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Google Latitude released for iPhone

On Monday Google’s Latitude app finally became available for the iPhone, the app fully supporting iOS 4 and optionally providing constant position updates in the background on an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4. Privacy is still a focus as users can selectively turn off both background updates, hand-pick a location or turn off positioning altogether. […]

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New tests yield additional battery life in absence of Adobe Flash

It’s had a good run. Hell, it’s had a great run. Still, Apple has ceased bundling Adobe Flash on its new Macs, ostensibly so users could obtain the latest, secure version themselves with vastly increased battery life seems to be another leading reason for this change. According to the mighty Ars Technica, the new MacBook […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 4, beta 1 for public testing

For the brave and the bold, Mozilla has released the first public beta of its upcoming Firefox 4 web browser. The new browser, a 20.2 megabyte download (courtesy of VersionTracker), incorporates the following fixes and changes: – Tabs are now on top by default on Windows only – Mac OS X and Linux will be […]

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Apple renames “iPhone OS 4” to “iOS 4”, ships gold master candidate

As Jason mentioned on the podcast last night, Apple has officially changed the name of the long-anticipated iPhone OS 4.0 to “iOS 4”. The new operating system, which currently powers iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices, will be available for free on June 21st. Per AppleInsider, iOS 4 it will be a free update for […]

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Apple releases Safari 5.0 web browser

Amidst yesterday’s Worldwide Developers Conference announcements, Apple finally released Safari 5.0, the newest version of its web browser. The new version, available here (or via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature), sports the following fixes and changes: – Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single, […]