Scott Forstall, SVP iPhone Software unveiled the updated iPhone OS. The OS is touted to be equally beneficial to developers as well as customers. In addition to the existing APIs, Apple will be offering 1000 new APIs to developers to develop better apps for the iPhone. There are a lot exciting features for the […]
Opera Turbo for Desktop now available for download
Opera has released a testing copy of its server side optimized Turbo enabled Opera browser. The browser, as we all know, works pretty much like Opera Mini which sends the requested website to Opera servers for optimization and brings back the compressed version of the website. I am currently trying it out and the […]
IE8 now removable in Windows 7
Owing to the pressure for curbing monopolistic practices and also many disgruntled IE users, Microsoft has now added an option to remove IE8. The option was discovered in the Windows 7 build 7048, which means that this option could be very much present in the upcoming RC release. However, this won’t be a complete […]
Video: Nokia 5800XM gets multitouch
With the multitouch patent very much in Apple’s hands, most of the companies have stayed away to integrate multitouch in their phones. This has led developers to take the task in their own hands. Jamie Fuller, an S60 developer has announced his new project of bringing multitouch to Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic phone. His proof […]
Apple Safari 4 Beta now available for download
Apple has announced the downloadable beta version of Safari 4 browser. Apple claims the browser now has more than 150 features and with the new Nitro engine, it can load JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. I am trying it right now and I feel it’s a better version of Google’s Chrome, which […]
Mozilla Fennec now available for Touch Pro
Mozilla has let loose its Fennec browser for the Touch Pro users to try it out. If you’re not a big fan of IE Mobile and want to rest Opera for a while, you can give it a shot. A word of caution though; it’s a pre-alpha build so expect bugs to hinder your […]
iPhone Dev releases tethered jailbreak tool for iPod Touch 2G
The temporariness must be the reason iPhone Dev released the iPod Touch 2G jailbreak solution silently. Anyways, people seeking desperately to jailbreak the player can head over to RedSn0w to download Redsn0w Lite. The ‘Lite’ tag along with Redsn0w denotes it as a tethered jailbreak, meaning you need to run the jailbreak commands each […]
Microsoft has confirmed different SKUs for Windows 7
The dreaded nightmare for many has turned out to be true. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available in different flavors, so as to target different audiences. In all, there will be 6 variants – Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets), Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, […]
Google GDrive gets a description
GDrive might reach us anytime now. Brian Ussery found an interesting tidbit when he delved into a file used in the Google Pack. It had some reference to GDrive. According to the file, the service was described as an online file backup and storage, making it certain that Google is on its way to […]
Firefox Mobile aka Fennec to come to HTC Touch Pro
Good news WinMo fellas or rather Touch Pro users, Mozilla will be releasing its Fennec mobile browser for HTC’s Touch Pro phone in the first week of February. Yes, this will be limited to single WinMo device but at least, that’s a start. I am sure as soon as the app is released, coders […]