Twitterville Beta 3

Twitterville Beta 3 has now been sent to the current private beta testers.

Updates include:

• Bug fixes
• Slight UI changes
• Mostly under the hood fixes

To everyone else, the beta program is not accepting anymore testers for Twitterville.

Twitterville beta 2 releasing tomorrow [UPDATE: Released!]

I’ve received a number of emails from the beta testers of the app and have made a few changes to the Twitter client I am making. I’ll be releasing the next beta update over the next couple of weeks.

Beta 2 has been sent off to the beta testers Enjoy.

Want to get involved? Email imacdev@yahoo.com

Internet Explorer 8 Vs Firefox 3

Yes, you’ve heard it! The Internet Explorer 8 beta is well under way and some Mozilla users are seeing a rise in the new features that IE8 Beta has to offer over Firefox. Could this be the battle that wins it for IE against FF? I guess we’ll find out soon enough! You can download the BETA here.

Internet Explorer 8 Beta – New Features

Add-ons

With IE8 you can now get Add-ons to attach to the browser. You can access the add-on gallery here.

Accelerators

Accelerators let you complete your everyday browsing activities more quickly and even discover new services. Start mapping, translating, emailing, and more in just a few mouse clicks.

InPrivate Browsing

Keep Internet Explorer 8 from adding any sites you visit to Browsing History with InPrivate Browsing. Now you can shop for that special gift with confidence knowing your family won’t accidentally find out.

Web Slices

Keep up with changes to the sites you care about most. Add a Web Slice and you won’t have to go back to the same website again and again for updates on news, stock quotes, online auctions, weather, or even sports scores.

Search Suggestions

Search smarter with detailed suggestions from your favorite search providers and browsing history. See visual previews and get suggested content topics while you type in the enhanced Instant Search Box.

SmartScreen Filter

New security features help to protect you against deceptive and malicious websites which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity.

Compatibility View

Internet Explorer 8’s built-in Compatibility View button enables you to display websites that were designed for older browsers. Simply press the Compatibility View button if you see display problems on a website like misaligned text, images, or text boxes. It’s located next to the Refresh button on the Address Bar.

iPhone 2.2 Firmware – New Features

Apple has already started seeding 2.2 Beta firmware to certain developers. Apple have yet to give a release date for the firmware, however developers have been giving us the lowdown on a few new features hidden within the firmware. Here are some as follows:

Japanese Emoji Icons

These Emoji icons are very popular amongst the Japanese SMS’ers. Apple has now included these in the new Firmware and includes around 460 of these emoticons.

Ability to disable the Auto-Correction Feature

Users will now be able to turn the Keyboard’s Auto-Correction feature off. This has been requested by many iPhone users as being annoying and correcting words they’d like to use (as of yet you can’t add words to the Keyboards dictionary).

Google Street View

It has also said that Google Street View will be supported with the iPhone’s Google Maps. This was a feature demoed at the conference over the new Google Android phone and will be coming to the iPhone.