Software Updates Archive

  • New Version of iOS Includes Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Twitter Integration Among 200 New Features

    Posted on June 6, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Microsoft Kin handsets might get IM support in the future

    Microsoft Kin handsets might get IM support in the future

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Back when Microsoft’s teen-oriented Kin 1 and Kin 2 social networking phones were announced, we were a bit surprised to find out that they lacked what most would consider a pretty standard feature: instant messaging. Or at least, we would have been surprised, had we not found out many of the Kin’s shortcomings months [...]

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  • BlackBerry OS 5.0 upgrade now available for the Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630

    BlackBerry OS 5.0 upgrade now available for the Verizon BlackBerry Tour 9630

    Posted on March 30, 2010 | No Comments
    Man, it's a big day for ol' Red when it comes to software updates. All signs are indicating that the near-mythical Android 2.1 update for the Droid is beginning to trickle out right this second, and now they've announced that the BlackBerry Tour 9630 is getting bumped up to OS 5.0.

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  • Microsoft sez that software updates make releasing a new console soon unlikely, unnecessary

    Microsoft sez that software updates make releasing a new console soon unlikely, unnecessary

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
    You knew this already, but Microsoft told the Guardian at CESlast week that there won't be an Xbox 360 2 ("Xbox 720") anytime soon. Microsoft would have told me this, too, but I wasn't able to make my scheduled meeting. (My adidas meeting went much longer than I thought it would, if you want to know why. You probably don't.) The point is, between software updates and Project Natal, we're going to be stuck with the Xbox 360 for quite some time.

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  • Verizon will push software updates to the Samsung Intensity and Trance beginning tomorrow

    Verizon will push software updates to the Samsung Intensity and Trance beginning tomorrow

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    If you're one of the 600,000 people who bought a Samsung Intensity (SCH U-490) or Samsung Trance (SCH U-450): good news! You've got an over-the-air update coming your way. One of our sources just came through with the patch notes for both handset's respective updates, which are scheduled to begin as early as tomorrow.

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  • RIM is working on a WebKit browser for BlackBerry, and they need help

    RIM is working on a WebKit browser for BlackBerry, and they need help

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    RIM is good at plenty of stuff: As any sore-thumbed business-type could tell you, they’ve got the whole email thing down. They can pump out software updates for a bunch of handsets at an outright impressive pace. With the BlackBerry Storm2, they’ve shown people that they can build the touchscreen device everyone thought they were [...]

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  • Socialtext Microblogging Appliance is Twitter in a box

    Socialtext Microblogging Appliance is Twitter in a box

    Posted on July 14, 2009 | No Comments
    As if the world needed more microblogging services we present the Socialtext Microbloggin Appliance, a rack server that basically builds out social networking and microblogging applications instantly inside an Intranet. Instead of relying on outside services like Yammer, Facebook, and AdultFriendFinder, your employees can tweet or whatever you want to call it all from the comfort of your offices and you have complete control of the drivel they spew. The device costs $1 per user per month along with a small$1000 fee for the appliance. You can also try their Free 50 offer right now if your unsure if you want to allow this sort of frippery on your plant floor.

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  • Five Things Google’s Chrome OS Will Do for Your Netbook

    Five Things Google’s Chrome OS Will Do for Your Netbook

    Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Chrome OS, Google’s newly announced computer operating system, is coming this autumn and promises to revolutionize netbooks and other underpowered machines. Essentially, the OS is a small, fast-booting platform whose purpose is to run a browser, and from there all the Google apps and other web services you know and love. But why bother? Your [...]

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  • Apple TV Update Adds Remote Gesture Control

    Apple TV Update Adds Remote Gesture Control

    Posted on June 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple has updated the software for both Apple TV (v2.4) and the iPhone Remote App (v1.3). Users will see little, though, unless they use both together. When used in conjunction, you can now control the Apple TV by using swipe gestures on the iPhone (or iPod Touch). As befits a remote control, the gestures are easy [...]

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  • The iPod Comet and third-parties: Apple “scares” Pre owners with iTunes threats

    The iPod Comet and third-parties: Apple “scares” Pre owners with iTunes threats

    Posted on June 17, 2009 | No Comments
    The iPod Comet orbits the Earth in a bi-annual rotation, bringing new devices and attendant accessories into our view every Spring and Fall. The constellation is followed by a set of third-party developers and manufacturers who bolster the cloud as it swings into view and then disappear as the excitement wears off, relegating the devices [...]

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