Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 1,090 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple iPhone 4

Below is a video of a person making a FaceTime call from an airplane using the on-board WiFi. Even though VoIP is blocked by WiFi providers on planes and cellphones do not work, there are still ways to communicate using an iPhone 4. Imagine the possibilities of this of being able to show what is happening on a plane in real-time. For example, if I was flying in and I knew my flight would be delayed, I could call the person and tell them I’ll be late. Or let’s say that there is some sort of disturbance like the Nigerian guy who lit his pants on fire in a plane, this could help homeland security.

Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 882 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Google

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is testing out a new feature that will let you sign on to multiple accounts at once. Currently multiple sign-in works with Gmail, Google Reader, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Code. For now if you want to sign on to a different account, Google recommends using a different browser or the Incognito mode on Google Chrome. [Google Operating System]
Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 783 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple iPhone 4, David Letterman

David Letterman has decided to weigh in on the iPhone 4 antenna problem through a top 10 list. This is the top 10 signs you’ve purchased a bad iPhone. Check out the video below (after the jump):

Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 973 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Digital Sky Technologies, DST, Mail.ru, Naspers

South African media company Naspers has acquired 28.7% in Digital Sky Technologies (DST) for $388 million and a 39.3% stake in Mail.ru. DST now has 99.9% ownership in Mail.ru. Russian investment DST company is best known for investing in social networks. DST bought 1.96% of Facebook for $200 million and bought a $180 million stake in Zynga. DST also bought out ICQ from AOL recently and has equity in Groupon. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 2,533 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under eBay, XPRT Ventures

eBay is being sued for over $3.8 billion by XPRT Ventures, a Connecticut based company that claims ownership of a patent that relays to a payment system similar to PayPal. XPRT also claims that eBay stole information shared by them with eBay. XPRT apparently showed eBay features in their own payment systems which are similar to PayPal Pay Later and PayPal Buyer Credit.

Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 1,268 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Improv Everywhere, Star Wars

Improv Everywhere, an improv group responsible for creating many viral videos has brought Star Wars characters into a New York City subway car to reenact the Princess Leia/Darth Vader scene from Star Wars. Check out the viral video below of Improv Everywhere doing their thing:

Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 736 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google, Jonathan Sposato, Picasa, Picnik

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has integrated online photo editing service Picnik into Picasa Web Albums. This means that Picasa Web Albums users will be able to quickly edit photos without leaving the photo page. This is Google’s first step in integrating Picnik’s service into one of their products since buying them out three months ago. “You will see that theme moving forward in time,” stated former Picnik CEO and current Google lead product manager of photos Jonathan Sposato. “Things will become more rationalized, more consistent.”
[CNET]
Amit Chowdhry | July 15, 2010 | 928 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Iain Tait, Isaiah Mustafa, Old Spice, Wieden+Kennedy

Earlier today several tech geeks, writers, and marketers got together in Portland, Oregon to create about 87 short YouTube videos about Old Spice in real time. Across all of these videos, there has been over 4 million views. The videos being created even featured responses to celebrity tweets in real-time.
