Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Google plans to "supercharge" Android with €8.73 billion Motorola acquisition Google has today announced that they've entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Motorola Mobility for €8.73 billion ($12.5 billion). If approved, this would be Google's largest ever acquisition, four times that of the $3.1 billion paid for DoubleClick in March 2008. 4 responses 15th August 2011
Detailed renderings of Apple's new circular HQ in Cupertino, California The official website for the city of Cupertino, California has posted new renderings of Apple's planned circular headquarters, first revealed in June of this year. The building, officially known as "Apple Campus 2", will house 12,000 Apple employees in a single four-story circular structure that is due completed by 2015. No responses 14th August 2011
Book scanning for $1 anyone? A novel service, 1DollarScan, launched in the US last week and builds on the successes of their Japanese counterpart Bookscan. 1DollarScan scans and digitises books, documents and photos for as little as one dollar. No responses 12th August 2011
Wolfram Alpha comes alive with new Computable Document Format Computational knowledge search engine Wolfram Alpha has announced that their recently introduced Computable Document Format (CDF) has been integrated with their web-based service. The new format allows results to be interactively manipulated by various parameter controls right within the browser. No responses 12th August 2011
Twitter vows to purge spammers with "predictive" spam technology Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has vowed to counteract spam accounts with "realtime" and "predictive" spam technology that the company is currently working on. In a tweeted response to a spam complaint by Twitter user Peter Kafka, Costolo stated, No responses 11th August 2011
Amazon launches Kindle Cloud Reader to bypass Apple's App Store restrictions Amazon today, Wednesday, unveiled the Kindle Cloud Reader, an HTML5-based version of their Kindle book reader app that works on Chrome for Mac, Windows and Chrome OS, and on Safari for Mac, Windows and most notably the iPad. No responses 10th August 2011
Facebook launches standalone Android and iPhone messaging app Facebook has just launched a standalone messaging app, Facebook Messenger, for Android and iOS devices. The app allows Facebook users to message friends individually or by group, send photos and share location information. No responses 9th August 2011
HTC’s Android-powered Wildfire S [Review] We've got our hands on the HTC Wildfire S, the successor to the hugely successful HTC Wildfire smartphone that originally helped bring Android to the masses. The Wildfire S is a compact but robust device that runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and is available online from Three. No responses 9th August 2011
Early speculators estimate iPhone 5 will be cheaper than previous model As the iPhone 5's inevitable launch date in late September or October draws ever closer, speculators have begun to estimate the device's cost. An image posted on 9to5Mac and sourced from Bloomberg breaks down the iPhone 5's individual component costs and estimates that the device may retail at $620 for a 16GB, slightly less than $649 for the current iPhone 4 16GB model in the US. No responses 9th August 2011
BBC launch new TV-friendly iPlayer The BBC has today launched a new TV-friendly version of its video on demand iPlayer service which aims to improve user experience on this medium. The new version is only available to users in the UK initially on the PlayStation 3 console but later rolled out to a myriad of other devices and connected TVs. No responses 8th August 2011