The coming together of both Facebook and Skype began back in July, when the social network rolled Skype calling into its online chat system. All users needed to do was download a small applet, and then they could call each-other using Skype's online telephony system, free of charge.
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Oliver Haslam has written about technology for over a decade. His work has been published in print at Macworld and online pretty much everywhere else. If it plugs in or has a battery, it's fair game.
Claiming to be all nice and open is one thing, and letting anyone write an app for your platform and then make it available through said platform's official marketplace is another. One thing they both potentially have in common though is the potential for security issues, and Android is beginning to see such issues crop up with alarming regularity.
There can be little argument that Apple's MacBook Air line of ultra-thin, ultra-portable notebooks has been a success. Despite initial skepticism when the first 13" model launched with slow hardware and super small hard disks, the last two iterations have offered a much more robust machine.
If you're not aware of the iPhone battery issues that have been doing the rounds online for the last few weeks, then it's fair to say that you've either been on a manned mission to Mars, or living under a rather large and particularly solid rock.
Google has a lot riding on Android 4.0, A.K.A. Ice Cream Sandwich. The first release of Android to combine the chaos of all previous releases of the mobile operating system with the flair of Honeycomb, 4.0 will be the first version of Android to be used on both smartphones and tablets.
Anchor Free's Hotspot Shield has been around for quite some time on the desktop, with the app offering a way to create a secure Virtual Private Network, or VPN from your machine to another. Doing such a thing offers a couple of advantages, but the main one is security.
Pop quiz time! What's better than an iPhone case? An iPhone case with a built-in projector, correct! What could possibly be any better than a handy way to protect your iPhone from all the scuffs and scrapes of a busy day and being able to show that Keynote presentation at the same time? Texas Instruments and hardware company Brookstone have teamed up to offer just that.
Apple today updated its Apple Store iPhone application to include the expected 'self-checkout' feature, which will allow buyers to purchase items in Apple's retail stores without the need for a clerk to take their payment.
Those who like to follow Apple's keynotes - and let's be fair, we all do - may well remember the company showing off iOS 5 earlier this year, and mentioning a new panorama mode that would be coming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with the impending update. We sure do.
Apple has always been pretty proud of the way its iPhone handles security, and for good reason. While Android users have had countless apps stealing data, mugging old ladies and generally being bad news, Apple's App Store review process has kept the baddies out of iOS.
