Fantastical 2 for iPhone wants to be your all-in-one calendar and reminder app
From its humble beginnings on OS X, Fantastical’s contextual input changed the way plenty of people set appointments and reminders. When it arrived on the iPhone last November, the app became the first calendar software to reach number one on the App Store. Almost a year later, and Flexibits is looking to build on that success with Fantastical 2, a $2.99 upgrade that offers a new design and plenty of iOS 7 specific features....
iPhone, iOS 7 Receiving Enthusiastic Reviews
The first iPhone and iOS 7 reviews are in from news organizations including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times: Walter S. Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal recommends iPhone 5s “for anyone looking for a premium, advanced smartphone.” He calls the phone’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor “a potentially game-changing hardware feature” and iOS 7 “a radically new operating system.” Ed Baig of USA Today looks at both...
Ixia snaps up Net Optics for $190M
Service testing and verification provider Ixia announced Tuesday that it would be purchasing network visibility vendor Net Optics for $190 million. The deal is expected to close before the end of the year. In a statement, Ixia chairman and acting CEO Errol Ginsberg said that the deal makes his company’s offerings more comprehensive, and broadens its addressable market. [MORE NETWORKING:Juniper unveils new fabric switch,...
Court rules that Deutsche Telekom can’t throttle internet speeds on flat-rate plans
Suddenly, we fancy moving to Germany. A Cologne court has ruled that Deutsche Telekom can’t implement a plan to throttle speeds to 2Mbps on wired, flat-rate internet service once customers exceed monthly data caps. The policy would pose an “unreasonable disadvantage” to subscribers that rely on stable prices and connection speeds, according to the decision. Deutsche Telekom expects to appeal the ruling, but it may...
Report: NSA breaks into Yahoo, Google data center links
The U.S. National Security Agency has penetrated the main communication links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, giving it access to the accounts of hundreds of millions of people including U.S. residents, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. By tapping the links, the agency is able to collect at will a wide range of content such as metadata — indicating the recipients of emails and when the messages...
