Twitter has scheduled a pair of “Developer Teatimes” for Oct. 10 and Oct. 12 with a heavy focus on the service’s tight integration with iOS 5. This event will feature a question and answer session with Twitter’s platform developers and possibly providing further evidence that the forthcoming update to Apple’s mobile operating system will arrive in two weeks……………
Spotify opens up to all in the US with free, unlimited music streaming for six months and you can upgrade to the premium subscriptions, which is $5 per month for unlimited ad-free music while the second, more popular option costs $10 and gives access to higher quality tracks, mobile access (tablet, phone, etc) and offline listening capabilities………………….
WordPress iOS app received an update with adding a feature-rich content editor and a full screen editing mode. Users can now follow their favorite blogs from within the universal application and it’s easier than ever before to upload images from within the app. WordPress 2.9 for iOS is now available for download on iTunes App Store. WordPress 2.9 has a refreshed text editor, which is not the same visual editor you’d get on a self-hosted WordPress blog, still forces you to write with visible HTML, but it’s got an additional keyboard row both on the iPhone and iPad with buttons for bold and italic text, adding links, quotes and strikethroughs, bulleted lists, and many more……………
According to in Dutch-language Nu.nl, Samsung is stepping up its legal response to Apple’s copycat accusations in courts around the world and Samsung is seeking in the Netherlands to ban Apple’s mobile products which sport 3G capabilities, which includes iPhones and 3G iPads. The patents held by Samsung in this case are considered essential, which means that they must be provided to a rival given reasonable terms under European regulations and the patents are considered essential provides Apple a relatively easy out if it can negotiate reasonable licensing terms with Samsung……………..
The DNP-720AE is a Network Audio Player that lets you enjoy a wide variety of internet radio, online digital content or your favorite genres of music in your listening room. It also supports AirPlay so that you can stream music from your iPad , iPhone or iPod touch , or from the iTunes music library. The DNP-720AE is endowed with Denon audio technology to give you a quality of sound. This DNP-720AE stereo box that snatches AirPlay, DLNA, Internet radio, Napster and Last.fm off your WiFi or wired network and outputs to your amp.
Amazon lets you check out Kindle books from library websites, asks you to shush yourself at home and you can download copies to your Kindle or Kindle app-enable device via WiFi or USB. As e-books have taken off with readers, libraries have been building their e-book collections to meet demand and successfully persuading many publishers to sell their titles to libraries in e-book format……………..
The undeniably glamorous FinePix Z900EXR is sure to get tongues wagging. With its effortless good looks, feature-packed specification and brilliant picture-taking performance, its set to become the must-have camera for Fashionistas this season. The new FinePix Z900EXR comes in an eye-catching high gloss finish and offers a wide selection of Fujifilm’s latest technologies to help deliver great images in all conditions. Specification highlights include a brand new EXR-CMOS sensor, 5x wide-angle zoom lens, touch-screen LCD with improved user interface, a selection of high speed shooting modes and high quality video capture all packed into a slim body that’ll fit neatly into a bag or pocket. Meaning style-conscious photographers no longer have to compromise looks for picture quality. Beauty is more than just skin deep.
Exhibited during Toy Fair 2011 in New York, Desk Pets’ TankBot has joined the likes of the HELO TC, Sphere and AR Drone in the growing ranks of smartphone-controlled gizmos and the US$25 bot has individually powered tiny tank-tracks and infrared sensors for free-roaming and maze solving modes. Remote control works using a dongle that plugs into the smartphone’s headphone jack along with the free iOS 4.2 and Android compatible app and the ange is quite limited though, offering up to 3m (9.8ft) and the remote must be pointed toward the front black screen of the Tankbot to work properly. A single 40-minute charge allows the toy to operate for 15 minutes and it has headlights for eyes that flash when the toy is idle………………