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- Want to use FaceTime without WiFi? Here’s how.
- China’s Shanda To Offer iPhone & iPad Games Later This Year
- Germany tells Apple they must “immediately disclose” what location data it is collecting
- Google Should Stop Going After Facebook & Twitter & Go After LinkedIn Instead
- Here’s how Google could take on Facebook.
- Google’s encrypted search gets its own domain
- DailyFail: Newspaper quotes (Fake) Steve Jobs tweet in story about iPhone 4 recall
- iPhone 4 Gets The Spirit Jailbreak Treatment
| Want to use FaceTime without WiFi? Here’s how. Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:10 PM PDT
The DeviceKnit blog has put together a handy little how-to in order to help matters. It will require that you have tethering on your plan, but I think that’s a worthwhile $15 for FaceTime away from WiFi. I really don’t have much to add to what DeviceKnit is already saying, so all credit for this one is going to them:
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| China’s Shanda To Offer iPhone & iPad Games Later This Year Posted: 27 Jun 2010 03:02 PM PDT
The as yet undisclosed titles will be focused on and released overseas, which is made financially feasible (and attractive) by Apple’s global issuance channels according to China Tech News. Tan reportedly has also predicted that Shanda’s international revenue will double this year and will account for 10% of the company’s overall revenue within two years. It will be interesting to see what kind of titles that Chinese company delivers to international markets, especially from Shanda which specializes in MMORPGs, although they also have many other popular types of games, including boardgames. Original title and link for this post: China’s Shanda To Offer iPhone & iPad Games Later This Year    |
| Germany tells Apple they must “immediately disclose” what location data it is collecting Posted: 27 Jun 2010 02:25 PM PDT
According to Der Spiegel, the German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger has told Apple Inc. that they must “immediately disclose” exactly what location data they are collecting and/or storing. (We are assuming that she has the full force of law and the government behind her, although that was not exactly spelled out in the article.) The Justise Minister is quoted as saying, “users of the iPhone and other GPS-enabled devices [must] be clear [about] what information will be collected about them,” and called for Apple’s “data protection officials” to offer insights into what is being collected. The minister is also quoted as saying that she considers it “unthinkable” that Apple would be collecting and storing identifiable data of their users. Der Spiegel says that it is unsure whether or not Apple’s data collection is illegal under German law. They conclude with, “German data protection law requires, for example, that consumers must be educated” on what is being collected, and not simply agreeing to install a program, and that Apple TOS does not clearly spell out what it is collecting regarding location. (Note: Translation was done using Google Translate, so if we are inaccurate in any way, please let us know.) h/t PadGadget, whose translation is similar to ours. Original title and link for this post: Germany tells Apple they must “immediately disclose” what location data it is collecting    |
| Google Should Stop Going After Facebook & Twitter & Go After LinkedIn Instead Posted: 27 Jun 2010 11:17 AM PDT
Tsotsis also points out that Echo VP Chris Saad believes that this may be an updated/enhanced version of the current Google Profiles, which would be supported by the fact that Rick Klau, the developer who built Buzz (which requires you to create a Google Profile if you don’t have on already), is now working on Profiles, according to Louis Gray. Ok, so let’s take this speculation at face value for a minute and assume that Google is building an enhanced Google Profiles that is meant to take on Facebook. If this is true, then Google going after the wrong target with this move – they should be going after LinkedIn instead. Easier targetFirst of all, consider this – Facebook and Twitter have been growing like weeds over the last year, for good reason – they are innovating and (mostly) listening to their users and giving them what they want (mostly, we’d like some more uptime from Twitter for instance). LinkedIn on the other hand is stagnating in our view, and simply not living up to its potential. So, of the three, we consider LinkedIn the, well weak link, in the social media chain, therefore making it the easiest target of the three (though not necessarily an easy target overall). Business is in Google’s DNANot only is it the easier target, building a service around peoples’ professional network – instead of their social one – is a much better fit for Google. Google has shown time and again that they do not have “social DNA”, and they more or less confirmed that when they started a search for a Head of Social (wonder if they’re advertising on LinkedIn…). However, Google has a keen business cut-and-dry business sense – and one that they are heavily pushing with Google Apps – so building a professional network just makes a lot of sense for Google. Google Me indeedFirst of all, the name “Google Me” really says it all. Yeah, you might Google someone you want to date, but you’re much more likely at this point to check that kind of info out on Facebook – Google has already lost the dating game. However, if you’re considering hiring someone (or even bringing them in for an interview for that matter), it’s almost corporate malfeasance to not extensively Google that person first (and then probably check LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. – but Google is first). For established, Web-savvy professionals, most often or not you’re either going to see their LinkedIn page or their own website as the first result (and increasingly Twitter handle as well). That said, Google controls their search engine. If they want to highlight a Google Me profile at the top of the page, they can (and probably should if they want to win). GMail is keyAlso at the center of this is GMail. People use GMail for all the purposes that email is meant for of course, but GMail is certainly a standard for business (and many emails that don’t have @gmail.com in them are actually hosted by GMail), so building a professional network using GMail is quite feasible, whereas with a non-professional social service, well – Google has tried to build social networks out GMail in the past and has failed, so that’s that. Beyond the hiring process, businesses could use Google Me + Apps/GMail + Buzz + Mobile/Android (if done correctly) as perhaps as a kind of Yammer on steroids, something that could perhaps help them in their corporate attention fight with Microsoft (Google is, after all, big enough to take on multiple companies at a time). So to summarize, Google should focus on taking down LinkedIn because:
One last thought – maybe Google should just buy LinkedIn? What do you think? Original title and link for this post: Google Should Stop Going After Facebook & Twitter & Go After LinkedIn Instead    |
| Here’s how Google could take on Facebook. Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:14 AM PDT
Now, Rose (to my knowledge) isn’t one to go throwing rumors without having some sort of backing. He states the rumor to be that Google will be building a “Facebook competitor”, and we’ll take this as a firm “maybe”. Looking at numbers alone, the odds of quickly surpassing Facebook would be insurmountable. To even give the behemoth a run for its money would be quite the feat. So what could Google be planning? Let’s look at the possibilities: OrkutWhile the rest of the world has somewhat forgotten about Orkut, the site still has a heavy following in Brazil and India, with a worldwide base of over 100 million users. With some heavy changes, Orkut could become a player but privacy issues of the past might haunt Google. BuzzAh yes, it’s Buzz. That service that everybody seems to know about, yet nobody seems to use. If you have a Gmail account, and nearly 200 million people do, then you have a Buzz account. Putting additional features into Buzz, and re-introducing it as a true social network could provide Google with enough leverage to be a thorn in the side of Facebook. As it stands, however, Buzz doesn’t have near what it would need to overthrow the blue giant on its own. The CombinationIf Google truly is getting into a war with Facebook, and there’s no reason to believe that it isn’t, then the combination of both Orkut and Buzz would be the obvious choice. Knowing that a Google account is required to use Orkut, and a Gmail account is required for Buzz, we can safely assume that we’re looking at roughly 200 million users to any service that would combine the two. This number could sway one direction or the other, as a Google account does not equate to a Gmail account, but I’d say that 200 million is a solid guess. 200 million is already half of the 400 million population of Facebook. See where I’m heading, here? It wouldn’t take much for Google to not only be a thorn, but to actually come knocking with a heavy hand on the door of Facebook. So what would it take? Twitter user @adnys seems to be onto one idea: the translation of Buzz into Portugese. This translation would open the door for the huge Brazilian population on Orkut to begin using Buzz more effectively. Why It Makes SenseFacebook is making money hand over fist, all the while it is pushing its way into a market that Google currently owns. Oh, and let’s not forget that Facebook is doing all of this behind essentially closed doors. Don’t let public Like buttons and an Open Graph fool you, Facebook owns everything inside those walls. On the subject of not forgetting, many people seem to skip over the fact that Google is an advertising company. Search may be what it does primarily, but it makes its money via advertising. All of those lovely Google services that you use on a daily basis? They’re all advertising supported, or they are paths by which advertising can be provided to you. In order for Google to keep growing at the rate that it has, the company will need to make some strong moves in the future. Owning a social network that could give Facebook some competition only makes sense. Keeping that network open by basing it on a structure that already exists in the wild is even smarter. A social media network, owned and operated by Google, would allow nearly limitless potential for advertising. Add to that the fact that there are still a lot of people who are none-too-happy with Facebook and you have a solid foundation upon which Google could build. Will Facebook go down in flames? Not likely. Sites simply don’t go from 400 million to zero without something going horribly wrong. However, is there room for another network? You bet. Honestly, at this point, Google is already in a position to be the one to make that happen. The only question is whether or not Facebook is the right target. In fact, our own @ChatCat theorizes that Google should do social, but set its sights on LinkedIn, instead. Original title and link for this post: Here’s how Google could take on Facebook.    |
| Google’s encrypted search gets its own domain Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:52 AM PDT
According to an article on Read Write Web, Google has diversified things somewhat, in answer to some problems that happened due to the old domain. Now, when you’re wanting to use encrypted Google search, you’ll need to head to a new domain: https://encrypted.google.com Original title and link for this post: Google’s encrypted search gets its own domain    |
| DailyFail: Newspaper quotes (Fake) Steve Jobs tweet in story about iPhone 4 recall Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:19 AM PDT Above is a screenshot of the opening to an article in the UK’s DailyMail this morning (in case they pull it, which they have, here’s a full screenshot) claiming that Steve Jobs had confirmed an iPhone 4 recall was on the cards after issues with the phone’s antenna had surfaced. Unfortunately Britain’s second biggest newspaper has egg on its face as the article quotes the notorious Fake Steve Jobs twitter account as the basis for the entire story.
We may have to recall the new iPhone. This, I did not expect. It’s a hefty blunder from the UK’s most popular newspaper website and one that’s going to leave it with an embarrassing retraction to make, if it does in fact decide to make the retraction at all. Wonder whether the might of Apple will be in touch to have the story removed and force a retraction – Jobs made Ellen do it. (Update: the Daily Mail has removed the article, screenshot here) Hey, at the very least the story has given twitter users a good Sunday morning giggle right? Can’t be all that bad.
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| iPhone 4 Gets The Spirit Jailbreak Treatment Posted: 27 Jun 2010 12:09 AM PDT
Within days of its launch, @planetbeing (the guy who ported Android to the iPhone) and @chwnpwn have been able to successfully employ the “userland” jailbreak vulnerability, a technique used by the Spirit jailbreaking tool, to gain root access on the device and install Cydia. Whilst it does allow full root access, don’t expect this technique to work for long, especially if Apple are to release new firmware at the start of next week aimed at fixing the iPhone 4 antennae issues, the “userland” exploit uses Apple software for the jailbreak. Musclenerd of the iPhone Dev Team posted a screenshot of Cydia running on an iPhone 4 on his Twitter account, congratulating Comex for another userland jailbreak deployment:
To unlock the baseband, the DevTeam will have to completely re-write Ultrasn0w to enable users across the world to choose a different network for their iPhone 4 to run on. I bet the iPhone hacking community won’t sleep until a true jailbreak exploit is found, we will update you as soon as they do. Original title and link for this post: iPhone 4 Gets The Spirit Jailbreak Treatment    |
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