Category: Internet Browsers
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Google Maps integrates London Underground public transport directions!
Google has today announced and launched the latest mapping update for its Google Maps service, specifically for people in the UK as it has launched new public transport directions for London within Google Maps. The London transport system has over 1 billion passengers serviced by Transport for London (TfL) every year across over 18,000 bus stops…
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Mozilla developing Firefox Mobile OS based on Android
Mozilla has today announced a new software project, aimed to take on the likes of Apple, Google and Blackberry by creating their very own smartphone operating system. Boot to Gecko, as the project is known, is set to be a “complete, standalone operating system for the open web”. Mozilla’s VP of Technical Strategy, Mike Shaver,…
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Google working on a version of Chrome for OS X Lion
So, anyone who has been using Google Chrome on their Mac that decided to upgrade to OS X Lion will no doubt have already found out that Chrome doesn’t really work as well as it did when using Snow Leopard. Well, the good news is that Google are aware of this and are already working…
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Fujitsu Windows F-07C mobile running Windows 7 (Not Windows Phone 7!)
Microsoft partner Fujitsu is yet to debut its Window Phone 7 handset, but that hasn’t stopped Windows being used on the Japanese tech-co.’s hardware. This isn’t “Mango” running here. This is the actual Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit Full Version – the same operating system you’d find on many desktop PC’s and laptops in…
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Google now alerts users of malware infections
“The Internet brings remarkable benefits to society. Unfortunately, some people use it for harm and their own gain at the expense of others” says Google, who have been busy again – this time routing out infectious malware which has been coming up ever more frequently in our day-to-day web browsing. Identifying unusual search data and…
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Gadget HELP! Get Facebook photos onto Google+ via PC or Laptop (the easy way)!
So, you’ve decided to give this Google+ lark a go? Maybe you’ve retweeted one of our articles and earned yourself one of our invites to the much-hyped social net? If so – Thank you and welcome aboard! We’d imagine you’ve got yourself set up and started to have a little look around, but now you want…
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Lady Gaga website hacked – Names and e-mail addresses stolen
It would appear web-savvy songstress Lady Gaga is having a Bad Romance with her online presence lately, having already had her YouTube channel suspended (and thankfully restored) over a copyright row, now there are reports of her official website having been broken into with thousands of member details said to have been stolen. “Fortunately” no financial information…
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Get Facebook photos onto Google+ via PC or Laptop (the easy way) – with help from the Gadget Helpline!
So, you’ve decided to give this Google+ lark a go? Maybe you’ve retweeted one of our articles and earned yourself one of our invites to the much-hyped social net? If so – Thank you and welcome aboard! We’d imagine you’ve got yourself set up and started to have a little look around, but now you want…
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Google UK claims 92 per cent of internet searches in June
Huge market share caps successful month for the big G
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YouTube pulls plug on Lady Gaga in copyright row
YouTube has (offensively) suspended Lady Gaga’s official channel on the video sharing network due to a copyright row with a Japanese media company. This outrage follows the Poker-faced singer’s appearance on the “SMAP X SMAP” weekly television show, where she performed several of her hit songs to promote the new album release “Born This Way”.…
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Facebook for Android 1.6.1 update – it’s all about Pages
The Facebook app for Android smartphones gets a facelift today with the update to version 1.6.1 available now through the Android Market. You won’t get a notification to tell you that the update is available, so you’ll have to go to the new look Android Market yourself to grab the latest version of the mobile…
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Microsoft CEO thanks partners and talks Windows 7 (and 8) at annual WPC
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer opened the company’s yearly Worldwide Partner Conference by thanking the 64,000 worldwide partners – 15,000 of which were represented at the first day of the 4-day event. He praised them for helping the Windows 7 operating system become the fastest selling in history with 400 million licences sold in under two years.…