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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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Cellfish Marvel’s The Avengers Live Wallpaper Android App Reaches 1.3 Million Downloads
16 May 2012 2:05 PM | No CommentsNEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marvel’s The Avengers Live Wallpaper Android personalization app, created by Cellfish, has been downloaded 1.3 million times, driven by the massive success of Marvel Studios’ blockbuster movie. ...
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France Archive
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France says that Google collected private passwords during Street View mapping
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe question now becomes, how much trouble will Google get in for its wanton stealing of private data? You'll recall that Google was caught collecting data from people's open Wi-Fi access points, something the company just sorta brushed off. Google shrugged its shoulders and said, “meh, whatever, we didn't do anything wrong here.” If only the various governments of the world saw it that way. France, fresh off its World Cup farce, says that Google's Street View vehicles collected people's passwords as they drove about—not cool, no.
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Twilight-customized LG GD510 set to Eclipse all other phones in France
Posted on June 9, 2010 | No CommentsThink Apple and Android fans are hardcore? Those guys are mere lightweights compared to Twilight fanatics, who'll soon have a phone to call their own too. Coming with eight tie-in wallpapers and that embellished back cover, this version of the GD510 -- a thoroughly unexciting featurephone with ambitions above its 3-inch, resistive touchscreen station -- has just become available over in France, for free on contracts with Orange or in exchange for €199 ($238). As a bonus temptation, LG is also throwing in a free copy of Twilight: New Moon, though we doubt anyone buying this phone will have seen that movie less than a dozen times.
Twilight-customized LG GD510 set to Eclipse all other phones in France originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Quelle horreur! The 16GB iPad will cost 499 Euro in France?
Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
Some weird leaks over in Franceland point to the 16GB iPad costing 499 Euro (approximately $655, depending on how low the Euro can dip). These listings appeared on Fnac's RSS feed which means they may have been entered inadvertently and/or incorrectly.
No word on official availability or pricing but, as we recall, Apple postponed the international launch until the end of May
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Is this the greatest photo ever?
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsIs this the greatest photo in the world? Apparently so! It’s a 26-gigapixel (!), 220-degree panorama of Paris. If it’s not the greatest photo in the world, then, according to its photographers, then it’s certainly the largest. You have to visit the site to appreciate it, obviously. -
The madness continues: Paris airport installs full-body scanning machines
Posted on February 23, 2010 | No CommentsAnother international airport has adopted those full-body scanners that have proven to be so controversial. Paris' Charles de Gaulle has installed the machine on a three-month trial basis.
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France and Germany agree: Don’t use Internet Explorer if you want to be safe online
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsIn the intricacies of high-level European diplomacy, there's two things Paris and Berlin can agree on: Conan is better, and you'd better not be using Internet Explorer. A French government agency is now advising citizens of the French Republic not to use Internet Explorer because of security concerns. It's 2010, and we're still writing "IE isn't secure!" stories. Amazing.
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SFR becomes second Euro carrier to launch femtocell service
Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
Following Vodafone's lead, France's SFR has now become the second network operator in Europe to launch femtocell service for its signal-strapped customers. The Ubiquisys-sourced unit is being sold under the SFR Home 3G brand and runs €199 ($300), so you'd better really need a couple extra bars before you take the plunge -- though the good news is that they're not laying down any arbitrary restrictions requiring you to use it with SFR's DSL service. Coincidentally, SFR is minority-owned by Vodafone, so the move makes some sense -- so whether femtocells take off in Europe among any carriers without Voda interest remains to be seen.SFR becomes second Euro carrier to launch femtocell service originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Vodafone puts BlackBerry Storm2 up for 26 October preorder
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, RIM, Vodafone, GSM, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA, BlackBerry OS
And it's out. The BlackBerry Storm2 just made its first official carrier appearance with Vodafone. The promising followup to the much maligned BlackBerry Storm will be free on pay-monthly contracts from £35 on up. Specs include a 3.25-inch 360 x 480 pixel capacitive SurePress (new and improved) touchscreen display, 802.11b/g WiFi and 2100MHz UMTS/HSPA data, 256MB of flash memory (double that of the original Storm), 2GB of onboard memory with microSDHC expansion, 3.5-mm standard headset jack, 3.2 megapixel camera with video recording, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, and 1400mAh battery giving about 6 hours of 3G talk. BlackBerry OS 5 too, of course, when it lands on October 15th in the UK, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, and Spain -- France, Italy, and South Africa in time for Christmas.
Update: Now on official RIM page too with a detailed comparison against the original Storm.
[Thanks, James]
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Read -- Pre-orderVodafone puts BlackBerry Storm2 up for 26 October preorder originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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