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| HotelTonight Now Allows You To Gift Hotel Stays | | Last-minute hotel booking app HotelTonight released an update Tuesday, that expands the service into more countries, and allows users to give hotel stays as gifts. HotelTonight works with hotels in more than 70 different locations around the globe, offering last-minute deals on hotel rooms.
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| Apple Partially Fixes Australian Map After Police Complaint | | Apple has fixed -- partially, at least -- its map of Mildura, Australia, after local police advised people not to use the company's Maps app because it showed the city in the wrong location. According to the Australian, Apple Maps now shows the correct location of Mildura for travelers coming from South Australia, but not Melbourne.
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| ELF Electric Vehicle Powered by Pedaling and the Sun | | Fueled by the combined forces of manpower and the sun, a new hybrid electric vehicle gets you from point A to B in an innovative new way. Called "ELF," the vehicle is the meeting point between a bicycle and a car, according its Kickstarter page. Using a combination of pedaling and solar power, creator Organic Transit says the ELF is ideal for commuting, deliveries and other local transportation needs.
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| Adobe Updates Photoshop and Illustrator For Retina Displays | | Monday, December 10, 2012 11:57 PM | Christina Warren |
| Adobe has updated Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6 to support Retina displays. This update should make plenty of designers and photo editors very happy. Since the release of the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina in June, software developers have scrambled to support the high-resolution screen and pixel density.
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| Hands On With Instagram's New Features | | Monday, December 10, 2012 8:59 PM | Christina Warren |
| Instagram updated its iOS and Android apps Monday with a new filter, new crop and scale features and a more refined user interface. There is a lot of drama right now in the photo sharing space -- especially now that Twitter is offering its own photo filters -- so we wanted to spend a few minutes with the new Instagram features and see how the changes stack up.
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| Drill Issue Could Threaten Mars Rover Curiosity's Mission | | Monday, December 10, 2012 6:07 PM | Space.com |
| As NASA's Mars rover Curiosity prepares to use its rock-boring drill for the first time, engineers are troubleshooting an issue with the power tool that may affect the entire mission. Curiosity's fast-spinning percussive drill should make it through the originally planned two-year prime mission, team members say.
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| Instagram Introduces New Filter, Crop and Other Tools | | Monday, December 10, 2012 4:01 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Instagram released an update to its photo-sharing and filtering app Monday, delivering some highly requested features to iOS and Android users for the first time. You'll no longer need to open up Camera+ or Snapseed to crop and scale your photo; both can now be done in Instagram with a grid guide overlay.
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| 12 Problems Solved by Tech in 2012 | | Monday, December 10, 2012 3:39 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Some of the hottest tech trends of 2012, like mobile apps and solar energy, are changing the world for the better. This year, we saw a variety of inspiring innovations tackle some of the world's greatest challenges. We've seen iPods help dementia patients, Android phones monitor carbon offsets and mobile apps prevent texting while driving.
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| FTC: 'Little Progress' in Privacy and Children's Apps | | Monday, December 10, 2012 2:44 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| If your child has his or her own smartphone -- or he or she just loves borrowing yours to play the latest games -- the Federal Trade Commission is advising caution. The FTC found in a recent report that developers who make apps specifically geared towards children have done little to address privacy concerns since the commission's first report on children's apps earlier this year.
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| 10 Most Favorited Bing Homepage Images of the Year | | Monday, December 10, 2012 2:00 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Ready to daydream about leaving your desk job? Bing has revealed its 10 most fan-favorited homepage image picks of the year, and believe us, they are beauties. If you've ever visited Bing.com, you know it carefully handpicks stunning images to grace its homepage each day.
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| 10 iPad Wallpapers Full of Winter Cheer | | Monday, December 10, 2012 12:18 PM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| Are you looking to give your iPad a makeover for the holiday season? We can help you out with our ice-cool selection of 10 fabulous, free wallpapers that will add some Christmas cheer to your favorite tablet. SEE ALSO: 10 Free Facebook Cover Photos Full of Holiday Cheer Whether you want traditional decorations, snowy scenes or Christmas kitties, you'll find something you like in our image gallery.
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| Gmail Is Down for Some Users | | Monday, December 10, 2012 12:15 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Gmail service went down for many users just before noon Eastern Time on Monday. The outage appears to be intermittent, with the service first going down for some users for about 10 minutes. Service was then briefly restored, but soon afterward all access to mail.google.com appeared to stop. Gmail on mobile was down, too, although it was working during the initial outage.
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| Apple's 'Steve Jobs' Patent Is in Trouble | | Monday, December 10, 2012 11:04 AM | Pete Pachal |
| The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has filed paperwork to declare a key Apple patent invalid. The patent has to do with how the multi-touch screen works on an iPhone or iPad -- most notably how lists bounce when you get to the end of them -- and has often been referred to as the "Steve Jobs" patent since he's listed first among the many inventors (Scott Forstall is second).
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