Daily news roundup - 21/07/09

All the day's top news in one place

21 July 2009 18:31 GMT / By Ben Crompton

Catch up on the most-read news and reviews from the last 24 hours with Pocket-lint's daily news roundup.

REVIEW:HTC Hero mobile phone
Android comes of age
The most noticeable and oft talked about feature of the HTC Hero is the "chin", so it's a good place to start...read more

NEWS:VIDEO: TwittARound augmented reality iPhone app
Beta demo clip shows potential
Here is a demo of the first beta version of TwittARound - an augmented reality Twitter viewer on the iPhone 3GS...read more

NEWS:Barnes and Noble leapfrog Amazon with new ebook offering
Over 700,000 ebooks in one place
Barnes and Noble has announced that it will go up against Amazon and its Kindle ebook with the launch of the Barnes and Noble eBookstore and a new ebook reader...read more

NEWS:Supersonic dog training iPhone app launches
"Dog Remote"
We're not sure what Barbara Woodhouse would make of this, but a new iPhone application has launched that promises to help you train your dog...read more

REVIEW:Amethyst iPig iPod Speaker Dock
Oink, oink: is this speaker more than just snorting noises?
We've seen plenty of speakers for the iPod over the last couple of years at Pocket-lint, but only a handful to this date that resemble farm animals...read more

NEWS:Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 released
Promises to be faster, and more reliable
While Microsoft has confirmed that it won't be bringing Office 2010 to the Mac at the same time as the PC version, that hasn't stopped the company launching Service Pack 2 for Office 2008 for Mac...read more

NEWS:Mac BlackBerry Desktop Software Finally Confirmed
Apple users finally get to sync data
RIM has confirmed that it will be launching a Mac version of its Desktop software later in the year...read more

NEWS:HTC Hero launches 22 July on Orange
Tweet reveals release date
Orange has revealed that the HTC Hero will be available from its high street shops as of 22 July...read more

NEWS:4G iPhone prototype goes missing
Chinese worker commits suicide
Chinese media is reporting that a fourth-generation iPhone prototype has gone missing in China, and the worker responsible for it - 25 year-old Sun Danyong - has committed suicide...read more

NEWS:Skype 2.8 for Mac brings new features
Improvements, stability and bug fixes
Skype has updated its VoIP Mac software with a number of bug fixes and improvements...read more