Ian Bogost: ‘Flash Is Not a Right’
Ian Bogost:
But what does it say about the state of programming practice writ large when so many developers believe that their “rights” are trampled because they cannot write programs for a particular device in a particular language? Or that their “freedom” as creators is squelched for the same reason?
I wonder if it doesn’t amount to [...]
U.S. Mobile Phone Sales Rankings
John Paczkowski:
Among mobile phone manufacturers, Samsung narrowly beat out
Motorola for the top spot with a fraction of a percent more than
the 21.9 percent its rival claimed. LG Electronics ranked second
with a 21.8 percent market share and Research in Motion, and Nokia
ranked fourth and fifth with dueling 8.3 [...]
The iPad as a Family Computer
Chuck Hollis, VP and global marketing CTO at EMC:
All the PCs and laptops are basically not being used. All the Macs
are not being used. All have been powered off.
Everyone in the family is waiting for their turn at the ipad.
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William Shatner’s Stake in Priceline.com
The Toronto Sun:
Unofficial word on Wall Street is that Shatner, who was initially
paid in Priceline shares when he became pitchman for the Internet
travel website startup in 1997, is now worth a cool $600 million.
Genius.
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Curious
Tim Bray, on Google’s Android Developers Blog:
Back to Content Providers. For example, there’s one inside the
built-in Messaging (A.K.A. texting or SMS) app that it uses to
display and search your history. Just because it’s there
doesn’t mean you should use it. The Android team isn’t
promising that it’ll be the [...]
Tim Bray: ‘HTML5 and the Web’
Astute.
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NEWS: Facebook doing its bit for democracy
Social network promoting the election
British Facebook users aged 18 or over are being greeted with an election ticker as they log on to the site today, as the social networking giant uses its reach to keep the election at the forefront of people’s minds.
By clicking the “I Voted” button you can help Facebook keep a [...]
NEWS: Support England with official Exspect skins
Show your true colours with these mods for the iPhone and Nintendo DS
We bet you thought that the only way to support England in South Africa this summer was by flying a couple of cheap flags from your car window or draping a St. George’s Cross beach towel in your front window? Well you were [...]
NEWS: Power Plate pro6 tones like never before
Gym equipment specialist refines its vibrating body shaper
Celebs love ‘em. Athletes love ‘em. And gym-goers who get a chance to experience one swear by ‘em. The Power Plate has become the most popular piece of training kit since its arrival a couple of years back, and the company has developed the latest generation.
The pro6 [...]
NEWS: Create your own iPad micro-SIM
Londoner hacks up normal Vodafone SIM to create ipad compatible micro-SIM
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If you were too impatient to wait to get your hands on an ipad in the UK, and instead shipped one over from the States, then you’re probably not the sort of person who is enjoying the [...]
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