This is the last technology news round-up for 2011. We’ll return in the new year. So, until then, here’s the latest tech news from around the web: Israelis are the world’s biggest users of social networks, TNW reports. According to …...
Tech news from around the web: Microsoft, a 20-year stalwart of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, has decided to pull out of the event after the 2012 show in January, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company, …Continue reading:...
Tech news from around the web: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has become the centre of bid speculation. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft and Nokia had, in recent months, considered the idea of making a joint bid for …Continue r...
Tech news from around the web: Apple has applied for a patent for a self-service kiosk that would read customers’ mobile devices and give them recommendations on accessories and apps, according to Mashable. The kiosk could be installed in Apple...
Tech news from around the web: Facebook’s Android mobile app has overtaken the daily active user count of its iPhone app, TechCrunch reports. The Android app is now registering 58.3m daily active users compared to the iPhone app’s 57.4m. Appl...
Tech news from around the web: Google’s Chrome 15 has replaced Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) as the world’s most popular browser edition, Computer World reports. During the last two weeks of November and the first week of Dece...
Tech news from around the web: PayPal, eBay’s payment service, is looking to take on Groupon and LivingSocial with plans to start offering coupons tailored to users’ buying habits and mobile phone locations, according to Bloomberg. The company ...
Tech news from around the web: Facebook is planning a push into mobile advertising by the end of March, according to Bloomberg. One idea being considered is to put Facebook’s Sponsored Stories ads, which feature friends’ interactions with brands, w...
Tech news from around the web: Apple has announced that it has hit the 18bn mark in downloads of the 500,000 apps it has on offer at its App Store, PaidContent reports. Last week Google revealed that it had achieved …Continue reading: "Apple hits...
Tech news from around the web: Amazon is to release an over-the-air software update to its latest tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, The New York Times reports. News of the uprgade comes as complaints about the tablet’s features and usability R...
Tech news from around the web: Panasonic is to launch a smartphone in Europe next year, according to Reuters. The move comes six years after the Japanese company abandoned overseas sales of its feature phones. Samsung is poised to unveil …Continu...
Tech news from around the web: US telecoms company Verizon and Redbox, the group behind the $1 DVD-rental kiosks, are in talks to provide a film and TV download and streaming service, according to TechCrunch. The service is scheduled for …Continu...
