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PayPal iPhone App Update Allows Photo Check Deposits [New PayPal App Update Allows You to Transfer Checks By Photograph Alone]

By on Friday, 8. October 2010

Those of you who use PayPal and pack an iPhone may already use the PayPal iPhone App but, just in case you’ve held back from installing the App there’s now another reason to potentially give it a go as an App update (v2.7) now allows PayPal users to deposit checks [...]

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Wii Remote Plus Release Date & Price Confirmed [Wii Remote Plus To Come Bundled with Wii Sports Resort, To Hit Japan November 11]

By on Friday, 8. October 2010

Having initially given you a heads up concerning Nintendo’s Wii Remote Plus back last month – which serves to combine the Wiimote with an integrated Wii Motion Plus attachment – we can now confirm both the release date and pricing of the Wii Remote Plus for those of you residing [...]

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HTCSense for Android Now Live [HTC’s HTCSense Portal for Android Smartphones Now Available, Free to Register But Supported Handsets Limited]

By on Thursday, 7. October 2010

HTC’s online portal for Android smartphones, known as HTCSense, which was announced back last month – see here for our inital HTCSense heads up – is now live and it’s free to register though, sadly, the number of supported handsets HTCSense presently supports is pretty restricted at this juncture (and [...]

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HTML5 Not Ready for General ‘Open Web’ Deployment Says W3C [HTML5 Suffering 'Interoperability Issues', W3C To Implement API Changes as Cross Browser Functionality Still Not Perfected]

By on Thursday, 7. October 2010

Whilst few (and especially Apple) would refute that HTML5 is the future of the web (Apple, you may recall, see HTML5 as an outright replacement for Abobe’s Flash – not that Adobe are not opening embracing the HTML5 standard themselves) it seems HTML5 is still not ready for full web [...]

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Nokia E-Cu Concept Phone Charges in Your Pocket [Nokia E-Cu by Patrick Hyland Utilises Heat Conductive Charging System Allowing Body Heat to Replenish Battery]

By on Thursday, 7. October 2010

Manufactures and, in particular, cell phone manufactures embracing eco friendly technologies is nothing new, after all we’ve already seen phones with embedded solar panel and, specifically with respect to Nokia, we’ve seen patents that pave the way for the use of kinetic derived power (aka their Piezoelectric Kinetic Energy Harvester) [...]

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Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 Demo Release Pending [Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 Demo for PS3 & Xbox 360 Set to Hit Next Week]

By on Thursday, 7. October 2010

Star Wars fans into console gaming need to update their diaries (with view to pulling a sicky from work, surely not) as LucasArts have acted to confirm the release date for the PS3 and Xbox 360 demo of Star Wars Force Unleashed 2.

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Nokia N8 UK Release Date Confirmed [UK Nokia N8 Available Next Week with UK Networks Set to Offer N8 From 22nd October]

By on Thursday, 7. October 2010

Those of you who have been patiently awaiting the release of the much hyped Nokia N8 flagship smartphone in the UK, following the N8′s release having been significantly delayed, will doubtless be relieved to know that your wait is almost over as the 3.5-inch touchscreen, 12 megapixel packing Nokia N8 [...]

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PS3 Netflix Streaming App (aka Disc Free) Available Imminently [Netflix PS3 App Due 'This Month' Confirms US PlayStation Blog's Jeff Rubenstein]

By on Thursday, 7. October 2010

Following on from having advised you of a new partnership between Netflix and NBC Universal and having offered iPhone 4 and iPod 4G owners a heads up concerning a Netflix App update that offers video out capabilities for said devices (the iPad already has such functionality of course) we can [...]

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Netflix iPhone App Update Offers Video Out Capabilities for iPhone 4 & iPod 4G [iPhone/iPod Netflix App Update Offers “Stunning” Video Output Quality Suited for Large Screens]

By on Wednesday, 6. October 2010

Those of you who pack either an iPhone 4 or a 4th Gen iPod and who subscribe to Netflix may be interested in the availability of an update to the Netflix App that, should you own one (or both) of the aforementioned devices, offers up video out support allowing you [...]

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Google TV Apps Video Showcases CNBC App, Netflix & Amazon [Video of Google’s Internet Connected TV Platform in Action, You Tempted?]

By on Tuesday, 5. October 2010

Just yesterday Robert gave you a run-down concerning exactly what you can expect from Mountain View’s take on TV, namely Google TV, and specifically what you can expect in terms of Apps from the service that’s set to launch in the next few days and now you can see a [...]

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