Google on Wednesday demonstrated its own 3D maps technology, disclosing that a fleet of planes will fly above U.S. cities to provide map imagery in three dimensions. Google also disclosed that Google Maps on Android – not Apple’s iOS – will soon be available in offline mode, allowing a…

The GoPro is capable of capturing some excellent action shots for such a small and portable camera, but activating and controlling one while you’re on the move can be a bit of a chore. The company is now shipping the Wi-Fi BacPac and Wi-Fi Remote Combo Kit, allowing users to…

Apple will almost certainly announce iOS 6 at WWDC 2012 on June 11th. While we have a good idea about what improvements may come to the iPhone and iPad in iOS 6, we’ve yet to see what they might look like in action. Redmond Pie discovered an iOS 6 concept video detailing one While…

Police believe a burglar who snatched computer equipment and jewellery from a Norwich home also tried to break into a second city house. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name and email address you gave…

Google’s Android will likely maintain its smartphone OS dominance in the next five years, though its share will peak in 2012, according to Wednesday data from IDC. Apple’s iOS, meanwhile, will continue an “impressive” run during the same time period, but could face increasing competition from Windows Phone – if Nokia…

Google’s Android will still be the king of smartphone OSes in four years, but its market share will erode as Windows Phone takes off, according to a report from market research company IDC. By the end of 2012, Android’s smartphone market share will be 61 percent, but by 2016 its During the first…

If you’ve got the LinkedIn app installed on your iPhone or iPad, and you’ve given it permission to access your calendar then you’ve also, unwittingly, given it permission to harvest everything you’re doing for the next few days from your device’s calendar and send it back to the company. Security…

The signs appeared next to a six-lot subdivision in Silicon Valley shortly before Facebook’s IPO on May 18. Beside a “Lots Available” sign on the property in the tony enclave of Los Altos Hills were two smaller A-frame signs brashly proclaiming, “FACEBOOK WELCOME. Will Consider Stock in Trade.” A few weeks…

Following days of cryptic Foursquare tweets including the hashtag #allnew4sq, the exploration app announced Saturday that the, well, all new Foursquare is coming “this week”. Though the company reached 1 billion check-ins back in September, Foursquare is reportedly now shifting away from that focus. Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley told Crowley…

Computerworld – A near-record 81% of owners of Apple’s newest iPad said that they were “very satisfied” with the tablet in a survey conducted by a market research firm last month. Noting that “Apple sets the bar,” ChangeWave Research posted results today from a poll of more than 2,900 U.S. consumers…