Compositions: An elegant Dropbox-enabled app for iOS and Mac

Compositionsis a simple, paired down and Dropbox-enabled text-editor that enables users to pick up documents between their iPhone, iPad and Mac. This iOS text editor comes with options to send or import text documents viaDropbox, a cloud storage service that offers 2GB of free space and allows you to sync files with multiple devices. Compositions is multi-platform and supports users in seamlessly moving and editing text files between the iOS and Mac versions....

3 min · 592 words · Travis Vaughn

Comprehensive video overview of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 emerges

TheSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1is still a little way from launching but that doesn’t mean we will have to wait for a comprehensive video overview of the device to emerge. AndroidHDhad the chance to spend a day with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, putting together a twelve minute video that demonstrates the Tab’s features and the powerful Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system. Samsung has admitted that the tablet may be “inadequate” when it launches in the Summer, coming up against the Xoom and the recently launched iPad 2....

1 min · 191 words · Thomas Evans

Compulsory EV chargers give retailers a chance to win back UK shoppers

Wereported in Septemberthat the UK was making the installation of EV chargers a prerequisite for newly built homes and offices. But now it’s official, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson formallyannouncing the initiativeat the CBI annual conference. From 2022, new homes and buildings such as supermarkets, shopping malls, and workplaces will be required to install electric vehicle charging points. Specifically, new office blocks will need to install a charge point for every five parking spaces, and the regulations also apply to large scale renovations with over ten parking spaces....

4 min · 658 words · Charles Hall

Compulsory usage of real names on Twitter was discussed at UK government riot meeting

Following yesterday’smeetingwith the UK Home Secretary and other key members of the government and police force, Twitter, Facebook and Research in Motion (RIM) didn’t give too much away in terms of the specifics of the discussions. It was revealed that the subject of placing restrictions on social networks wasn’t on the agenda. The focus of the meeting was very much geared towards finding ways to improve how the authorities engage with social networking services, as well as how social networks can improve themselves to more effectively manage emergency situations....

4 min · 664 words · Susan Miller DVM

Computer glitch halts Softbank sales on iPhone 4S launch day in Japan

The opening day of iPhone 4S sales in Japan did not start well for Softbank.According to the Wall Street Journal, the operator was forced to suspend the sale of all smartphones, including the new device from Apple, at 0200 GMT this morning after a computer glitch affected customer registrations. During the down-time staff at Softbank, which just lost its iPhone exclusivity after rivalKDDI became an iPhone 4S carrrier, took customer details by pen, paper and any other means necessary to avoid missing out on business....

2 min · 235 words · Brendan Wilkerson
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