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Enterprising readers have probably been rocking the four-point-oh release of Firefox since it slipped out a little early last night, but now you can get yourself that same, fully-legit version from a new, fully-legit address. The browser’s live and, as you can see from the rolling download counter Mozilla has set up, a couple-hundred-thousand of you have already got it going on. So, what are your thoughts? Let your voice be heard in the poll and comments below.

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Firefox 4 is officially released, how are you liking it? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re not certain this is the “ground-breaking new product” Logitech was hiring Android engineers for, but Squeezebox fans packing an Android tablet or phone have something new to download now that an official remote app is available. It gives full control over WiFi to all the Squeezeboxes you can fit in your home and brings the usual controls, metadata and album artwork from player to your mobile’s screen. While we’re still keeping our fingers crossed for a Vizio-style Android music box in the future if you have a 2.1 or later device in hand and a Squeezebox Touch, Boom, Duet or similar on the end table, you’ll want to head directly to that Market link below or check out the full description on Logitech’s site.

Logitech launches Squeezebox Controller app for Android phones and tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Everyday is an iPhone app to make a movie of yourself getting old

Everyday is a single-serve iPhone app which looks like a lot of fun — if you have a little discipline. Essentially it is an app for snapping self-portraits, but it brings an extra feature not found in other photo-apps: time.

The idea is to snap a picture of your face every single day (that’s where the discipline comes in). Then, once you have a bunch of photos saved, you can stitch them together into a time-lapse movie. You may have seen this kind of thing before — movies spanning decades done by patient people with regular cameras. The difference with Everyday is that it is easy, even if you’re forgetful.

To take a snap, you line up your face with on-screen guides, or show a ghostly overlay from a previous shot. Then snap! That’s it. You can share the individual photos manually or automatically to the usual places — Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr — and you can also have the app pop up a daily reminder for you to take the shot.

But the best part? It’s actually not the app, but the accompanying video spot, filmed by the ever soporific-seeming Adam Lisagor, the go-to commercial-maker for nerdy companies with something to sell. Check it out:

Everyday will cost you $2, and is available now.

Everyday product page [iTunes]

See Also:

• Portrait Machine
• Top 10 Wired Reader Self-Portraits, Decided by You
• Self-Portrait Add-On for iPhone is All Done With Mirrors

Google yesterday revealed suspicions that its Webmail client Gmail had been hacked by the Chinese government. Users in that country had been reporting a number of technical problems, none of which could be attributed issues on Google’s end. The company told the press, “Relating to Google there is no issue on our side. We have checked extensively. This is a government blockage carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail.”

The invasion is thought to be a preemptive strike against potential dissidents spurred on by the rising pro-democracy protests springing up across the Middle East–a local movement known as the “jasmine revolution.”

China today responded to Google’s comments during a press conference held earlier today, telling the press that it “is an unacceptable accusation.” Government spokeswoman Jiang Yu also called the claims “groundless.”

This isn’t the first Google has accused the Chinese government of interfering with its services in the county. In January of last year, the company told the press that it believed the company had hacked Gmail in order to gather information on human rights activists.

Remember when Steve Jobs had a dig at Apple’s mobile competition and proclaimed that “no one” would buy their Hummer-like 4-inch-plus smartphones? Well, going by the latest NPD data, that group of “no ones” among US smartphone consumers is now a meaty 24 percent. Separating handsets into screen categories of 3.4 inches and below, 3.5 to 3.9 inches, and those above 4 inches, the stat mavens discovered that the midrange is holding steady, but smaller-screened devices are starting to lose out to their jumbo-sized brethren. No prizes for guessing that Android-powered devices were behind that big sales increase, with the HTC EVO 4G and Motorola Droid X leading the way, followed by Samsung’s multivariate Galaxy S range. Now, care to tell us more about our mobile future, Steve?

[Thanks, Skylar]

Disclaimer: NPD’s Ross Rubin is a contributor to Engadget.

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‘Hummer’ handsets now account for 24 percent of US smartphone sales, prove Steve Jobs wrong originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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