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Nokia Maps, Drive and Transport updated for Lumia devices
One of the cool features about owning a Nokia Lumia device is that you will get access to a variety of apps and features that are exclusive to Nokia phones, such as the Drive and Transport app, with the former being a GPS navigation system, while the latter focuses more on providing commuters with train/bus/tram timetables, schedules and routes. In any case, the Nokia Maps, Drive and Transport apps have been updated and should be available for download via the Windows Phone Marketplace.
As far as the updates are concerned, the Drive app has been updated to show more clearly the speed limits of the road that you are driving on, and warnings can be customized in terms of alerts and specific triggers. The update has also brought about offline usage allowing users to download maps for offline access in areas with poor reception or if you’re trying to cut back on data usage.
The Nokia Maps app has also been updated to show traffic situations, allows for the adding of places you want to visit into a favorites list, and even allows for the sharing of locations which you can send to friends via SMS, email or through social networks. The Nokia Transport app has also finally made its debut, and for those unfamiliar, the app was introduced back at MWC and basically it shows commuters various routes for getting from point A to point B, along with the timetable for the various public transport services around the world. Head on down to the source link below for additional details.
Apple is well known to be a company that continues to push the envelope when it comes to technological advancements and firsts. This time around, Cupertino has introduced the first ever automated security update for Mac computers in order to assist them in preventing attacks from recently identified bugs, which are also the very same bugs that that security researchers have pinpointed and warned against, as those could be the gateway for hackers to actually gain remote control of machines.
Over in New Jersey, District Judge William Martini has come up with a ruling that the police are not required to actually pick up a warrant before opening a fake Instagram account. This is because the bogus account could actually be used to receive pictures shared by a suspect, and some folks wonder whether this would require a search warrant to be issued beforehand. Not so, according to Judge Martini in his ruling that stated whenever Instagram users post photos on the site, they happen to be practicing “consensual sharing.”
In other words, users who put up photos on Instagram are more or less in the know that should they “follow” or “friend” others, they will also end up sharing their pictures with them. All in all, one should always be extra careful with whatever one shares with others online, as you can never quite tell how something might end up to bit you in the rear some day down the road.
Both iOS and Android number close to a million apps each on their respective app stores, which is one of the reasons why smartphone users flock to either operating system. Of course there are other factors, such as hardware, pricing, availability and so on, but it is safe to say that app availability plays a big role as well. Well Blackberry seems to think so as well as they have revealed that the Blackberry World app store currently sits at about 120,000 apps, which while still pretty small compared to iOS and Android, is a pretty huge deal considering that the platform and its accompanying devices were only launched earlier this year! Blackberry’s CEO Thorsten Heins praised the thriving ecosystem, which we guess was boosted by Blackberry’s efforts where they held events to encourage developers to submit as many apps as they can, and even offering monetary rewards on top of earnings for every app successfully submitted to Blackberry World. We can see that Blackberry is going for quantity at the moment, and we suppose there are quality apps within those 120,000, but for now it looks like as far as apps are concerned, they may very well be edging Windows Phone out of the picture!