Kate Hudson and her partner Matthew Bellamy have announced they have nicknamed their newborn baby boy "Bing", which is short for Bingham Hawn Bellamy. While we have no plans to turn Redmond Pie into a pop culture and gossip blog, isn't it great that the son of two famous actors is now named after Microsoft's search engine?
As you're probably aware by now, one of iOS 5's most prominent new features is system-wide integration with Twitter. What's missing is the ability to send tweets straight from your home screen without opening the Twitter App, until now. TwitkaFly is a new jailbreak tweak that lets you send tweets straight from the SpringBoard.
With Google+ slowly, but surely taking the world by storm, few would argue that the key to launching and maintaining a popular social networking experience is at least one popular, and feature rich, mobile app.
Multiple user accounts is a basic feature that's present in all major desktop operating systems, considered essential to maintain the privacy of users, especially when the machines are shared with many of them. As iOS devices, especially iPads, acquire more and more functionality that brings them closer to full-fledged laptops, it would only make sense for those devices to allow different user accounts. Thanks to this jailbreak tweak, known as iUsers, that is now possible.
If you own a business that relies on iOS devices, have you ever wished you could purchase apps in bulk and easily deploy them to all your employees? Even better, how would you like to be able to distribute apps made exclusively for your company across all the devices in your business? Apple has introduced Volume App Purchasing for Business, which aims to do both of those things.
One of YouTube's most-watched musicians has had her account suspended after a copyright claim from a Japanese media company. Pop star Lady Gaga's online fortress has been hauled offline, leaving behind a message of, "This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's Copyright Policy".
According to a UK job posting, Apple could be looking for a Apple Store employees to help push the sale of a future iPhone. The posting, which is meant for a temporary job, allegedly involves an "exciting project" that will be worked on between August 16th and October 29th. In short, who wants to see the next iPhone?
In the tech blogging game, rumors are very much a hazard of the job. While sometimes we receive tips that make just enough sense to be real, others are more along the 'my brother's dog's vet's aunt heard that...' line.
In its ongoing quest for digital dominance on all fronts, Google officially announced two days ago news of its upcoming photo sharing service Photovine. With an official launch in sight, a beta version is to be rolled out for Apple's iOS.
Following an announcement last week, Swedish-owned online music streamer Spotify is today making its long-awaited debut in the US market. The service, which has well established itself as a game changer in legitimate music services, currently stands second only to iTunes in the digital music revenue for the major European record labels. With over ten million users in Europe and boasting an impressive 15 million song catalogue, it is looking to make a lasting impression stateside, predicting 50 million users in its first year.
