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Feature phone app focuses on online freedom

An Egyptian man talks on the telephone in front of an army vehicle in central Cairo's Tahrir Square in May 2012. (AFP)

For people living in countries where the the government monitors and censors the Internet, help is on the way. It may be in a smartphone app or it could be a clandestine wireless network that looks innocuous but allows people to communicate out of the view of government censors. A project funded…

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Apple fends off Android challenge with maps and Siri

Apple has unveiled its own mapping program for its iPhone and iPad devices (AFP)

Apple says it is planning to rev up the software running its coveted gadgets, training its sights on the China market — and tossingGoogle Maps aside in the process. Apple used its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San francisco Monday to show off upgrades to the software running iPhones, iPads, and iPod…

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New app gives early warning of mean messages

A woman uses her BlackBerry phone. (AFP)

Computer scientists have developed a mobile phone app that can predict the tone of incoming messages before a user reads them so that they are not caught off guard by angry or hostile words. The Android phone app “Stress @ Work”, created at the University of Portsmouth, colour codes messages so people have…

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Apple fends off Android challenge with maps, Siri

Apple logo via AFP

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple said Monday it was making its own maps for iPhones and iPads as it revved up its mobile gadget operating system in a drive to outdistance rivals powered by Google’s Android software. Apple chief Tim Cook kicked off the California company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)…

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Apple to preview iPhone software upgrade

Apple is expected to preview its new iPhone operating system (iOS 6) and show off some revamped MacBook laptops as it kicks off an annual gathering of developers on Monday in San Francisco. The Internet buzzed with rumors about what the notoriously secretive maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh computers might also unveil at a keynote event marking the start of the five-day Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). But analysts did not expect Apple to announce any new devices, believing it will opt instead to focus on improvements to operating software and opportunities for developers to make even better "apps." "What keeps people allegiant to and excited about their iPhones and iPads are all the new apps that are available," said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin. "Appealing to the developers and continuing to enrich the set of tools and capabilities they have to build great new apps or enhance existing apps is absolutely critical." WWDC comes less than two weeks before Google's annual developers conference, which will be held in the same downtown San Francisco conference center. "It is a back and forth between Apple and Google in a battle for hearts and minds of developers; to be their priority," Golvin said. "What Apple wants is for them to only develop for iOS," he continued. "That is not realistic, but they can try to make sure all the exciting new things come to iPad and iPhone first and maybe get to the Android, and Google wants the opposite." Google-backed Android software for mobile devices is the world's leading smartphone platform and is seen as Apple's only formidable adversary. Banners for iOS 6, the next generation operating system for Apple mobile gadgets, were on display in the conference venue during the weekend. Analysts suspected iOS upgrades to include improving and maybe even extending Siri virtual assistant capabilities that were a hit after being introduced in the iPhone 4S. Apple is expected to introduce its own mapping program to replace Google Maps software that had been pre-installed on iPhones. In apparent anticipation of the move, Google last week unveiled a revamped maps program that allows mobile users to use the service without an Internet connection. The service, which will be available soon on Android devices, allows users to select an area and save a local map which can be viewed when a user does not have a data connection. Google Maps could still be downloaded and used on iPhones. Apple would in theory be able to tie its mapping service to the Siri voice-directed personal assistant, which could supplant Google in searching for businesses. "If Apple does a great job (on its maps program) then we will see some substitution and may impact Google search on the iPhone," said Opus Research analyst Greg Sterling. Apple will also give developers the latest news about the new Mountain Lion operating system for Macintosh computers. Apple is expected to show off revamped MacBook laptop computers power by Intel Ivy Bridge chips. "My opinion is that we will definitely hear an update on Mountain Lion and we almost certainly will hear about iOS 6 with whizzy new mapping technology that is going to replace Google Maps," Golvin said. "And the MacBook line hasn't been refreshed for a while," he continued. "The big question is are we going to hear anything about Apple TV." Apple chief executive Tim Cook said recently that the company was putting a lot of energy into its Apple TV boxes for streaming Internet content to television screens. Apple long played the product off as "a hobby" but is believed to be trying to duplicate its success in tablet and smartphone markets in living rooms. "If they are going to push Apple TV from a hobby to something with full-force Apple marketing, I think they will do that in a separate event dedicated entirely to that," Golvin said.

Apple is expected to preview its new iPhone operating system (iOS 6) and show off some revamped MacBook laptops as it kicks off an annual gathering of developers on Monday in San Francisco. The Internet buzzed with rumors about what the notoriously secretive maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh…

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Iraqi environmentalists battle desert by planting trees

Karbala Green Belt screencap

In addition to the devastation wrought by three decades of war, the country of Iraq is also suffering in many places from the encroachment of the desert as a result of water shortages and sandstorms. In an effort to hold the desert back, local officials have planted and irrigated more…

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Flame super-virus has orders to self-destruct: Experts

Kaspersky Lab screen grab of Flame virus via AFP

US computer security researchers said Sunday that the Flame computer virus that smoldered undetected for years in Middle Eastern energy facilities has gotten orders to vanish, leaving no trace. Anti-virus company Symantec said in a blog post that late last week, some Flame “command-and-control servers sent an updated command to…

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‘Anonymous’ hackers to protest Indian Internet laws

"Anonymous" activists participate in a protest in Paris, France on March 10, 2012. Photo: Flickr user jastrow75.

Global hacking movement Anonymous has called for protesters to take to the streets in 16 cities around India on Saturday over what it considers growing government censorship of the Internet. The call for demonstrations by the Indian arm of the group follows a March 29 court order issued in the…

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Southeby’s to auction one of first hand-built Apple I computers

Apple I computer via Wikimedia Commons

NEW YORK — There’s no screen, it was built in 1976, and the clunky design does not exactly recall today’s iPads, but the first Apple computer is expected to fetch up to $180,000 in New York. Sotheby’s in New York is auctioning the rare piece of computer history, which actually…

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Pranksters ‘Jiggly Puff,’ ‘Weedlord Bonerhitler’ sign anti-’Obamacare’ petition

Jigglypuff, a "Pokemon" created by Nintendo, Ltd. Photo: Screengrab via YouTube.

When the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) set about thinking how to engage the Internet in new and unique ways, it probably did not occur to them that sometimes, the Internet tends to engage you right back. That misunderstanding apparently led to an NRCC petition drive this week seeking to…

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