Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Facebook to produce a dedicated phone?

Rumours broke yesterday that Social Networking giant Facebook, were producing a dedicated Facebook Smartphone, a rumour which was later shot down Facebook representatives in a very vague and unconvincing denial. The representatives denied all knowledge of Facebook producing an actual phone, which left it quite open to debate whether Facebook could still be outsourcing the [...]

Google TV – Web and TV meet!

Google TV is the latest platform from Google,  built on Android and supporting the Google Chrome web browser. This device allows for users to benefit from the best of the web and the best of TV at the same time. With most TV’s the only option is to watch programs when they are scheduled to [...]

Nokia Maps gets Dopplr travel tips!

Mobile phones really do seem to have everything a user could ask for, and thats no different for Nokia. Nokia Maps, a very useful A-Z SatNav is available to use on selected Nokia handsets including the N97 and 5800 XpressMusic. Users can take advantage of standard features such as finding out their current location, searching [...]

Vodafone 360: A suite of new internet services

If you thought it was only the likes of HTC and Android OS offering social networking apps such as Facebook and Twitter then think again. Vodafone have clocked on to this service provided being such a winner and have come up with their own version; only offering users even more features. Vodafone 360 is a [...]

Microsoft to smarten cheaper phones

Microsoft has unveiled new technology to allow non-smart phones to run applications such as Facebook and Twitter. This will become possible with the use of OneApp software, which can be downloaded just as easily as a ringtone. Rather than an application store, there will be a standard set of applications that can be used with [...]

Say hello to the Samsung B3310

You’ve got to take your hat off to LG; the mobile phone manufacturer really knows how to target the youth market when releasing a new phone. Take the LG Cookie, a phone that has literally sold millions (5 million to be precise) with LG clearly recognising that young folk don’t necessarily need Wi-Fi or smartphone [...]

Facebook helps to increase internet usage on mobile phones

Reports have recently shown that a third of all young people regularly check Facebook and Twitter on their mobile phones. Facebook, which is the most popular social networking site out of Bebo, Myspace and Twitter combined, is the culprit in driving mobile net usage. Teens have realised that not as many people use Twitter, making [...]

Social Networking and Mobile Phones: What is driving mobile net usage?

Digital educator and commentator Clay Shirky has detailed how mobiles, Twitter, Facebook and other social media are making history. These technological tools are allowing people to bypass censors, hold politicians to account and end the strict top-down news model that has characterised information flows since the invention of the printing press. He claims that our [...]

Making of the Nokia N97!

Blood, sweat and tears. Apparently that’s what it takes to make a Nokia N97. And presumably a bit of technical know how as well. Nokia have released an informative video featuring some of the people behind the upcoming N97 to show the world how much effort goes into designing and making a new phone. Not [...]

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