The Acer Iconia Tab A500 was due to get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update tomorrow, the 27th of April, but it looks like Acer has decided to roll out the update a little early.

A number of owners of the Acer Iconia Tab A 500 have reported receiving the update earlier than expected, you can check to see if it is available for your device now.

If you want to see if the Android 4,0 ICS update is available on your Iconia Tab A500, go to Settings > About on your device, the update is apparently not available for everyone at the moment.

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Most of us will probably have used Google’s Translate service at some point, and now Google has shared some details on how popular their language translate service has become.

According to Google, the service is used by more that 200 million people per month, and the service translates the equivalent text that can be found in more than 1 million books every day.

In 2001, Google started providing a service that could translate eight languages to and from English. It used what was then state-of-the-art commercial machine tr ... Read more »

It’s funny how many businesses are starting to realize that our gadgets can be used for much more. They can be used to make our daily activities much easier and more efficient. That’s why the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is going to start a program this fall that will allow commuter rail riders to buy tickets on their smartphones.

It’s a first for the U.S. The project is a partnership with Masabi, a company with expertise in mobile transit ticketing systems. It should make things more efficient for riders, since less than half of the 140 commuter rail stations even have ticket machines and should help to cut costs for the MBTA and reduce the amount of fare ... Read more »