GrooveMaker has announced that its range of style-based paid apps has surpassed the 500,000 downloads marker, and has become one of the most downloaded loop remixing applications for the iPhone/iPod Touch platform. The first Groovemaker app was released in August 2009, but the range of today comprises of 11 style-based versions covering all types of dance music genres and more, including House, Hip-Hop, Techno, Trance, Electro, D’n’B, Rock, Reggae and Reggaeton. continue reading…
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Category: NewsThe dangerous Internet Explorer attack code used in last month’s attack on Google’s corporate networks is now public.
The code was submitted for analysis Thursday on the Wepawet malware analysis Web site, making it publicly available. By Friday, it had been included in at least one publicly available hacking tool and could be seen in online attacks, according to Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee.
Today I just surprised that I got an email with the subject “The Future Of EveryDNS” sent by the founder of EveryDNS, David Ulevitch, to the community stating that the EveryDNS service was sold to Dyn Inc. continue reading…
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(Blog.Zdnet.Com)
Mozilla believes that its new Firefox Mobile browser could wean developers away from developing for platform-specific app stores and onto developing cross-platform apps powered by JavaScript and HTML.
Mozilla is starting to take mobile seriously. It is set to release the first version of Firefox Mobile (codenamed Fennec) on Nokia’s N900 handset shortly, with versions for Windows Mobile and Android due to hit handsets next year. continue reading…
(LinuxWorld.Com)
Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to open its e-mail inbox to messages from social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Open-Xchange wants to simplify dealing with multiple modes of communication by making them all accessible in its e-mail client, said Rafael Laguna, the company’s CEO. It plans to offer that functionality in a February software release. Users will be able to automatically filter messages so that the ones from web-based e-mail services and social networking sites, for example, go into a personal inbox. continue reading…
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(Techcrunh.com)
During Google’s third quarter earnings conference call today, one message came out loud and clear: Google’s mobile strategy is starting to pay off. “Android adoption is about to explode,” declared CEO Eric Schmidt, explaining that all the “necessary conditions” are set for growth: There are now 12 Android phones out there (most recently the Motorola Cliq) across 32 carriers in 26 countries. continue reading…
(SFGate.com)
Nokia reported a third-quarter loss of €559 million (US$833 million) that it blamed on charges related to its Nokia Siemens business. Sales of €9.8 billion were down 20 percent compared to last year, the company said on Thursday.The main reason for the loss is a €908 million impairment charge related to Nokia Siemens. It is also paying €29 million restructuring charge related to the infrastructure company, according to Nokia. Both tough competition and adverse market conditions played a part in Nokia Siemens’ problems, it said. continue reading…
(Computerworld)
Security researchers say the cost of criminal services such as distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks has dropped in recent months. The reason? Market economics. “The barriers to entry in that marketplace are so low you have people basically flooding the market,” said Jose Nazario, a security researcher with Arbor Networks. “The way you differentiate yourself is on price.” continue reading…
(Computerworld)
Screen dimming, the tilt feature, shake and more
You put it up to your ear and the screen goes blank. Turn it on its side, and the screen rotates. Walk outside and it can find your location, point a compass in the correct direction and post your geostatus on Google Latitude. Point it at a Twitter user in the real world, and you can see his or her status on a pop-up screen.
While not every feature on the iPhone is unique, the way Apple has implemented some of those features is. And the iPhone serves as the base for tens of thousands of third-party applications, many of which make use of its built-in features in innovative ways. continue reading…
(Taken from Computerworld)
Move means Apple will presumably approve Google Voice for App Store
AT&T reversed course today, announcing that it would “take the steps necessary” so iPhone owners could run voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, presumably including Google Voice and Skype.
Apple, meanwhile, said it will bring VoIP applications to its App Store “as soon as possible.”
The two companies, partners in the U.S. iPhone market, had faced an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into Apple’s rejection of Google Voice for the iPhone and the removal of similar software from the App Store. continue reading…
