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HP Slate 7 to launch May 1st for £129

HP have released the price and availaiblty details of their new low cost Android tablet. The Slate 7 will launch May 1st for £129 and go head to head with…

OpenELEC version 3.0.1 released

The OpenELEC team have released a maintenance update for OpenELEC. Version 3.0.1 has updates of the core XBMC build, fixes for the Raspberry Pi and lots of other patches. Download…

Outlook.com app for Android updated with new Windows style UI

Microsoft have updated the Outlook.com app for Android devices. The app gives you access to email from Outlook.com and has a new UI design that looks very much like the…

Netflix planning to move away from Silverlight to HTML5

Currently the only way to watch Netflix content is via one of their apps or via the Silverlight plugin in the browser. Microsoft have make it fairly clear that Silverlight…

Plex for iOS updated to version 3.1.3

Plex have updated the iOS Plex app to version 3.1.3. The updates seem to be minor with just a few changes, there is a Recently Aired filter, fixes for retrying…

YouTube app for iOS updated to version 1.3, adds live streams

Google have updated the iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch versions of the YouTube app. The iOS app has quick access to your “My Subscriptions” feed and access to live…

Skype for Windows Phone 8 Updated

Skype for Windows Phone has been updated to version 2.5. According to the Skype Blog this update focuses on general improvements and reliability, see the full list of changes bellow….

BBC News app for iOS updated

BBC News app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch has been updated. Version 2.0.1 for iOS has minor improvements to the UI like a fix for accidental video playback, a…

Microsoft update the News, Travel, Maps, Sport and Finance Windows 8/RT apps

As well as the News app which was updated today Microsoft have also updated some of the apps that originally shipped with Windows 8 and Windows RT. The apps which…

Windows 8/RT News app updated, adds RSS feeds and Offline reading

Microsoft have updated many of the built in Windows app for Windows 8 and Windows RT and main update seems to be for the News app. Prior to the update…

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