bought iCloud.com from Xcerion to …
Now the Army Wants an App Store
No doubt Steve Jobs expected a lot of things when he launched the first iPod back in 2001, but the Army setting up its own App Store was probably not one of them.
Yes, the Army. An App Store. Because soldiers need apps too.
It’s called Army Marketplace, and the idea is that it serves two purposes: distributing software around a …
Sony Says PSN Credit Cards Encrypted, Not Personal Data
How did they know? What did they know? When did they know? You won’t get satisfactory answers to those questions, but you may gain insight into others with a new question and answer blog series about the PlayStation Network fiasco, launched last night by Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold.
While Sony has yet to apologize to …
Locationgate: South Park Takes on Apple and Steve Jobs
It just wouldn’t make sense if South Park didn’t have a say regarding Apple’s “ooooh, we’re not tracking you” thing. Gawker has the video available online here.
Ever since news broke that Apple is tracking iPhone users’ location, it’s unleashed a whole storm of controversy surrounding data privacy. The whole thing revolves around a …
The White iPhone Has Arrived
Did you hear that? It sounded like angels and choir bells to me. The white iPhone lands today.
What are you doing here still, reading this? Go get your butt in line if you want what no one else has.
(Psst, we heard they’re available at Best Buy.)
More on TIME.com:
Officially Official from Apple: ‘White iPhone Arrives Tomorrow’
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UPDATE! There Will Be No Tweeting at the Royal Wedding
Just to make sure guests aren’t going to be a pain in the royal you know what, Prince William and Kate Middleton will be jamming cellphones in the church when they exchange their vows. Nothing like a Rebecca Black ringtone going off at the moment of “I do.”
The 1,900 people packed inside Westminster Abbey (which will include …
Fring Brings Four-Way Video Chat to iPhone, Android
While Apple’s Facetime languishes with no new features, and Google’s Android continues to lack a native video chat app, Fring has gone ahead and added four-way video calls to its iPhone and Android apps.
The app is free for iOS and Android, as are video and voice calls to other Fring users. Fring makes its money by selling a FringOut …
Some Of the Data Lost in Amazon’s Cloud Outage is Gone Forever
Last Thursday’s Amazon SC2 cloud outage made life on the Internet more difficult than usual (what do you do? #1stworldproblems), and as the dust begins to clear we’re finally getting a better survey of the damage done.
The Register is reporting that 0.07% of the Elastic Block Storage (EBS) volumes comprising the US-East Region …