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Apple Cuts The Cord On DUI Checkpoint-Evasion Apps
In light of the recent controversy over iOS apps that tip tipsy users on the locations of DUI checkpoints, Apple has made a few tweaks to its App Store Review Guidelines. “Apps which contain DUI checkpoints that are not published by law enforcement agencies, or encourage and enable drunk driving, will be rejected,” the revision [...]
‘Like’ Button Follows Web Users
Internet users tap Facebook Inc.’s “Like” and Twitter Inc.’s “Tweet” buttons to share content with friends. But these tools also let their makers collect data about the websites people are visiting. These so-called social widgets, which appear atop stories on news sites or alongside products on retail sites, notify Facebook and Twitter that a person [...]
Mystery Luna Robot Isn’t Made By Apple Or Google
Per CNET: Rumor had it that Apple or Google was going to release this vaguely humanoid robot, and of course rumor was wrong. Turns out it’s a California telepresence company called RoboDynamics. The robot is named Luna and is intended to be a programmable, open-source household companion. SchultzeWorks, also in California, did the design.
Sony Dives Into Tablet Race
According to CNN Money: Sony is diving into the tablet race, announcing Tuesday that is working on two gadgets that will hit the market this fall. One of the tablets, code-named S1, will be a flat slate with a 9.4-inch screen, just a touch smaller than Apple’s iPad. Its S2 tablet will be more unusual, [...]
Android Tablets Undercutting IPad Prices
In an effort to attract buyers away from Apple’s iPad, device makers are setting starting prices of Android tablets to undercut iPad’s US$499 entry-level price. The starting prices for tablets with 10.1-inch screens from ViewSonic, Asustek and Acer range from $279 to $449. The tablets run different versions of Google’s Android OS, include 10.1-inch displays, [...]
Prophecy
Here are my views of important events in the next 18 months… Apple to buy Facebook! Within 6 months. This is a natural – both companies approach their customers from a similar perspective, and gives Apple another closed platform to leverage. Google & Microsoft merge in 2012 to counter the closed Apple/Facebook Universe, the new [...]
EDITORIAL
Ok, let’s stop all the crap, shall we? What I’m talking about is the instability of the Android Platform. Those of us who bought one of these wonders expected certain things that a stable, industry standard operating system would bring. Namely: OS Upgradeability & Reliable Service Releases. But so far, it has been the opposite. [...]
Google Becomes Its Own Nation
A “huge move” in the search engine landscape! Google, the famous search engine, is set to buy the Island of GoGooroa early next month. This island, located in the Pacific Ocean, has two very special characteristics that attracted the company: – The island is shaped like the letter “G”, strongly ressembling the first letter of [...]
Google Earth for Android released
The Google Mobile Blog has announced that Google Earth for Android is now available. But don’t get all excited and try to download it for your Android device now because your phone’s Marketplace app may not even list it. Google Earth requires Android 2.1, which means the Nexus One is the only eligible handset for [...]