David K We all knew that when Buzz was released there were immediate privacy concerns since you could see Goog users all over the place without their explicit permission. But it turns out the issue is worse than just that. The NY Times has an article in today’s paper discussing the thorny issues. See, Google took your … Read more
Apparently that’s what Microsoft is calling it for now. Take a look at what Engadget was able to nab at WMC. Apparently they took a photo that had a white decal covering the text and played around with it in Photoshop until they could reveal what was being covered. Sorta sounds like a race car…sorta … Read more
Microsoft has long been rumored to be coming out with its own phone and one of the two phones was codenamed “Turtle”. The rumors continued to state that an MS phone would not be released at WMC this week. Well, the FCC just gave a little glimpse at the Turtle so it does indeed seem … Read more
All day I hear Outlook ding when I get an email…and I hear 5 other computers with the same ding and invariably I can’t tell if it’s my computer dinging or theirs so I take a look every time. Well today that changed. I made the decision to change my PC Outlook to have the … Read more
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Herm has done it again with his latest release. This one is three apps packed in one. The first, called Love Meter, lets you enter two names and it tells you how compatible they are. Turns out Doug is less compatible with his mom than I guessed;) Next up … Read more
It was just 24 hours ago when we were falling in love with Slacker and already the love is done. Slacker has apparently pulled the plug from permitting WM devices from accessing their servers. If you try to play a song you’ll just get an error message. Now all we can do is hope that … Read more
With the Olympics starting tomorrow I just wanted to remind you that last month we posted about an official Olympics app for WM. Now may be the right time to install it:) The official download can be found from Samsung here (you need to go to ‘download’ at the bottom of the page and navigate … Read more
A leaked version of the TMo HD2 ROM has revealed lots of goodies. It will come with the full version of Guitar Hero 5 and Diner Dash Flo on the Go. Prince of Persia and Ferrari GT are also present (but it’s unclear if they are demos or the full version). There’s also a Blockbuster … Read more
Slacker Radio has been extracted from the TMo HD2 Rom. This comes to us from TMartin of PPCGeeks and has also made its way to XDA. Even though it’s ported from a WVGA device, I’ve tried it on a VGA Fuze running 6.5 and it seems to work pretty well. You can sign up for … Read more
The press release says it all: Press conference and live webcast to take place at Mobile World Congress 2010. REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 10 What: On Feb. 15, 2010, Steve Ballmer will host a press conference to discuss Windows® phones at Mobile World Congress 2010. Who: Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corp. When: 3-4 p.m. CET Where: … Read more
Marketplace has added Help Haiti and Scramble to it’s list of Showcased apps. If you recall, Help Haiti (discussed here) is the freeware app from The Auri Group that lets you donate to help the relief efforts and gives you information to find people and provides other relief information. Scramble is Herm Software’s addictive word … Read more
Version 4.0 of Google Maps is out with Buzz. Buzz is Goog’s new social networking attempt. Buzz lets you: Share a tip, make a recommendation, post a picture, or say what’s happening now and tag it with a place. Find out what people are talking about (for example, a concert or upcoming traffic jam) by … Read more