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They say that geolocation is the latest innovation in social media, but what we saw so far was a rush for badges in foursquare and recommendations of places on Yelp. To the extent that the use of GPS in smartphones grows and becomes popular, new applications appear. Defined by Qualcomm Services Lab, an incubator for startups, as a “private application [...]

Google began offering on Thursday Google Instant in some devices such as Android and iPhone, as promised when it launched the service in September. Google Instant displays the results as the user types the search term, instead of waiting for click the Search button. Although in theory can save time for mobile users as it does in the case of PCs, the [...]

Microsoft said the beta version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) was downloaded by 10 million internet users in the first six weeks after launch, according to figures from the manufacturer. Also according to the study, users utilize only 12 of the regular features of the browser. According to Microsoft, the IE9 promises to speed up web browsing. For this, [...]

During the Sunday (24), an official blog post from Dutch Microsoft said that Windows 8 would be scheduled to be released in two years. However, the information was not correct or at least should not have ended up on the blog. Comments on Windows 8 appeared after a post for the 1st anniversary of Seven, celebrated last week. In the early hours of Monday [...]

Be careful with the applications you’ve been installing on your device with Android. A recent study revealed that one in five applications of this system allows access to private information of the user, and some can even perform actions without the owner’s knowledge of the device. According to PC World site, analyzed some apps could send [...]

On Thursday, Steve Jobs explained to the world, through a letter posted on Apple‘s site, some of his objections to the use of Flash on iPods, iPhones and iPads. Among the scores of the CEO of Apple, the fact that he consider Flash a closed platform, insecure and unreliable were cited, beyond the detail that supposedly would use Flash much battery [...]

Facebook may be back to its essence, if the user desires so. It was announced some time ago, but was not yet operational, the latest version of the popular social network. So far there has been no official announcement, however, only now Facebook users have available a version of a ‘light’ version: http://lite.facebook.com/. With a much [...]