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Facebook Phone could break through site’s social mobile limbo

, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Facebook‘s mobile strategy faces renewed attention IPO excitement cools, with the company citing cellphone users as a huge source of potential growth though warning it is currently at the mercy of Apple and Android. According to Facebook’s SEC filing, 425m active users accessed the social network while mobile in December 2011 alone, more than half of the total number of active users in fact. The figures are likely to renew speculation that Facebook will try to make its own play for the smartphone market.

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iPad 3 debut in March plus “strange” February event tip sources

, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Reports of an iPad 3 reveal this month may have been premature, sources now claim, with Apple tipped to unveil its third-gen tablet in March but squeeze in a "strange" event before then. Although a February press event is still apparently on the calendar, Macotakara now says, it won't see the debut of the new iPad: instead, that will take place the following month, reducing the expected time between the big reveal and sales starting. The rumors leave the purpose of the February event unclear. Read The Full Story

Facebook IPO could see Zuckerberg reward 800m users

, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Facebook's much-rumored IPO isn't enough for the tech industry; they want social network founder Mark Zuckerberg to throw in some of that old razzle dazzle with a tidbit to loyal users. Widely expected to be announced later today, the IPO will supposedly see Facebook attempt to raise as much as $10bn, with big investors tipped to flock to the coveted stock. Unfortunately, your average IPO doesn't hold much room for small investors to get a foot in the door. Read The Full Story

Apple iPad 3 leak tips global LTE and quadcore A6

, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple's iPad 3 will use the quadcore Apple A6 chipset and offer a combination GSM/CDMA/LTE radio, according to a new leak from a source claiming to have access to the next-gen tablet itself. Details of the third-generation iOS slate were culled via debutting tool iBoot, BGR's source suggests, with the same J1 and J2 model references as spotted in an iOS beta, now believed to refer to the WiFi-only and WiFi + 3G/4G variants. Read The Full Story

Apple in Smart TV component negotiations tips analyst

, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple television obsessed analyst Gene Munster claims the Cupertino company has entered negotiations with a "major TV component supplier" over the possibility of using its parts for the much-rumored smart TV. The supplier itself is unnamed, but the Piper Jaffray analyst claims to have been informed by employees that Apple had been in contact "regarding various capabilities of their television display components." Read The Full Story

Windows 8 Office 15 apps to have fake Metro skin say insiders

, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Windows 8 will lack a Metro UI version of Office 15, it's been suggested, with insufficient time blamed for what will amount to merely "interface tweaks" to better suit the pared-down menus. Although a Metro version of Office has been tipped for some time, the practicalities involved in rebuilding the software using WebRT in time for the OS' launch later this year mean the actual app will be a halfway house between traditional and Metro, The Verge's sources say. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 Kinect leaks again: Power hungry but plenty of potential

, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's experiments with Kinect-style motion tracking technology for Windows 8 laptops could streamline the login experience as well as be used for games, though battery concerns might initially see the camera system offered as a self-powered add-on rather than fully integrated. After prototypes were reportedly caught in the wild earlier this month, sources inside Microsoft tell The Daily that the company is indeed readying a motion control licensing push, though there are hurdles to be overcome before that can happen. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 on ARM stable release in February tip developers

, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's stable Windows 8 on ARM release will be distributed among developers in February, sources claim, while previous suggestions the platform won't arrive until mid-2013 could well be untrue. There's no obvious reason that ARM-version of Windows 8 - expected to run on iPad-rivaling tablets as well as ultraportable notebooks - should be "staggered" from the traditional x86 build, an insider told CNET, with the claim that ARM alternatives to Intel and AMD based Windows 8 machines could undercut them by "hundreds of dollars less." Read The Full Story

New Nook Reader Tipped for Spring

, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

The New York Times tipped that a new eReader from Barnes & Noble is currently in the midst of getting its final touches. The new eReader from Barnes & Noble will be the fifth in its line of digital reading devices called the Nook. The details of the eReader are scant, but what we do know is that it is set to launch sometime this spring. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 Kinect notebook prototypes spotted

, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is testing prototypes of Kinect-enabled notebooks using motion-sensing as an interface for Windows 8, it's been revealed, ahead of what are believed to be plans to license the technology to laptop vendors. Specially modified ASUS netbooks are being used to demonstrate the system, which builds on Microsoft's freshly-announced Kinect for Windows hardware, The Daily reports; the ultraportables replace the single webcam above the screen with a row of sensors that can track movement. Read The Full Story

HTC Sense 4.0 previewed: Streamlined UI, 50GB DropBox integration, more

, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

HTC has already said it plans to focus on quality not quantity with its 2012 range, but it seems the company has some significant software changes in the pipeline too with HTC Sense 4.0. The Android reskin initially offered a far more usable interface than the native OS, but Google's successive iterations narrowed the gap and HTC failed to keep pace with its own services. Now, according to some preview playtime by Pocketnow, that's changing: gone is the unnecessary heft, replaced with a pared-down UI, better typography and improved apps such as email and DropBox integration. Read The Full Story

Apple CEO “outraged” at “offensive” factory claims

, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded angrily to allegations that the company knowingly used manufacturing partners guilty of labor abuses, telling staff that "we care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain" and calling the accusations "offensive." Cook blasted the NY Times report in an internal email to Apple employees, spilled to 9to5Mac; "Any suggestion that we don’t care is patently false and offensive to us" the CEO wrote. "As you know better than anyone, accusations like these are contrary to our values. It’s not who we are." Read The Full Story
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