Monthly Archives: July 2010
Microsoft Claims Patent On Page Curl Feature Used By Apple iBooks App
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) claims that they own a patent that is being used by the Apple iBooks application on the iPad. The Microsoft patent was intended to be for the Microsoft Courier device, a tablet that never made it past development. The patent was filed in January 2009. Below is an excerpt from the patent:
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Categories Apple iBooks, Apple Inc., Apple iPad, Microsoft Corporation
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Australian Boy Uses Nintendo DS To Rescue Mom
This past Sunday around 10PM, a family in Victoria, Australia were driving but ended up getting in a car crash in order to avoid hitting a kangaroo. There was 5 people in the car: three children, their mother, and her partner. The mother was stranded in the wreck until her 7 year old son calmly used his Nintendo DS as a light to find his mother’s mobile phone to call emergency services.
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Categories Nintendo DS
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Google Chrome Now Has 100 Experiments
Google launched a program called Chrome Experiments last year. Chrome Experiments is a website that shows web experiments that are built with JavaScript and HTML5. Chrome Experiments now has 100 experiments made by programmers from across the world. [Chrome Blog]
Categories Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Experiments
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Will The Vuvuzela Blend? [VIDEO]
It actually felt great seeing this Vuvuzela horn blend.
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Categories FIFA World Cup
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Twitter Handling 24 Billion Search Queries Per Month
Twitter is now handling 800 million search queries per day. Considering that the core purpose of Twitter is sending out bits of information in 140 characters or less, the fact that Twitter is handling 800 million queries per day is impressive. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced the search queries milestone at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
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Categories Biz Stone, Twitter
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Nokia Asks Police To Get N8 Phone Back From mobile-review.com
What does Nokia and Apple have in common? Both companies sent police to go after a blogger to get prototype phones back? A prototype Apple iPhone was left in a bar and a Gizmodo.com blogger bought it from the guy that found it there. Apple sent the cops after the Gizmodo editor to get the prototype back. Now the same thing is happening with Nokia after Mobile-review.com editor-in-chief Eldar Murtazin posted a detailed review of the Nokia N8.
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Categories Doug Dawson, Eldar Murtazin, Nokia Corporation, Nokia N8
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Alcatel-Lucent and AT&T Software Defect Causes Slow Upload For Some Customers
AT&T has just sent out a memo about how they have detected a joint software defect with Alcatel-Lucent that is causing upload speeds to slow down. In some markets, iPhone 4 users have complained about slow upload speeds in HSPA-equipped AT&T markets. Speeds that have had over 1Mbps during the holiday weekend have noticed speeds dropping below 100kbps. However these conditions affected “less than two percent” of AT&T customers. Below is the full statement from AT&T:
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Categories Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, AT&T Inc.
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Android 2.2 Performs Superbly On JavaScript Benchmark Test
Ars Technica did a JavaScript benchmark test on the iOS 4 on the iPhone 4 and Android 2.2 on the Nexus One. Based on the SunSpider and V8 tests, it was revealed that Android 2.2 (Froyo) is three times faster than the previous version of the Android OS. It turns out that the Android device has faster JavaScript execution than the iPhone 4. In the spirit of being competitive, it’d be interesting to see if or how Apple responds to this test. [Ars Technica]
Categories Android, Google
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YouTube, Kevin Macdonald, and Ridley Scott Partnering On A New Movie
Today YouTube has announced a new movie called “Life in a Day.” On July 24th, anyone that uploads a video within 24 hours of that day and submits footage to the “Life in a Day” channel might see it added to the movie. Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald will direct the “Life in a Day” movie. Ridley Scott, the director of films such as Black Hawk Down and Gladiator will be the executive producer of “Life in a Day.”
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Categories Kevin Macdonald, Ridley Scott, YouTube
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This Cat Did Not Like Getting Rickroll’d [VIDEO]
Rickrolling is an Internet meme trick that you play on someone where the victim unsuspectingly is forced to listen to or watch Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” In this case, the victim is Fro the cat and he wants nothing to do with this trick. Check out the viral video below:
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Categories Rick Astley, YouTube
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