Ovi Maps Adds Trip Advisor
Nokia has added Trip Advisor, the world’s largest online travel community, to its online mapping service, Ovi Maps. In addition to existing content from Lonely Planet, Qype, Michelin and Time Out, Trip Advisor adds hotel, flight and restaurant recommendations to the car and pedestrian navigation features provided by Ovi Maps. This includes turn-by-turn voice guidance for 74 countries in 46 languages, and traffic information for over 10 countries, as well as detailed maps for over 180 countries.
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BlackBerry planning a tablet
Research In Motion, Canadian maker of BlackBerrys, is rumoured to be working on a new tablet device, dubbed the BlackPad by tech watchers. The device is scheduled for launch in November, according to reports. RIM has already acquired the rights to the blackpad.com internet domain.
The Guardian
HTC Desire HD and Desire Z coming soon?
HTC looks likely to be announcing two new handsets in the near future, with the Desire HD and Desire Z showing up on inventory lists. The two new phones have surfaced on Vodafone Germany's inventory lists, with the Desire HD and the Desire Z being rebadged from the Ace and Vision codenames respectively. The new phones would be different to the Desire, with the Desire HD mimicking the HTC Evo with a 4.3-inch screen and 720p video recording.
TechRadar
A quarter of US mobile subscribers now own a smartphone
Smartphones now account for 25 per cent of all US mobile subscribers, according to The Nielsen Company. That's up from 16 per cent a year ago. What's more, Nielsen has predicted that smartphones will overtake feature phones in the US by the end of 2011. This is in terms of install base - not just new quarterly sales.
Mobile Entertainment
Android steps up pace in mobile market share grab
Google's Andoid mobile operating system has continued its growth in US market share, according to new figures, with a continued drop for Microsoft's Windows Mobile and waning loyalty among BlackBerry owners. Retail watcher Gfk said last week that UK sales of mobiles running Android had risen by more than 300 per cent this year.
The Guardian
Microsoft patches Windows folder flaw
Microsoft has released a "critical" update for its operating systems that patches a high-profile vulnerability dating back to Windows 2000.
Attackers could potentially gain control of an unpatched computer through a weakness in the way Windows handles desktop shortcut icons. The weakness was particularly worrying because users did not have to open a file for malware writers to exploit it only a folder containing an infected .lnk extension.
The Guardian
Robonaut 2, the first ever robot astronaut, will tweet from space
The robot is to join the International Space Station's crew next month. It is intended to help researchers build a robot that can carry out dangerous or repetitive tasks in space that must otherwise be performed by an astronaut. Its first Twitter updates, from its new account @AstroRobonaut, have already been sent. It is documenting its preparations for launch, and once it is in orbit, it will continue to keep followers informed of its work aboard the ISS. Earlier this week, it told followers: "Hello World! My name is Robonaut 2 - R2 for short. Follow my adventures here as I prepare for space!"
The Telegraph
Paul Ceglia 'forgot' he had 84pc of Facebook
Paul Ceglia who is suing Facebook and majority shareholder Mark Zuckerberg said he found an old contract, which he claims Mr Zuckerberg signed seven years ago, after being arrested for alleged fraud in relation to his wood-pellet fuel company. "If this thing hadn't happened the way it happened, no way I would have ever started looking through these ancient folders," Mr Ceglia told Bloomberg News. "That contract would just be sitting in there gathering dust." The contract is the basis of Mr Ceglia's claim, in which he alleges he acquired a 50pc interest in the site then known as The Face Book as part of a deal in which he provided software skills for its development.
The Telegraph
Internet addicts more likely to develop depression
Teenagers who spend excessive amounts of time on the Internet are one and a half times more likely to develop depression than moderate web users, a study in China has found. Researcher Lawrence Lam described some of the signs of excessive use spending at least five to more than 10 hours a day on the web, agitation when the teens is not in front of the computer and loss of interest in social interaction. "Some spend more than 10 hours a day, they are really problematic users and they show signs and symptoms of addictive behavior ... browsing the Internet, playing games," said Lam, co-author of the paper which was published on Tuesday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The Independent
Email still reigns supreme in US mobile web usage
But social networking is on the rise. 41.6% of the time US mobile users spend on the mobile web is devoted to email, according to new stats from The Nielsen Company.That's the most popular usage, followed by portals (11.6% of time), and social networking (10.5%). However, the latter is on the rise, up 28% year-on-year.Music and video/movies have also grown strongly in the last year, with Nielsen saying both categories showed a 20%-plus rise in terms of their share of mobile web activity year-on-year.
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