| Nokia releases Browser 2.0 update for Series 40 handsets with improved speed, multitasking in tow Apr 24th 2012, 00:26  Nokia announced earlier today the release of Browser 2.0 for its Series 40 devices, which of course includes the colorful Asha lineup. The update promises an overall speedier and easier browsing experience, this in large part due to the application condensing data by up to 90 percent. In addition to these enhancements, there's also a novel Download Manager in the refresh, giving users the ability to choose where they'd like to save content without leaving the app. Also included in the update is a new multitasking-while-browsing feature (finally!), as well as a social-sharing bit that lets you push out page URLs to sites like Twitter, Facebook, Sina Weibo and RenRen. Browser 2.0 will be native on future Series 40s, but for now those whom already own a small chunk of the 150 billion can grab the goods from the Nokia Store or wait for the OTA package to hit your device. Nokia releases Browser 2.0 update for Series 40 handsets with improved speed, multitasking in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  MobileBurn |  Nokia | Email this | Comments | | Obama cracks down on Iran and Syria's surveillance of dissidents Apr 23rd 2012, 23:39  President Obama may be quite cozy with tech -- what with his predilection for the iPad and those town hall meetings on Facebook -- but he's well aware of its dark side, too. Today he announced that the US will freeze assets and cancel the American visas of Iranian and Syrian agencies tracking dissidents and pro-democracy groups via satellite, computer and phone networks. Among the entities getting the blacklist treatment are the Syrian cellphone company Syriatel, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian internet provider Datak Telecom. Amid election-year pressure to confront Iran, Obama also addressed the ongoing threat of the country acquiring nukes, but also paid lip service to social media's role in a democracy. "These technologies should be in place to empower citizens, not to repress them," he told an audience of 250 people, according to Reuters. Still, given the limited impact of previous sanctions against Iran, it remains to be seen just how much of an effect Washington's actions have on the human rights situation in either country. Obama cracks down on Iran and Syria's surveillance of dissidents originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Reuters | | Email this | Comments | |
