Start-Up to Revive Nokia Software
STOCKHOLMFinnish start-up Jolla Ltd. is in talks with various hardware makers and hopes to unveil within the next six months a smartphone that runs Nokia Corp.’s largely-abandoned MeeGo operating system, the company’s chief executive said Monday. “We are seriously making a smartphone here,” Jussi Hurmola said in an interview…
BlackBerry App World Tops Three Billion Downloads, RIM Says
After months of gloomy news to report, Research In Motion finally has something to brag about: its app store, BlackBerry App World, just passed three billion app downloads. It took BlackBerry users just over three years to hit that mark downloading apps for devices like the BlackBerry Bold 9930, Torch Apple,…
Should you switch to Windows 8?
Whenever a new Windows operating system (OS) comes out, we inevitably find ourselves wondering if it’s worth the hassle of upgrading. What will it cost to upgrade? Will you lose all your favorite features? So now that Windows 8 is imminent, we have to ask ourselves if it be that We’ve…
BlackBerry’s Latest Delay Could Lead to Lawsuits
OTTAWA A friendly crowd is unlikely to greet Thorsten Heins on Tuesday, when he makes his first appearance as chief executive at the annual meeting here of Research in Motion. Shares in the BlackBerry maker have fallen by about 95 percent from their peak in mid-2008. And last month, not But…
Lizard Labs Releases Ultimate Maps Downloader 2.7 with Better Foursquare …
SKOPJE, Macedonia, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –This week, Lizard Labs, developer of professional system utilities and software for Microsoft Windows, released a significant update to its flagship software, Ultimate Maps Downloader. Version 2.7 of the software includes support for new map servers (including OpenCycleMap, Bing London Map and About Ultimate Maps…
In between scanning Twitter feeds, Facebook accounts, remember to check …
At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the FBI planned to shut down the Internet servers set up as a temporary safety net to keep infected computers online for the past eight months. The court order the agency obtained to keep the servers running expired, and it was not renewed. The problem began…
Verizon dismisses patent from TiVo suit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Communications has dismissed a patent from its case against TiVo Inc, leaving the telephone company with only patent claim against the digital video recorder developer. “The filing today doesn’t affect the substance of Verizon’s case or our likelihood of success. These were simply procedural steps,”…
Windows 8 falls further behind Windows 7 in pre-launch stats
Computerworld – Users remain significantly less enthused about Windows 8 than they were three years ago about the then-unfinished Windows 7, according to data from an analytics firm. The new numbers from California-based Net Applications hint at a lukewarm reception for Windows 8. Just 0.18% of all the computers that went online during As…
Facebook plans mobile ads based on app use: report
A man browses his Facebook contacts on his mobile phone. Facebook plans to engage in a new type of mobile advertising based on the apps used by consumers, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday on its website. Social networking giant Facebook plans to engage in a new type of mobile…
McLoud’s annual Blackberry Festival and Parade draws crowd
McLOUD People crowded the sides of Broadway Avenue in downtown McLoud on Saturday as the town celebrated its annual Blackberry Festival and Parade. Sirens from emergency vehicles blared, cowboys on horseback trotted down the street and waving pageant queens threw candy, all to rhythms from the high school band. Debbie…
