Archive for February, 2010
February 28th, 2010
Engadget has posted a video of the first Windows Phone Series 7 (pre-production) device to be seen working and in action by the public.
Some highlights:
- It is an LG phone with a physical slide out keyboard
- Just a little thicker than iPhone and Nexus One
- Physical buttons for the camera, volume and power
- Windows 7 buttons – home, back and search
- 5 megapixel camera with a flash
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February 28th, 2010
Before you go out and purchase your teen a new smartphone you might want to reconsider your decision. You might want to think twice before spending that much money on a phone, and for many good reasons. One, it is that is a very expensive toy to be putting into the hands of kids that have by and large, too many high tech toys already. Another reason why you should think twice before getting this for your teen is the fact that more than likely they are not going to "remember" to keep it turned off while in class and then that will tempt them to chat, SMS or play games, etc.
February 28th, 2010
Symbian currently holds the largest marketshare for mobile device operating systems in the world. They have shipped more than 300 million devices worldwide and in 2009 shipped 80 million devices. This is more than 2nd – fourth place mobile OSs combined. RIM shipped 34 million, Apple iPhone shipped 25 million and Windows mobile shipped 15 million. (Source Gartner Feb 2010)
February 28th, 2010
There is a Tsunami warning in effect for Hawaii and 50 countries in the Pacific. Here is a good image provided by the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center of what to expect and when and where the tsunami could hit.
Widespread tsunami warnings are currently in effect in these Pacific countries + Hawaii
February 28th, 2010
Unconfirmed reports say a tsunami wave has hit the Juan Fernandez Islands in the last 1 hour, more tsunamis may be coming to 50 other countries. A warning is currently in effect at the time of this writing. If you are living in the Pacific or Hawaii see our previous tsunami post for important information and also check the <a name="pacific tsunami warning center" target="_blank" href="http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/"
February 28th, 2010
Two earthquakes in the last 12 hours have hit and news agencies have been slow to report. Of course, twitter was and is right on top of the issue, getting the word out to twitter users via tweets.
The first 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Tokyo’s Southern islands at 20:31 GMT on Friday. The quake happened off the coast of Okinawa island at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). The Meteorological Agency predicted and issued tsunami warnings. There turned out to be minimal damage, no deaths and the tsunami warning was later lifted.
February 28th, 2010
Last week we reported a new twitter phishing scam that was spreading and tricking twitter users by getting them to click on a link and provide their twitter log in credentials to a face twitter log in page.
February 28th, 2010
myYearbook‘s CEO Geoff Cook has posted an article on their blog about the needs for different social networks. Twitter and facebook can’t obviously serve the needs of 100% of people on the planet. It is a bit of a justification and positioning piece for myYearbook too of course.
February 28th, 2010
Every once and a while we come across cool stuff and amazing technology that doesn’t have anything to do with our normal programming of social networking, mobile and their apps.
In 1998, Gordon Murray and McLaren Automotive released the McLaren F1 supercar to the world. It is not only still the fastest naturally aspired production car in the world (top speed 240mph / 391km/h), but it contains many proprietary technologies and design principals to keep it on top even 12 years later.
February 28th, 2010
Heather Dougherty, the director of research at Hitwise, has posted an article suggesting that social networks like facebook and twitter are eroding the sending of e-card’s. They claim that the "e-greetings" category is down anywhere from 16 – 29% (stats and charts at the bottom of this post), with holiday e-car