Summary Box: iPhone app with augmented reality

September 3, 2010

AP - THE APP: Available for the iPhone, mTrip is a travel guide and more. It uses the latest in smart phone technology to help travelers stay on track.

Samsung tablet makes Euro debut

September 3, 2010

Appolicious - The Samsung Galaxy tablet arrived at a Berlin trade show this week (pricing and availability to follow soon) and the early buzz by people who handled the gadget was positive. Several other Android-based tablets will follow soon, as this AndroidApps.com piece points out.

Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality

September 3, 2010

This product image provided by mTrip Travel Guides shows the mTrip Travel Guide application. The new iPhone application, mTrip, is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smartphone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.     (AP Photo/mTrip Travel Guides)  NO SALESAP - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.

Samsung GalaxyTab brings new life to Android

September 3, 2010

Appolicious - This was a big week for the mobile OS wars, with previews of upcoming Android tablets emerging in the days leading up to the IFA event in Germany.  Just before the conference kicked off, however, Steve Jobs debuted a redesigned line of iPods, along with an updated iTunes that features a social network.

U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police

September 3, 2010

A family walks past a display of a BlackBerry smart phone at a shopping mall in Dubai August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mosab OmarReuters - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state’s moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai’s police chief said.

Apple’s Ping a Scammer’s Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out

September 3, 2010

PC World - Apple’s music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is drowning in scams and spams, security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there are no reports of clickjacking worms or other forms of aggressive malware, experts say. But if you’re looking for links to bogus surveys promising free iPhones, iPads, and other assorted iDevices, then Ping in iTunes 10 is the social network for you.

Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool

September 3, 2010

** FILE ** In this Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 file photo, a dummy BlackBerry handset stands at a shop in Hyderabad, India. India has widened its security crackdown, asking all service providers, and not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion, to install servers in the country, a move analysts say will bolster national security, possibly at the expense of privacy. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)AP - Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai’s police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.

Malaysia to monitor Internet for ‘harmful’ blogs

September 3, 2010

A reader points to news on local news portals on the Internet in Kuala Lumpur on August 15. Malaysia has formed a task force to scour the Internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity, authorities have said in the latest of a series of actions against new media.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysia has formed a task force to scour the Internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity, authorities said on Friday in the latest of a series of actions against new media.

iOS Bigger than Linux and Android Combined [STATS]

September 3, 2010

Mashable - According to the latest numbers from Net Applications, iOS is the third most popular platform on the Internet, surpassing Linux and Android combined.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted… A Month Before Release

September 3, 2010

PC World - The folks at Sera-Apps, a German group of Android developers, have not only managed to get their hands on a prototype of the Samsung Galaxy Tab a month before the device goes on sale, but they managed to root the device at IFA, the world’s largest consumer electronics show being held in Germany.

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