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Nokia has released Here, its newly rebranded mapping application, for iOS devices running iOS 4.3 and up. The app is universal, so it works on both iPhone and iPad, and it’s free. Users of Nokia’s Windows Phone devices may find the experience familiar, as it includes similar features like nearby places discovery, but there are Continue Reading →

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the humble phone booth took on renewed importance as cut-off New Yorkers used pay phones to connect with each other in an emergency. Now, this quaint but reliable form of public technology is getting a major facelift. Starting Tuesday, New York City is officially launching a plan to transform Continue Reading →

ESPN on the Xbox just got a helluva lot better. Instead of being an awkward, half-featured sports channel, Xbox Live is now getting the real deal: a WatchESPN app. That means you can watch ALL of ESPN’s channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and more. We’ve been expecting WatchESPN to launch on the Xbox since it Continue Reading →

Oprah hasn’t been shy about her love for the MS Surface. In early November, she claimed that it was one of her favorite things. This morning, she tweeted that she has bought 12 for Christmas gifts. She sent that using Twitter for iPad. The Surface is on Oprah Winfrey’s list of 48 favorite things, with Continue Reading →

Smartphones running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system have been available for a little over two weeks now, and while sales may be better than some expected, consumers are reporting a number of technical problems. Threads complaining about random reboots and poor battery life on Microsoft’s official support forums, along with other communities, have garnered Continue Reading →

  eMarketer recently estimated that buying display ads through real-time bidding (RTB) platforms will account for 13 percent of online display spending in 2012, and will rise to 25 percent in 2015. Does the increased use of RTB mean that more and more salespeople will be disintermediated by ad exchanges and trading desks and put out Continue Reading →

With only one version of Mac OS X left to go, and a dwindling number of big cats to name it after, Apple has apparently decided which breed to honor. OS 10.9 will be called Lynx, according to one unconfirmed report. Previous versions of the OS, first released in 2001, were named Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Continue Reading →

Following a report from earlier this month that claimed Apple’s next-generation iPhone will launch in the first half of 2013, new claims have emerged from the Far East that further support a summertime launch for Apple’s next iPhone. Digitimes cites unnamed market observers in stating that a number of Apple’s component suppliers are looking forward Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Xbox 720 will unveil a new version of Kinect, a Blu-ray drive, and an A/V port for watching and recording broadcast TV, at least according to details leaked by Xbox World. Promising “next-gen secrets inside,” the latest issue of the U.K.-based magazine dug up several reported specs on Microsoft’s next console. First off, the Xbox Continue Reading →

A new report Monday morning from 9to5Mac claims that Apple will be delivering a couple of very interesting features to the desktop, in a move that continues the trend of making its traditional computers more closely resemble its iOS-based devices withe every release of OS X. “Reliable sources” told the blog that early builds of Continue Reading →