Facebook updates developer policy after Vine scuffle
IDG News Service – Facebook has updated its policies for third-party application developers in a bid to explain why Twitter’s new Vine video-sharing app is unable to access Facebook’s friend-finder tool. While the updated policies don’t mention Vine by name, the biggest changes appear designed to explain why Facebook decided…
Virgin Media will charge for London Undergound WiFi from next week
BROADBAND PROVIDER Virgin Media will start charging for London Underground WiFi next week, the firm announced on Friday. Virgin Media announced the news in a tweet, which said, “All change! Next Tuesday our WiFi on the Underground service is changing. To make things easy – we’ve sent you an email.”…
BART Spending Millions On Security Measures, Improving WiFi Service
A BART train at the Powell St. station. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) OAKLAND (CBS SF) Bay Area Rapid Transit will soon begin major upgrades to its police communications center and computer systems so that central command can respond more rapidly to crimes and disturbances, transit officials said. Over the next…
Yes, The iPad Mini Is Destroying Sales Of The Larger iPad
Crunching some new data released by Apple yesterday reveals: For the first time since its 2010 launch, the iPad’s average sale price has dipped below $500. It’s now $467. That helps answer a question that’s been burning ever since Apple released the iPad Mini: Would the smaller tablet, with a base price of…
New and notable apps for iOS and OS X January 25 edition
It has been busy in the App Store with a handful of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of standout apps from the past few days! iOS Apps Carrot [iPhone, Category: Productivity, $0.99] Amazingly simple to-do list that’s also Vine…
Why Experts Think Twitter’s 6-Second Videos Could Be Huge
Tech journalists spent Thursday playing with, writing about, and reviewing Twitter’s clever and simple new system for video posts, Vine. But academics are keenly interested in Vine too, saying the extreme constraints it imposes on video could produce an explosion in video sharing. There’s big potential in Vine, say the…
30 best Android apps this week
Welcome to this week’s roundup of the newest and most notable Android apps and games released on the Google Play store. As ever, the pricing refers to the initial download: when you see (Free) it may well mean freemium, with in-app purchases or subscriptions. The weekly iOS roundup will be…
Foursquare Is Down
Foursquare’s site is down and has been since at least 07:07 a.m. ET, as officially acknowledged by Foursquare on its status blog. An update posted at 8:35 a.m. ET (though the update says p.m., we believe it’s an error) says Foursquare is “working to identify the cause of the outage”…
This Clever KitKat Campaign Suggests You Take a Technology Break on a WiFi …
On any hectic workday, a digital Sabbath can seem utopiana day without the obligations of the connected world, both perfect and unattainable. But what if you just want a few precious minutes in a safe place where emails can’t find you? In that case, you’ll probably love Kit Kat’s new…
iOS 6.1 jailbreak could be ready soon
If you’re an iPhone 5 owner and have been waiting for a jailbreak for iOS 6, there’s some light at the end of the tunnel. Developer @planetbeing tweeted that “the future is looking bright for jailbreaking” and @pod2g followed up with a tweet asking Apple to “release iOS 6.1 now!”. Taken together,…
