Wolfram Alpha is where answers to complicated questions to Siri come from. About 25 percent of the searches done there are from Siri.
Siri holds 25 percent of Wolfram Alpha searches
February 8, 2012
Official Twitter and Facebook-integration on BBM rolling out soon?
February 1, 2012
Find my iPhone app helps cop track down a thief
January 30, 2012
Not all cops are techie but I hope more will be like Robert Garland who arrested a thief after tracking him down with the Find My iPhone app. A cashier at Avenue of the Americas, Tuci Italia called the police to report her iPhone being stolen. Officer Garland know of the Find my iPhone app and luckily, the woman has the app installed. Using iCloud and only the Apple ID of the victim, Garland’s team managed to track down the thief. Read more
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Ghostbusters app for iOS coming soon
January 30, 2012
Ghostbusters is just one of the most memorable TV series for me. I remember watching the cartoon show every Friday on some local channel. It’s old school retro now but I’m glad it’s coming to the iPad and the iPhone soon. Read more
Windows Phone Marketplace reaches 60,000 apps
January 23, 2012
Was it only three weeks ago that we mentioned Microsoft Windows Phone Market Place hitting 50,000 mobile apps? Wow! A 10,000 increase over those weeks is impressive as the Marketplace now boasts of 60,000 active apps for download. Read more
VisitBritain outs Best of Britain Android app for tourists
January 23, 2012
London will be the venue for 2012 Olympics and the city is preparing for the biggest athletic event of the year by promoting the many spots and tourist attraction in Britain. Read more
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Google closing down Picnik
January 23, 2012
Google’s newly bought Picnik will be shutting down. Purchased in March of 2011, Picnik is a photo web app that was expected to do good after the search giant bought it. But Google came up with Google+ and changed the game. Read more
Google App Inventor now an open-source project
January 23, 2012
I dream of developing an iPhone app and getting rich because of it. But I don’t have any background in iOS app programming. I could learn I guess from tutorials online but I have no time (Read: my programming skills are limited). How could I fulfill my dream if this is the case? If I can’t do iOS, an Android app perhaps? ! Read more
Foursquare to Bring 250,000 Resto Menus to Your Phone
January 19, 2012
Roasted rack of lamb, delicately cooked in rosemary red wine sauce and a side order of sauteed spinach and steamed broccoli. Veal Milanesa napolitana for the date. A bottle of Sauvignon Blanc/Viognier 2008, perhaps, or to make things more festive, a bottle of Vueve Clicquot Ponsardin, from Reims, France, of course. That’s your dinner at Sur, in West Hollywood, planned and selected just before getting there. Sit down, enjoy the newly renovated interior, and thanks to Foursquare, the Maître d’of Sur and the date are impressed. Read more
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Skype for Windows Phone arriving soon
January 16, 2012
