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Apple releases mobility data to assist COVID-19 efforts

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:46:01 +0000

The mobility data may provide helpful insight to governments and health authorities in determining whether the lockdowns are effective. The firm has stated that information is being updated daily. Read more...

Google finally launches its coronavirus website

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:36:01 +0000

The search giant has launched a coronavirus website in the U.S. which focuses on education, prevention, and local resources. In the coming days, it will be available in more languages and countries. Read more...

Bluetooth 3.0 to be launched on April 21

Sam Symons — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:25:05 +0000

The anticipated Bluetooth 3.0 is gearing up to be launched this month, on the 21st, according to Wi-Fi Net News. Currently, there is no official list of chip-makers who have partnered up to make this... Read more...

Obama launches Recovery.gov

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:24:00 +0000

Obama has used technology like no other president in the past. From his YouTube addresses to websites, he is always embracing technology rather than resisting it. With the signing of the "The... Read more...

Microsoft launches Thrive for IT professionals

Sean Bradford — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:01:56 +0000

In this economic downturn, IT professionals around the world are faced with challenges they never thought they would face in their careers. From reducing costs to advancing current technology, companies across the globe are looking... Read more...

Microsoft launches Recite: Technical Preview

Sean Bradford — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:45:59 +0000

If you're a Windows Mobile fan Microsoft has just launched a technical preview of it's upcoming release of Microsoft Recite. The application will record short clips of notes, and you can later search for a... Read more...

Dell launches Latitude XT2 tablet PC with multitouch feature

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:13:09 +0000

Dell announced this week its Latitude XT2, industry's first Tablet PC with multitouch screen capabilities which will allow users to use natural gestures like a pinch or tap for scrolling, panning, rotating and zooming. There's... Read more...

Dell Launches Wasabi PZ310 ultra-mobile inkless printers

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:08:07 +0000

Dell has launched a new range of inkless printers with its new Dell Wasabi series. The Dell WASABI PZ310 Ultramobile Photo Printer produces high quality 2-inch-by-3-inch borderless digital photos in full color using the Zink... Read more...

Microsoft launches Windows 7 Readiness Program

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:01:34 +0000

With Windows 7 RC getting ready, Microsoft announced on Monday, the Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program to help hardware and software partners (OEMs and ISVs) ensure that their existing applications, devices and systems will be... Read more...

EFF launches campaign to free phones from software locks

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:19:27 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking for the public's help in its new campaign to free cell phones from the software locks. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a U.S copyright law that... Read more...

Western Digital launches world's first 2TB Hard Drive

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:55:50 +0000

Western Digital haven't officially launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for purchase at Australia's Mwave online store. Priced at AU$377.80 (US$250) Western Digital will be the... Read more...

Microsoft launches Live Search News Alerts

Sean Bradford — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:17:21 +0000

For those of us who are always on the go and don't have time to read our RSS aggregators frequently, Microsoft has launched a new subscription service for Windows Live Search News. Customers that have... Read more...

Microsoft launches XBox 360 Gold giveaway

Sean Bradford — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:35:34 +0000

Even with recent news that Microsoft is planning on laying off about 17% of it's employees, the software giant launched it's Lunar New Year promotion. From now until February 15th 2009, residents of Hong Kong... Read more...

Google launches Google Apps reseller program

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:41:40 +0000

Google has launched their GAPE (Google Apps Premiere Edition) reseller program on Wednesday, which is one step ahead from its current Google Docs offerings. From the end of March, authorized resellers will be able to... Read more...

Palm launches Software Store

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:27:17 +0000

Apple and Google both have software stores for their devices but Palm has just announced its own official on-device application store for both Windows Mobile and Palm OS powered handsets. Palm's full catalog of applications... Read more...

Nokia launches N97, an advanced mobile computer

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:14:50 +0000

Nokia showed off its latest piece of hardware to the market today, the Nokia N97. Nokia calls this smartphone an advanced mobile computer, with 32GB of memory, supporting up to a maximum of 48GB... Read more...

eHarmony launches site for same-sex love seekers

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:32:27 +0000

In a move which both thrills and irritates this writer, eHarmony has agreed to open a new matching service for those who are homosexual by March 31, 2009. By starting CompatiblePartners.net, a new site... Read more...

Microsoft launches their own online "Microsoft Store"

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:42:10 +0000

Microsoft has launched their first online store - Microsoft Store. Users can now buy directly from the store, straight from the source! The Microsoft Store offers the largest selection of Microsoft software, devices and hardware... Read more...

Microsoft launches PC advisor repair utility

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:25:48 +0000

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a preview release of the Microsoft PC Advisor to select members of the Windows Feedback Program. Microsoft PC Advisor will: -Monitor your PC for problems and give you solutions... Read more...

Google launches Mail Goggles

Tom Warren — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:53:29 +0000

Remember that time when you sent an email to an ex when you were drunk? Perhaps an email to that cute girl in the office that you've always wanted to speak to or perhaps a... Read more...

Google launches news archive search

Tom Warren — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:33:41 +0000

In partnership with newspaper publishers, Google has announced it is scanning print archives and making them available on Google's News Archive Search. The company has partnered with around 100 newspapers to digitize them and make... Read more...

Google launches internet browser

Tom Warren — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:30:59 +0000

Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications... Read more...

Microsoft launches new Windows Mobile homepage

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:28:36 +0000

Microsoft has launched an updated version of the Windows Mobile homepage over on Microsoft.com, powered by Silverlight. While not big news in itself, this launch is part of Microsoft's new project to better promote its... Read more...

Microsoft Launches New Website : WindowsAndMe

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:40:16 +0000

WindowsAndMe is a new website launched by Microsoft. It will be the place where the Windows community at large will come together to share their experiences, explore the magical world of Windows and learn to... Read more...

Livestation launches NEW beta 1.0.76.7

Razvan Serea — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:19:17 +0000

Livestation is a free software application that provides a range of live news television channels and radio stations that can be received on a computer anywhere with a basic broadband connection. You can watch television... Read more...

Stardock launches Impulse digital platform

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:12:19 +0000

Stardock has launched their new digital platform today called Impulse. The new platform is designed to allow users to associate PC games, applications, and utilities with a unified account that users can then update and... Read more...

Western Digital Launches Terabyte 'Black' Drive

Steven Parker — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:50:50 +0000

Western Digital on Tuesday launched a new pair of its "Caviar Black" drives, available in both 750-Gbyte and 1-terabyte capacities. The WD Caviar Black 750 GB (model WD7501AALS) and 1 TB (model WD1001FALS) hard drives... Read more...

Apple launches iTunes UK film downloads

Tom Warren — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:27:18 +0000

Apple has finally given the go ahead so that movie fans in the UK can now rent and buy films through Apple's iTunes music store. The company announced a series of deals with major... Read more...

Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope

Tom Warren — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:15 +0000

Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed... Read more...

Microsoft launches video on Messenger

Tom Warren — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:08:07 +0000

Microsoft Corp has launched a new online service in 20 countries which will allow users to watch video clips at the same time as a network of friends and chat via Windows Live Messenger. The... Read more...

HTC Launches "Diamond" Windows Mobile device

Tom Warren — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:00:44 +0000

Yesterday at a press event hosted in London, HTC unveiled its latest Windows Mobile device, the diamond. The device is equipped with a generous 528 MHz processor, 4GB storage inbuilt, HSDPA, FM Radio, 3.2MP camera... Read more...

Facebook Launches Instant Messenger Service

Tom Warren — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:48:08 +0000

Facebook officially unveiled their much hyped chat service today. The social networking giant flicked the switch on the service which allows users of Facebook to message their friends quickly and efficiently from any page in... Read more...

Microsoft Launches New Windows Vista Ultimate Extras

Tom Warren — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:12 +0000

Despite no announcement being made on UltimatePC.com, Microsoft have released a new sound scheme and a content pack for Windows DreamScene as part of its Windows Vista Ultimate Extras offerings for customers who purchased the... Read more...

Skype Launches Low-Cost Global Calling Plans

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:06:12 +0000

Skype on Monday launched an aggressive $9.95-a-month international calling plan for U.S. customers that includes landlines and some cell phone calls to 34 countries. The action by the eBay unit comes just days after eBay's... Read more...

Western Digital launches world's fastest SATA disk

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:13:42 +0000

Overclockers and gamers, prepare to meet your next hard drive: the 300GB VelociRaptor from Western Digital. Said to be 35% faster than previous WD Raptors, the 10,000 RPM drive features a 3Gbps SATA interface, 16MB... Read more...

Flickr Launches Video Service

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:27:19 +0000

Yahoo's Flickr has launched Flickr Video, which allows "pro" accounts to upload 90-second video clips. Flickr's limit is much lower than Google's YouTube and is designed to avoid copyright issues. Adobe rolled out Media Player... Read more...

Microsoft Launches Windows Mobile 6.1

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:24:25 +0000

At CTIA Wireless 2008, Robbie Bach unveiled new features for an update to Windows Mobile, which includes enhanced features for socializing like threaded text messaging and features for simpler navigation. He also announced Microsoft's plans... Read more...

Yahoo launches Shine website for women.

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:16:25 +0000

Yahoo on Monday began wooing women with a Shine website focusing on subjects such as love, money, beauty, home and parenting. The website features nine categories, the California Internet pioneer believes, appeal to the approximately... Read more...

Google Sky Launches Web-Based Version

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:36:27 +0000

Google recently released It's online version of Google Sky, an application that will let you explore the universe right from your seat. With this release, what is so great about it that you do not... Read more...

Microsoft Launches UltimatePC.com - Ultimate Extras?

Tom Warren — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:27:44 +0000

Microsoft has provided an update for its Vista Ultimate plans. UltimatePC.com is a new website where Microsoft is hosting "blueprints" of the best PCs available and exactly what you can achieve with them. Although the... Read more...