Ahleen is a tech columnist who has written about a wide range of technology from high-end mobile phones to electronic diapers. She is a graduate of Mass Communication and is a certified nerd.
Today, Microsoft brings in the Xbox Live Fall update which introduces access to social networking sites Twitter and Facebook and internet radio service Last.fm. With the new Twitter feature, gamers can now post tweets through Xbox Live. Gamers can now also share photos and in-game screenshots , as well as view friends’ updates with the [...]
Continue reading →Earlier this month, T-Mobile experienced a major outage that left customers unable to send/receive text messages. Now T-Mobile is faced yet again with a problem that will definitely add insult to the company’s already extensive injury. A company spokesman confirmed that T-Mobile UK workers sold personal details about customer’s contracts to third parties. Competitors of [...]
Continue reading →If this is not enough proof on the popularity of social networking sites, then I don’t know what is. J The word “unfriend” was chosen by the New Oxford American Dictionary as the word of the year. It is a verb that means “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such [...]
Continue reading →Microsoft plans to kick off the year 2010 with the launch of its cloud-computing service, Azure, on January 1. The news was revealed today by Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. “Customers want choice and flexibility in how they develop and deploy applications,” Ozzie said. The [...]
Continue reading →Too lazy to pick up that phone and make reservations? This app might just be the right thing for ya. According to the AppleInsider, a source that “has proven reliable in the past” has told them about Apple’s plans to release the “Concierge” app. This app allows users of the iPhone and the iPod touch [...]
Continue reading →Today, Samsung officially released its latest addition to its Android-powered roster, the Galaxy Spica. The sale however, is only in Europe and no word yet as to when or how much it will be in US. Although this new smartphone from Samsung runs on the older Version 1.5 (Cupcake) Google Android OS (compared to the [...]
Continue reading →Big surprise there right? Despite the obvious dangers of this act, a recent study proves that teenagers still have no qualms about using the phone while driving. In a national poll conducted with 800 teen respondents aged 12 to 17 by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, results showed that about half of [...]
Continue reading →Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. is indeed serious in their move to online gaming. Just last week, the company released a version of their game “Spore” on Facebook. Now, it announced the acquiring of Playfish Inc. for $275 million – in cash. That’s not all too. According to EA, besides the $275mil upfront cash, [...]
Continue reading →Nokia announced today that they are offering to exchange faulty phone chargers which may pose electric shock hazards to customers According to the Finland-based phone manufacturer, the plastic covers of the faulty chargers can become loose and eventually separate, exposing the charger’s internal components. The problem was discovered during a routine quality control inspection. Although [...]
Continue reading →If you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone though, there is no reason to worry. The worm installs an image of 1980s singer Rick Astley with the words “ikee is never going to give you up,” a reference to the singer’s greatest hit, Never Gonna Give You Up. The image replaces the wallpaper owners see when the device [...]
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