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- Android 2.1 Now Running On Half Of All Android Phones
- Readness: A Last.fm for News. Now why hasn’t this been done before?
- And the first Twitter paid trending topic? Disney/Pixar.
- AT&T, In Your iPhone 4 Order, Canceling It After You Made It
- iTunes 9.2 released. iOS4 supported.
- Cell Phones To Be Labeled For Radiation Emission In San Francisco
- Vuvuzela Filtering For World Cup Television Coverage?
- US iPhone 4 Shipping Date Slips Again, UK Remains Unchanged. AT&T At Fault?
- Tweetmeme’s Retweet Goes International On Yo Ass
- Facebook “Like” Comes to Comments
- Shenit – 7″ Android Tablets For Under $200
- Yahoo Widgets come to more Sony TVs, Internet TV competition getting really interesting
- iPhone 4 pre-orders top 600,000 on first day.
- The Sun shows how NOT to work with bloggers
- Typing on your Android just got easier. Get Swype while you can.
- AOL Cuts Its Losses; Sells Bebo to Criterion Capital for $10 mm
- YouTube gets a video editor. New Rickroll versions imminent.
- Shoply makes e-commerce easy and affordable for all.
| Android 2.1 Now Running On Half Of All Android Phones Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:12 AM PDT
As Android’s market share continues to grow and new handsets are pushed to market, Android 2.1 is now running on exactly half of all Android phones currently in use. Android 1.5 and 1.6 make up for most of the other firmware currently in use, many European HTC Hero users are still to get an upgrade from the stock software since they purchased their handsets. Android 1.5 accounts for 24.6% of devices whereas Android 1.6 has a slightly larger share at 25%. We suggested that we will start to see a sharp rise in Android 2.2 use once Google’s Froyo release is adopted by manufacturers, currently the firmware is only available for some Nexus One owners and via third-party ROM’s hacked together by Android enthusiasts. Google has openly admitted that its Gingerbread firmware will see the beginning of a planned slowdown where the company will start to release just one firmware update a year to help reduce fragmentation and give developers a chance to fine-tune their apps without fear of having to support a large number of different handset setups. Original title and link for this post: Android 2.1 Now Running On Half Of All Android Phones |
| Readness: A Last.fm for News. Now why hasn’t this been done before? Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:21 AM PDT
If you’re anything like me, you’re already excited and wondering why this hasn’t been done before. The app, built by Peter Clark the UK based developer of popular iPhone newsreader Broadersheet, is currently in stealth mode so expect hiccups, but for a preview release it’s already slotted neatly into my list of favorite tools (must make a list of them one day). So how does it really work.Once you’ve signed up (via Facebook) and installed the plugin (Chrome only at the moment), it will scrobble all the articles you read from a select white list of publishers. You can make those read articles public or private on your profile by default but you are also given 15 minutes after you’ve read an article to remove it from your profile if you’d rather not include that particular article as ’scrobbled’. Of course, every article you visit you don’t necessarily actually read so plans to also only scrobble articles you’ve been reading for a few minutes are on the way. The real magic happens once you visit Readness.com again after some time browsing your favorite news sources. You find 5 tabs; breaking, top, history, starred, upcoming and social. Each with potential to give you an in depth overview of news that is either breaking, top, (your) history (of stories read), (your) starred (stories), upcoming stories or social (what your friends are reading). I say “with potential” because the success of the app dependents a great deal on how many people actually end up using it but for the sake of stopping this article right now, lets propose this does see some uptake. The potential to be a disruptive authority for what is actually being read online (and in real time) is all here.
The other exciting aspect to Readness is when you take a glimpse at your profile. You’re given an in depth overview of the topics you enjoy reading (although you can’t see them in my profile just yet), sources you read most, recent starred articles, recent activity and your friends. This is pretty significant information – information companies will pay to access. And no, that isn’t Readness’ business model – far too early for that – but it is one of many ways Readness could make money once it begins to explore revenue sources. There’s no shortage of ideas for where Readness could go. From reporting to publishers on who’s reading what on their site (another potential business model), to mobile apps that provide a user with a highly customized reading experience fine tuned to them (and another potential business model). It is however early days, heck there’s not even a logo yet and Readness.com still currently redirects to http://beta.broadersheet.com – but i’ll put my reputation on the line and say, assuming:
this could be huge.
Original title and link for this post: Readness: A Last.fm for News. Now why hasn’t this been done before? |
| And the first Twitter paid trending topic? Disney/Pixar. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:10 PM PDT
According to the story at TechCrunch, and verified on Twitter.com itself, Disney/Pixar has spent some dough to promote Toy Story 3. You’ll find the paid topic at the bottom of the list, which is somewhat surprising. Clicking on it will take you a search list for the topic, with the promoted tweet at the top. The rest of the list is a normal search list on Twitter. Granted, not every promoted topic will have a promoted tweet at the top, but in typical Disney form, they’ve laid out the cash. For Disney’s sake, I hope the tweet does well, because Twitter is making no bones about pulling ads that don’t “resonate” with the Twitterverse. Original title and link for this post: And the first Twitter paid trending topic? Disney/Pixar. |
| AT&T, In Your iPhone 4 Order, Canceling It After You Made It Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:08 PM PDT
Just when you thought that having the whole ordering system break down, watching AT&T ejaculate your private information to random people, and then run out of iPhones was not enough, now your order might be shot down like the Red Barron. Dark times, it could be said. Here is the bulk of it: due to information mix-ups, AT&T has not been able to verify the information of a good number of people, and will thus been forced to rescind their order. To use AT&T’s supposed words:
So there you have it ladies and gentleman, the last straw. It literally cannot get worse from here on out. Or can it? Put on your tin foil hat, and ask yourself this: is it possible that AT&T just sold too many iPhones on day one? The confusion alone makes it quite likely. It may be that AT&T just sold to many devices, and is now canceling orders to make the supply and demand columns line up. Who knows, maybe not even AT&T. Original title and link for this post: AT&T, In Your iPhone 4 Order, Canceling It After You Made It |
| iTunes 9.2 released. iOS4 supported. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:52 PM PDT
Regardless, the newest version of iTunes is out and about, and you can go download it now. As for new stuff? Here you go:
iOS 4 will be in our faces in a few days (June 21’st to be exact), will support phones back to the 3GS, as well as the recent iPod Touch models. Then on Thursday, the big fish will swim ashore as people start getting their iPhone 4’s. Via: AppleInsider Original title and link for this post: iTunes 9.2 released. iOS4 supported. |
| Cell Phones To Be Labeled For Radiation Emission In San Francisco Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:41 PM PDT
The penalty for not doing so, a slap on the wrist $300 fine, is hardly severe. As San Francisco is leading the nation in either paranoid legal activity, or a crusade to save us from melting our brains, the low fee for screwing up seems fair. No one is sure if cell phone radiation is really bad for you. According to PCWorld:
While the failure of the test to find any increased risk seems to be a slam dunk, everyone and their child uses cellphones all day long; if there was any negative chronic effect, it would be catastrophic. People who make and sell cellphones find the law ridiculous, which is to be expected. Their shouts make some sense, after all what consumer is going to know how to make heads or tails over the newly listed radiation levels? They don’t know a dangerous dose or radiation from plutonium from weak moon light. Still, the FCC has a rule that the maximum SAR (specific absorption rate, or the amount of radiation that the body absorbs) for any cellphone must be no greater than 1.6 watts per kilogram. While the new law only requires more information to be given out, if it will have any effect remains to be seen. Original title and link for this post: Cell Phones To Be Labeled For Radiation Emission In San Francisco |
| Vuvuzela Filtering For World Cup Television Coverage? Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:37 PM PDT Update At Bottom If you are a subscriber of Portugal Telecom (PT) or Meo (which they own), and enjoy the World Cup, we have good news for you. Starting tomorrow, Friday, you should have an option on your television to have the Vuvuzela noise pollution filtered from your ears. Working off of the frequencies that the horns squawk at, filtering them out is a simple business with a huge effect. To use the feature on either PT or Meo, push this button on your remote: And then select from that menu the “no more Vuvuzela noise pollution please” option: According to the post, “Yes, it works on Meo Satellite. Yes, it works in RTP HD.” Or, in the proper language: “Sim, funciona no Meo Satélite. Sim, funciona na RTP HD.” This should appear tomorrow on your screen. Pop the champagne if you get to use it. To the rest of the world, myself included, don’t you wish you had the same option? Disclaimer: while working from the Portuguese translation, I may have made a mistake. I apologize if so. Update: Astute commentators noted that the original post had been amended to say this: "Yes, it works on Meo Satellite with RTP and SIC, not RTP HD or SportTV" and “RTP HD works starting next Tuesday, SportTV not.” Make of that what you will. Original title and link for this post: Vuvuzela Filtering For World Cup Television Coverage? |
| US iPhone 4 Shipping Date Slips Again, UK Remains Unchanged. AT&T At Fault? Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:06 PM PDT
If you journey on over to the US Apple Store today you will notice that the shipping date for the iPhone 4 devices has been delayed yet again, from July 2nd to July 14th. Curious, you might think, yet the additional delay in shipping has yet to change at least on the UK Apple Store – it still shows July 2nd. We are going to do the math and suggest that the delays are limited to just the US (for the time being), stir in some speculation and suggest that because the device is not sold unlocked instead limited to one carrier in the US, the much loved AT&T, the catalog of errors has come back to bite Apple and AT&T on its ass. US Apple StoreUK Apple StoreBefore we get too far ahead of ourselves, iPhone 4 pre-orders made via Apple’s website in the UK are only for unlocked handsets, if customers want a subsidized device they need to pre-order via a specific carrier’s website. Only Orange has released its pricing and tariffs but when o2, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Tesco and Three release its pricing details the same frustration could be felt by UK customers. We don’t expect demand for the iPhone 4 to falter anytime soon, will delays continue even further into August? Original title and link for this post: US iPhone 4 Shipping Date Slips Again, UK Remains Unchanged. AT&T At Fault? |
| Tweetmeme’s Retweet Goes International On Yo Ass Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT
The company will be crowd sourcing translations to other languages in the future. The second major upgrade that TweetMeme has announced is the inclusion of Google Translate, allowing you to translate posts into the language that you speak for sharing. If Swahili is your language, chances are that your friends prefer it as well. Why send them English and not their language of preference? It looks like this: If you don’t want the translation, you can switch back to the previous version with a click. Of course, Google Translate is hardly perfect, but it will do a good enough job as to be presentable. These changes reflect the growing global explosion of social media and the use of personal connections to propagate content. Everyone, no matter the culture or language, understands the power of sharing. Now everyone can do it in their own language. Original title and link for this post: Tweetmeme’s Retweet Goes International On Yo Ass |
| Facebook “Like” Comes to Comments Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:14 AM PDT
Sometimes, in the course of your comments, you’ll find something that you really like. Now, you can express that thanks to Facebook implementing the Like function on all comments. According to the Facebook Blog:
Facebook coins one of my favorite phrases, calling it a peanut butter and jelly idea. I’d have to agree. Original title and link for this post: Facebook “Like” Comes to Comments |
| Shenit – 7″ Android Tablets For Under $200 Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:11 AM PDT I had a Superman moment the other day. I was sitting in a diner with a bunch of tech geeks after Microsoft’s Kinect show at E3 in Los Angeles and saw a guy at the counter playing with some kind of good looking tablet device. I knew it wasn’t an iPad – it was too small. I broke up the conversation at the table, saying, “What is that?” Everyone turned around and looked. The first question was “you mean the pie?” Then they noticed. “It’s an iPad!” I shook my head no. “It’s a Kindle!” Nope, wasn’t white. “It’s a Nook!” Maybe, we thought, so finally someone got up and went over to interrupt the guy’s dinner. We were all wrong – it was a Moonse. What’s a Moonse? A Moonse is a 7″ Android table runs Android apps, weighs nothing and costs $169. Yeah, we were all awestruck too. The makers of the Moonse is a Chinese company called Shenit, and they currently offer four Android tablets – three of which are 7″ devices (the cheapest of which is only $119, pic below) and the other an 8″ device for $239. Shenit will ship these devices anywhere and has a full store setup with Paypal, etc. The guy in the diner said he didn’t have any problems getting his. The tablets run Android 1.5/1.6 and have SD slots, two USB ports on the Moons, audio jacks, an accelerometer, a front-facing camera and a single iPhone/iPad like navigation button. The reviews on shenit.com point to not good battery life, so this might not be an out-all-day device, but for less than $200, it could be a very nice device to play around with Android and to use around the house as a supplement/alternative to an iPad. There are of course lots of iPad knock offs coming and out there, but this is one you can order and have shipped to you right now (shipping to California takes a week and costs $25). Here’s to cheap Chinese products! Original title and link for this post: Shenit – 7″ Android Tablets For Under $200 |
| Yahoo Widgets come to more Sony TVs, Internet TV competition getting really interesting Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:54 AM PDT
This expands Yahoo!’s reach seven-fold according to the release, the new expanded partnership coming in addition to Samsung, LG, VIZIO and HiSense – meaning that Yahoo! Widgets are on 5 of the top 10 LCD TV manufacturers in the world, which is impressive. We agree with NewTeeVee that this announcement comes less than a month after Sony’s CEO sat on stage with Google CEO Eric Schmidt to announce Google TV, so there is some confusion here as to where Sony is going with LCD Internet TV. While Yahoo! certainly has a strong early start in this race, Google has a much more extensive video catalog than Yahoo!, and that could be a major advantage when it is released. On the other hand, NewTeeVee also points out that Yahoo! Widgets seem to be much more lightweight than Google TV (lightweight as in computer hardware needed that is) so Yahoo! seemingly also has an advantage in that it can sit on lower-end TVs, whereas Google TV seems to be more for high-end TVs. Yahoo! also faces competition from Microsoft’s Xbox, Apple TV and other platforms such as Boxee. So what is the future here for Yahoo!? Well, first of all, the early start is a big advantage, and frankly, Yahoo! has shown that their widgets work and are reasonably popular. Most likely, Yahoo!’s Widgets will continue to be integrated into TVs, possibly even in conjunction with other platforms, including Google TV. If market research shows that users would like to have Internet TV browsing options, then it is possible that TVs will include a dashboard page where users can click on either Yahoo! or Google TV or Netflix or Boxee or Hulu or whatever and then browse from that interface. Conversely, manufacturers may just decide to go with only one Internet TV interface, and then we’ll see which platform starts to take over. Original title and link for this post: Yahoo Widgets come to more Sony TVs, Internet TV competition getting really interesting |
| iPhone 4 pre-orders top 600,000 on first day. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:54 AM PDT
That huge number, though, does bring some disappointing news along with it. From the release:
This shipping delay has to raise the question of whether the troubles from yesterday caused some further unexpected issues. Regardless, the phone is doing leaps and bounds above even the gigantic estimates that were first predicted. Original title and link for this post: iPhone 4 pre-orders top 600,000 on first day. |
| The Sun shows how NOT to work with bloggers Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:34 AM PDT
The Wall reports that a number of football bloggers are highly aggrieved by The Sun featuring their blogs into a World Cup Blogger Sweepstake. The newspaper has today taken down the offending web page, which displayed football blogs in the place of the countries participating the World Cup group stage. The idea, by the looks of it, was to flatter bloggers with attention to get them talking about a ‘World Cup Sweepstake Shaker’ app the newspaper is promoting. It appears they even asked permission to use the blogs. The problem? According to at least two of the blogs involved, they were added to the promotion regardless of whether they actually agreed. Ashley Norris of new media agency Shiny Red says on his Posterous blog that he didn’t reply to his email from the Sun (relating to Who Ate All The Pies, a project that actually closed last year) because he felt it marked a return to “the bad old days when old media used to patronise blogs and use them for their own promotional activities”. Unofficial FC United blog It’ll Be Off also ignored their Sun email and yet appeared in the promotion, prompting an angry post yesterday. Bloggers are often key influencers for their readers and that’s exactly why marketers want to engage with them. The problem is that if they do it wrong they can easily end up with some very public humiliation. Any guide to blogger relations will tell you that. It looks like The Sun has just found itself added to the ‘case studies of how not to do it’ list for many a social media consultant’s Powerpoint presentation. Original title and link for this post: The Sun shows how NOT to work with bloggers |
| Typing on your Android just got easier. Get Swype while you can. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:27 AM PDT
If you’re not familiar, Swype is a much better way to use your on screen keyboard on your Android device. It’s speedy, it makes sense and it’s been widely unavailable until today. According to MobileCrunch, Swype had some licensing issues and was only available as a pre-installed application. The company did open the door to 25,000 beta testers, and the product has been a huge success. The problem, of course, is that hardly anyone has been able to use it. It’s a pretty simple concept. You start with your finger on the first letter of the word that you want to type, then you keep your finger on the screen while you trace letter to letter. Once you’re at the last letter, release your finger and your word will appear. Doesn’t sound like it’ll work? Check this out: Want it? Of course you do. You’ll need to visit the Swype site, and register for the now-open Beta. Get it while you can, as rumor has it that it won’t remain open for long. Bear in mind that you’ll have to set your Android to “Unknown Sources”, and this will cause your device to scream at you for just a moment. But once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to install and start typing faster. Original title and link for this post: Typing on your Android just got easier. Get Swype while you can. |
| AOL Cuts Its Losses; Sells Bebo to Criterion Capital for $10 mm Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:14 AM PDT
At the time, Bebo was said to be the front runner in a battle to overtake MySpace and Facebook. In the two years that have followed, Bebo hasn’t done much, other than going down in history as AOL’s largest flop. However, an unknown buyer thinks that they can do something with the network, and has taken it off of AOL’s hands. Like everyone else, we’re in touch with AOL, and waiting for any sort of details that arise. We’ll keep you updated when they come. Update: All Things Digital is saying that they have a “non-denial” about the sale, wherein AOL states “we haven’t announced anything”. Sometimes a lack of words speaks volumes. Update 2: Silicon Alley Insider had a sharp eye and caught a tweet (which has since mysteriously disappeared) from a Wall Street Journal staffer with the details. Bebo will be sold to Criterion Capital, for an as-yet-undisclosed sum. However, SAI reports that Criterion Capital only manages 1 billion in funding, and so the price must be considerably lower than what AOL first paid. Update 3: TechCrunch states that a “source close to the company” is claiming a selling price of $10 million. Though that’s considerably less than the original purchase, the article goes on to describe how the sale could be written off as a loss for AOL. Original title and link for this post: AOL Cuts Its Losses; Sells Bebo to Criterion Capital for $10 mm |
| YouTube gets a video editor. New Rickroll versions imminent. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:08 AM PDT
This might sound familiar, as YouTube experimented in the past with a system called YouTube Remixer. But the tech and browser expeience from 3 years ago just couldn’t handle the features so it was discontinued. On the cool features list, YouTube is doing its best to keep you from getting sued. The site has a library of music from AudioSwap, and you’re welcome to use it. Be warned, though, that you might see some ads if you’re using the files. So head over, check it out and let us know what you think. Is it robust enough for good results, or will people still need desktop software to feel at home with it? Original title and link for this post: YouTube gets a video editor. New Rickroll versions imminent. |
| Shoply makes e-commerce easy and affordable for all. Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:48 AM PDT
That said, when a business comes along that offers applications to make e-commerce get some sense about it, it becomes an exciting thing. Shoply is right on the border of very exciting things. So what sets Shoply apart? A few things. Let’s touch on them: Ease of Use
Order tracking, as well as managing your account is equally as simple. The clean interface has no room to be confusing, and we appreciate that. Let’s face it, a lot of people just don’t bother starting e-commerce sites because there’s just too much involved with it. Shoply takes care of that. No CostYup, Shoply is free. When you sign up, when you add products, it’s all free. The only time that it will charge you is when you sell something. It’s a bit like having a good lawyer, who won’t charge you unless you win. Great Looks
There are many reasons why stores display things in the manners that they do. A good looking setup will make a product sale easier. Shoply understands that, and offers a beautiful if simple catalog. It’s ConnectedIn case you haven’t noticed, sites such as Facebook and Twitter seem to have a few users these days. Having your e-commerce site directly connected to these services and more will put your products into the faces of a much more broad audience. What’s more, if someone starts shopping at another Shoply store, and ends up on yours, that’s quite OK. The customer’s cart persists across all stores, and each retailer is paid appropriately. Wrapping UpShoply is going to disrupt e-commerce slowly but surely. As the service gains more users, and with that more popularity, its importance will only increase. Right now, there aren’t other businesses out there doing exactly what Shoply does, and that’s an important thing to note. Sure, there are sites like Etsy, but they’re a bit too niche. Being able to sell whatever you want is important. We’ll keep you updated as Shoply makes changes moving forward. For now, it’s a great option for anyone wanting to peek their heads into e-commerce, or perhaps just get away from the hassle of the rest. Original title and link for this post: Shoply makes e-commerce easy and affordable for all. |
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