Savoury Avery
The latest Internet Explorer from Microsoft deceptively looks as simplified and light-weight as its competitors, particularly Google’s Chrome browser.
Like Chrome, the iE 9 beta has just an address bar and a few toolbars. And what’s more, the default has no menu and no status bar; not even a Favourites bar. Opening a new tab, you’d find links to your "most popular sites", for relaunching with just a click.
Nokia has release the latest Ovi Maps v3.06. The new changes and features are:
- Pinch to zoom on Symbian^3 devices
- Visually refreshed main menu and icons
- New maps with public transport lines (as a new map layer) for subways, trams and trains in more than 80 cities. Just click the map toolbox icon and select Transit lines
- Improved search experience - find places and addresses around you - or anywhere in the world - fast and easily. Browse places or enter a keyword in the search box. Now with suggestions and "did you mean?" functionality
- New place pages with description, reviews, pictures and places nearby. Interact with places in a whole new way - you can check in, contact, navigate, save, rate, share, report or see place on the map
- Share a place - send a place to your friends via SMS or Email. The SMS contains the address and a link to the place page with description, ratings, contact, URL and a mini map. The link opens up on the mobile browser (also on non-Nokia devices)
- Check in - keep your friends up-to-date with where you are and what you're up to.
- Check in to places and share it with your friends on Facebook and many more social networks. See places you’ve been to in your check in history
- New Drive assistance mode with live traffic flow - after clicking Drive, you're instantly in drive assistance mode with live traffic flow and more. Once you start moving, get safety camera alerts and speed limit warnings
- More folder with many rich content services relevant to your location.
- Personalise your Ovi Maps by selecting the services you'd like to keep on your main menu for instant access.
No, Google is not marketing any sort of instant noodles.
Google has just launched their most innovative search engine yet, the Google Instant. I know, this instantly reminds some people of Maggie’s Instant Mee. But Google’s new Instant search cooks much faster than 2 minutes. Within seconds Google Instant starts searching as soon you begin typing in your query.
What Instant does is it anticipates your every key stroke, and delivers the results even before you finish keying in your entire query. It’s ready for Malaysian users who downloaded Google’s latest birthday Chrome browser. Just click on “Instant is on”, to activate.
Another bit of good news, this time for mobile users. Google says the mobile version of Instant would be ready by this fall, particularly for iPhones and Androids, so long as the phone can handle
We can’t be sure about whether Malaysian iPhone and iPod Touch owners are allowed this or not, but it’s definitely on in the
The biggest update is the new
High dynamic range (HDR) photos.
TV show rentals.
FaceTime from Favorites menu in the phone book.
Upload HD videos to YouTube and MobileMe over Wi-Fi.
More support for AVRCP-supported accessories
bug fixes for proximity sensor
improved iPhone 3G performance
Nike+iPod
Bluetooth.
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Issue #109 OUT NOW!
The middle of the year is near and there is a battle going on in this issue - find out which devices won. Also, get these devices before the year end, before the apocalypse. Find out iPad's limitation. Apple's counterpart, Google has its own problems with Android fragmentation. Some people jamming at Bersih 3.0? Find out the truth here. Find out why some people love or hate Facebook Timeline. April Fool is over but you reminisce about those jokes here. Find out if you won Mobile World 10 Great Years Contest No.2. Come visit us at GoMobile this May!
