Facebook has introduced a new Messenger app for iPhone and Android aimed at making sure your friends receive your correspondence with greater speed. The new Messenger app, which will rival BlackBerry Messenger and Apple’s forthcoming iMessage service, exists separately from the main Facebook app. Messenger will allow users to contact both Facebook friends and phone contacts with the recipient receiving notifications and texts to inform them of your message. Facebook thinks the service, which is yet to arrive on either platform’s app store, will mean friends will see your messages sooner.
Google has added the capacity to download map areas, as it continues to roll out offline functionality across its range of services. Google is aware that we do not have internet access at all times when we are out and about, and the early criticisms of its Chromebooks has scathingly pointed out just how useless they are when offline. And with Android quickly becoming the most popular phone OS, the need for some offline functionality on certain services is clear.
Ofcom has released its list of most-complained about telecoms providers, revealing that TalkTalk and Three are the most complained about companies. For landline and broadband services, the report examines BT Retail, BSkyB, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media. TalkTalk in particular came out of the report badly; from October 2010 to February 2011, 1.7 customers per 1,000 complained about its landline services, while 1.27 complained about their broadband; far more complaints than the other companies received. However, it was a bad period for TalkTalk; the complaints peaked in November last year when it emerged that the company had been billing some customers for services that were already cancelled.
Ofcom has released its list of most-complained about telecoms providers, revealing that TalkTalk and Three are the most complained about companies. For landline and broadband services, the report examines BT Retail, BSkyB, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media.
This article is brought to you in association with LG Optimus 2X Since it launched last August, Google Instant has been a revelation. Its ability to instantly search depending on what you’re typing has changed the way many people deal with search results when using a PC or Mac. After all, you can refine search results with the tap of a few keys rather than having to do a second search when your first isn’t so refined. As you’ll read, Google Instant predicts what you might want to search for depending on what you’re typing rather than what you’ve already typed.