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Google / web

Google hits a record-crushing one billion users in May 2011

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 - by Pete Railton

New research reveals that Google and its empire of related website were used by more than a billion people for the first time last month. The landmark figure was thrust …

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Google / mobile apps

Google Maps top the UK connected mobile apps list

Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 - by Pete Railton

According to the latest figures, Google Maps is the most popular connected app in the UK, with an almighty 6.4 million Brits using the cross-platform app in April 2011.

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photography

Panasonic Lumix GF3 packs a ton of tech into its diminutive body

Monday, Jun 13, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Served up in a range of smart colours and sporting a curvaceous design that may give some traditionalists the shudders, Panasonic has taken the wraps off their new shiny new …

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computing / mobiles / Palm / portable

HP TouchPad gets official release date and UK/US pricing

Thursday, Jun 9, 2011Thursday, Jun 9, 2011 - by Pete Railton

HP has announced that its webOS TouchPad tablet is set to go on sale next month in Europe, the UK and the US.

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mobiles

View dusty old tomes from the British Library with a shiny new iPad app

Wednesday, Jun 8, 2011Wednesday, Jun 8, 2011 - by Pete Railton

British Library has launched a new app for the iPad which lets readers flick their way through thousands of historic publications from their vast archives.

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Apple / business / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / web

FT web app says ‘no thanks’ to Apple’s fat 30 per cent cut

Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Finding themselves not mindful to hand over thirty per cent of their revenues to Apple, The Financial Times has launched a sophisticated HTML5 Web app that lets users access and …

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computing / Palm / portable / video

HP Touchpad shows off its awesomely slick webOS interface

Thursday, Jun 2, 2011Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Apps may still be painfully thin on the ground for the webOS platform, but we’ve been blown away by this  video showing the super-slick HP Touchpad in action.

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Android / gaming / mobiles

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play arrives in the UK, piggy banks prepare to be liberated

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 - by Pete Railton

First announced back in February, the long launch delay has had gamers nervously twitching into their consoles for months, but now the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is finally being made …

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Apple / portable / software

Laptop thief gets worldwide exposure thanks to sneaky security camera app

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

When a steenkin’ thief sneaked into interaction designer Joshua Kaufman’s apartment and made off with his shiny MacBook, the burglar probably thought he’d committed the perfect crime – but a …

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Android / computing / portable

Asus PadFone tablet includes docking bay for companion smartphone

Monday, May 30, 2011Monday, May 30, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Apparently hovering in a ‘semi-concept’ stage is this curious smartphone-in-a-tablet offering from ASUS, known as the PadFone.

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Android / Google / mobile apps

Google Wallet: game-changing tech bids goodbye to paper and plastic money

Friday, May 27, 2011Friday, May 27, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

There’s some parts of your everyday life that you just know that the right technology could do better, and Google’s new Mobile Wallet looks to be a real game changer.

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business / mobiles

02 crowned as fastest mobile broadband, Orange squashed

Thursday, May 26, 2011 - by Pete Railton

O2 has romped home to bag the glory of being the fastest network for mobile broadband, according to the results of a new study by telecoms regulator Ofcom.

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Android / mobile apps

Beeb finally breaks out a slick BBC News app for Android

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s long overdue, but the folks at the BBC have finally got around to spreading the love Android’s way with the release of their  BBC News for Android app.

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Apple / iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Apple approves half a million iOS apps, mahoosive infographic released

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - by Pete Railton

When it comes to runaway tech success stories, they don’t get much bigger than Apple’s phenomenally successful mobile iOSApp Store, which has now seen a cool half a million apps approved.

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computing / hardware / portable

Dell XPS 15z (not so) thin notebook guns for the MacBook Air

Tuesday, May 24, 2011Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 4 Comments.

It looks like Dell is poised and ready to have another stab at the luxury, high end notebook market, with a rival to Apple’s MacBook Air coming up over them …

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