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Check out this video-preview by Redmond Pie as well as full text review of the new IM+ version, its authors somehow managed to get their hands on the 3.4 version of IM+  for iPhone which is not even in AppStore yet.  Speech recognition is pretty darn cool and useful feature, seems to work with accents quite well. It will be helpful in many situations where you can not look or type on the iPhone screen. You can dictate your messages on all major messaging and social networking services supported by IM+: Facebook, Twitter, Skype, AOL IM, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live, Google Talk, ICQ etc.

Spech recognition in IM+ will cost you 0.99 per month, which is not bad at all.

This version also features awesome animated smileys.
This article was published by iphoneapplicationlist.com

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     The “Free Memory” function has become present in numerous apps both in the App Store and Cydia, but that will soon change. Apple has decided to put their foot down on the subject and demand all developers who currently use this function to remove it asap.

     Apple has banned any app on the App Store from being able to run in the background, for obvious memory hogging reasons. However Apple allows many of their stock applications, such as Mail, Safari, and iPod, to continue to run in the background making your iPhone signifigantly more difficult to use. This…

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It turns out that a bowl of rice can save the iPod, accidentally fallen into the pool. AThese and other secrets of saving gadgets in distress are now available in our article created especially to safe your iPhone and other gadgets.

1. What should you do if the phone keypad has sand?
Before you take your cell to the beach, it is recommended to buy a package of compressed air. If the phone (or other gadget) has sand, a jet of compressed air from the package will be able to remove the sand from the device.

2. What are you to do if your iPhone happened to be in the freezer?
If the iPhone is not working or does not react to any your commands you can try to overload it. To do this you must first pull the battery from the phone. This will help to safe iPhone media data files. Then you can connect your iPhone to your network or computer and turn it on. Now you need to hold both buttons of “Menu” and “Choice” for 5 seconds until you see the logo of Apple. The logo appearance means that the device is reloading.

3. What are main tips about repairing a wet iPhone?
Repairing a wet iPhone you need to dry the device. This can be done with a vacuum cleaner or a sealed container with packets to absorb the moisture. If these bags are off the top of your head, you can remove moisture using improvised means, for example, rice. One should fill up a pot or bowl with rice and put a wet gadget there.  Rice works as a bag to absorb moisture and dry the device.

4. What is better to do if you cell have fallen into the water?
First, you need to pull the phone out of the water and get the battery so that the contacts are not rusted. Continue to pull the SIM-card from the phone to save your contact information. Then you can try to dry the gadget with a vacuum cleaner or with rice.

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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has made an agreement to buy out Marvel Entertainment Inc. (NYSE:MVL) today.  The transaction will take place in cash and stock.

As part of the agreement, the transaction will be based on the closing price of Disney stock as of August 28, 2009.  Marvel shareholders would receive $30 per share in cash and 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share that they own.

“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” stated The Walt Disney Company CEO and President Robert A. Iger in a press release. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”

Disney will acquire the ownership of Marvel and 5,000 of the characters belonging to the franchise.  Perlmutter will continue to oversee the Marvel properties.

The transaction is subject to the clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, non-U.S. merger control regulations, etc.  Marvel was advised by BofA Merrill Lynch.

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FOX TV show Fringe is adding a new feature to their repeat shows.  The new feature utilizes Twitter commentary to add some flavor to the show.  In each repeated show (”tweet-peats”), there will be an on-screen scrolling of Twitter messages from the cast and the producers.

The first time they will be doing this will be at Thursday at 9PM on FOX.  Josh Jackson (cast), John Noble (cast), Jeff Pinker (producer), and J.H. Wyman (producer) will have their Twitter accounts connected to the show.

On the same day, there will also be a pilot of the show Glee which will also have Twitter commentary from cast and other staff.  To become involved in the “tweet-peats,” check out the Twitter accounts of both shows:

http://www.twitter.com/FRINGEonFOX and http://www.twitter.com/GLEEonFOX.

And also don’t forget to subscribe to the Pulse2 Twitter account: http://www.twitter.com/Pulse2DotCom.

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