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Month: September 2010

Android / mobile apps / mobiles / transport

We salute the Barclays/TFL London cycle hire scheme

Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Keen to catch up with the Pope protest on Saturday, I had my first go on the Barclays/TFL bike hire scheme, hopping on a free bike and dashing across town …

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photography

Panasonic Lumix GH2 16MP adds touchscreen, 1080p movies and 3D

Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 - by mike s

Panasonic has unveiled the latest member of its Micro Four Thirds G-series gang, the the Panasonic GH2, which supersedes the GH1.

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Foursquare 2.0 for the iPhone promises ‘Instapaper’ functionality

Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 - by mike s

They may be smarting from the recent launch of the heavyweight rival Facebook Places iPhone app, but Foursquare are pressing ahead with the own location-aware, social networking app.

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photography

Pentax slams down the K-5 dSLR: 16.2MP sensor, snappier AF, HD and enhanced HDR

Monday, Sep 20, 2010Monday, Sep 20, 2010 - by Pete Railton

With the big Photokina expo beginning to rev up in Germany today, some of the big guns are releasing details of their new products, and Pentax have taken the opportunity …

Pentax slams down the K-5 dSLR: 16.2MP sensor, snappier AF, HD and enhanced HDR Read More
Android / mobiles

Samsung Galaxy Tab gets the video promo treatment

Monday, Sep 20, 2010Monday, Sep 20, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Samsung are busy whipping up the PR for the forthcoming launch of their Galaxy Tab Android-powered tablet, and we’d say they’ve got a lot of froth to work with on …

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video

YouTube Play- top 125 videos announced for Guggenheim

Monday, Sep 20, 2010 - by Lee J.

The Guggenheim has announced its shortlist of videos for the YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video competition, which will now be put in front of their chin-stroking jury.

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audio / mobile apps / mobiles

We7 music streaming site serves up Android free trial

Monday, Sep 20, 2010 - by mike s

The UK-based  music streaming service We7 is ready to go head to head with Spotify and launch its  own Android app, offering a two-week trial of the full version to …

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photography

Fujifilm X100 pro compact packs Hybrid Viewfinder and looks fantastic

Monday, Sep 20, 2010Tuesday, Sep 21, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

With a classic design guaranteed to get old school rangefinders nuts like us dribbling torrents of sheer desire, Fujifilm have announced the stunning new X100.

Fujifilm X100 pro compact packs Hybrid Viewfinder and looks fantastic Read More
Android / Google / mobile apps / mobiles

T-Mobile HTC Desire Android 2.2 update arrives

Sunday, Sep 19, 2010Monday, Sep 20, 2010 - by mike s

Vodafone were first off the mark, offering HTC Desire owners on their network the much anticipated ‘Froyo’ Android 2.2 update back in August, and now T-Mobile has followed suit.

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photography / reviews

Panasonic Lumix LX5 camera – some street shots

Sunday, Sep 19, 2010Sunday, Sep 19, 2010 - by mike s - 6 Comments.

With London seeing a large protest against the visit of the Pope yesterday, we thought we’d take our new Lumix LX5 along and grab a few shots.

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computing / Google / open source / video

Google Labs gives video chat a quality boost

Saturday, Sep 18, 2010Friday, Sep 17, 2010 - by mike s

After bubbling away in Google’s Labs, an enhanced image quality option for video chat is now ready for public consumption.

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / web

Facebook Places – Foursquare-thumping ‘check in’ feature – hits the UK

Friday, Sep 17, 2010Friday, Sep 17, 2010 - by mike s

Facebook’s new Foursquare-crushing location-based feature, Facebook Places, has just launched in the UK, a month after hitting the USA.

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mobile apps / mobiles / Windows Mobile

Seesmic Twitter app on Windows Phone 7 looks truly sumptuous

Friday, Sep 17, 2010Friday, Sep 17, 2010 - by mike s

Suddenly, all the Twitter apps on our iPhones and Android handsets look a bit clunky and dated in the light of this shimmering, super-slick Seesmic app for Windows Phone 7.

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Apple / computing / mobile apps / reviews

Apple iPad and the news: the killer apps listed

Thursday, Sep 16, 2010Wednesday, Sep 15, 2010 - by hendo - 2 Comments.

Every cloud has a silver lining say cloud salesmen, and one side effect of my recent illness has been the opportunity to upgrade the apps on my iPad.

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web

Diaspora – open source Facebook competitor gets ready for release

Thursday, Sep 16, 2010Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 - by Lee J. - 3 Comments.

Billed as the, “privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network,” Diaspora aims to offer a Facebook-like experience, but without the lurking spectre of privacy concerns and general dodginess.

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