Tag: Text
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How to update Facebook and Twitter using Siri for iPhone 4S
Apple’s latest iPhone 4S and its voice-controlled personal assistant software Siri have caused quite a stir since going on sale worldwide last Friday. The software allows you to speak naturally to your iPhone, asking it to perform tasks such as make calls, create calendar appointments, play music and much more. We’ve found Siri to be…
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Siri voice command for Apple iPhone 4S can now control bank accounts – new potential for hacking
New voice command software Siri has been tweaked to function with bank accounts – opening up the latest cool gimmick for iPhone to a potential new threat from hacking. The iPhone 4S became publically available last Friday and Siri, like a little pocket Jeeves, has literally become to talk of the office. The modifications and…
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Facebook Messenger buddies up with BlackBerry
Facebook Messenger comes to BlackBerry users to rival the popular BBM service
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iOS 5: How to add the Emoji Emoticon keyboard
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We’ve got another great little feature in iOS 5 to show you today – How to add the Emoji keyboard, which will give you smileys and emoticons to use in Emails, Text Messages and in chat apps such as WhatsApp Messenger. Apple released the iOS 5 software update last week for users of the iPhone…
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O2 Connect to launch VoIP WiFi calls and text service
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Android and iPhone O2 to O2 service mimmicks iMessage, BBM and Skype
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Virgin to offer customers Orange network access for calls, texts and internet
Virgin Media has revealed that plans to broaden its service by allowing its customers to make use of the Orange network for calls, texting and mobile internet. Speaking to a fellow tech blog, a representative for the digital media and tele-communications company stated that Virgin Media does not own its network outright, but at present…
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Blackberry Messenger (BBM) pictured running on Android Smartphone
Backing rumours that Research in Motion (RIM) would be bringing their popular Blackberry Messenger (BBM) as found on it’s range of Blackberry products from smartphones to any and all gadgets running Google’s Android software – today a tech website has outed some interesting snaps which seem to show a beta version of the text/chat app…
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Skype aquires GroupMe – Multiperson text-based chat to rival Google+
Skype has just announced its purchase of GroupMe, a mobile group texting service – which adds another social weapon to the arsenal against Google. Working much like the Huddle feature on Google+ for mobiles, GroupMe brings friend together for multiperson conversations using text-based “chatting” allowing easy organisation of get-togethers and keeping everybody involved “in the…
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iOS 5: Speech recognition and location tips inbound with Apple Assistant?
Are there other features that Steve Jobs & Co. haven’t told us about?
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iPhone App News: FlareGun app makes meeting up with friends a doddle
We’ve all been there: you’re coming to meet a friend at this great new pub they’ve found, but you’ve no idea where it is. Them saying “turn left, then right, then over the bridge…” is all well and good, but surely there’s a better way? On iOS, users can share their exact location on the…
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SMS Smoke Alarm – Get a text just before your house burns down!
Forgot to put out that lit cigarette? Not that we’d want to encourage your bad habits but wouldn’t your worries of burning down the house be a little lessened if you had a handy text whenever things get a little heated? That’s what Firetext.me is offering with their new SMS Smoke Alarm. The gadget looks…