Emulator gives you the T-Mobile G1 experience now (6)
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Filed under: T-Mobile, Android Yeah, the wait for October 22 (or after) is absolutely excruciating; trust us, we know. We'll take every scrap of information and imagery we can to hold us over until G1s start showing up on doorsteps in a few weeks, but T-Mobile's really gone above and beyond the call of duty here by setting up a surprisingly functional and feature-complete emulator to satisfy our urges to touch icons and click buttons. ...
Oops I'm Late Calls Ahead When You're Running Behind [Featured Download] (22)
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Windows Mobile only: Free application Oops I'm Late uses information from your Windows Mobile phone's GPS in conjunction with your calendar to determine whether you're going to make an appointment on time. If you're not, the application can send an SMS, Twitter, or Facebook message to the attendees of your meeting letting them know that you're running late but on your way—including your ETA, so people don't have to wait around twiddling their thumbs until ...
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Ben said:
/want iPhone version.
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heidigoseek said:
This absolutely needs to be an iPhone app.
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shrutes said:
This could be interesting...
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LeapsandBounds said:
okay, i don't have a Windows Mobile, but this is what i need. No, what i need is to not be late, but i'm gonna be so this is what i need.
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Tim Bertram said:
Good Idea, I wonder how well it works.
Amherst Study: 1% Of Entering Freshmen Have Landlines; 99% Have Facebook Accounts (5)
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Here's an interesting little factoid pointed out by Clive Thompson that, while not surprising, does quickly indicate some major shifts on college campuses from just a few years ago. A report from Amherst on the technology used by entering freshmen in the class of 2012 found that only 1% have a landline phone, while 99% have Facebook accounts. Also, students arriving on campus registered, on average, more than one electronic device per student on the ...
CEATEC 2008: Fujitsu’s mobile phone breaks into 2 parts that can be used separately (2)
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At CEATEC 2008, Fujitsu and NTT Docomo are showcasing a concept phone that can be split into two pieces, a screen and a keyboard segment. The so-called Separeeto Keitai, separate handset, is supposed to enable users to make a phone call and write emails at the same time. The parts are joined by a magnet and connected via Bluetooth. The touchscreen reacts to the way the users are holding it. In vertical position, it shows ...
The Cringely Plan (43)
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In the early 1980s I was a volunteer firefighter for a tiny community in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California. We all lived in a beautiful redwood forest and our task was to keep that forest from burning down in a huge conflagration, taking us all with it. The job was made all the harder because our little part of paradise hadn't burned since the 1920s, so there was 60+ years of flammable undergrowth ...
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JT said:
This is kind of a compelling idea.
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Bertil said:
The real issue with that plan: it actually makes sense. Well, I'll throw a couple other things in it — but that's a good idea anyway.
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spi said:
kill the incandescent light!
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haggaret said:
This is fantastic - read it if you have the time.
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jeffmincey said:
interesting idea: soften the crisis by outlawing incandescent light bulbs.
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df said:
I like these plans. They may or may not work, but they are concrete investments in our future, which we seem to have forgotten how to do.'What we need are energy and economic policies that play to the strengths of government, not its weaknesses. Governments are good at big moves that force changes of direction, not little moves intended to, for example, create the economic "soft landing" we'll start to hear about in a couple months.'
Two variants of the new Microsoft commercial (3)
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The latest Microsoft commercial, dubbed I’m a PC, is a tad long at 1:01 for everyday time slots so there are two alternatives that you will more likely see on a daily basis. Same subject matter, just a little quicker at 31 seconds each. Second one after the jump.
Facebook to Integrate with Mobile Address Books? (6)
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At the GigaOM Mobilize conference just now, Chamath Palihapitiya of Facebook just gave a little indication of what’s next on the company’s product roadmap. Palihapitiya, Facebook’s VP of Growth, Mobile and International was serving on a panel about mobile social networking, when an audience member commented that a phone’s address book is essentially its owner’s social network, Palihapitiya replied, “That’s a great observation. Stay tuned.” Facebook PR wasn’t going to let him say more than ...
Hummer dealership calls it quits; sells Smart cars instead (4)
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Flip-flop. Hopping on the bandwagon. Smart business design. Whatever you wanna call this, we’re down with it. The Las Vegas Dan Towbin Hummer dealership is jump’n ship and has plans to start selling Smart cars along with Vespa scooters instead of the monster SUVs. The car man himself says it’s more of a business decision than anything else as peeps are dumping their gas-guzzle’n rides left and right. Plus, Smart cars are the trendy things ...
How's that Sprint AIRAVE working out for you? (2)
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Filed under: Peripherals, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA So, you took the plunge and forked over a Benjamin (or just kvetched loudly enough to a CSR) and ended up with a Sprint AIRAVE, huh? Now that you've had a few weeks to test it out in your abode, we're interested to know if it has met and / or exceeded expectations. Head on over to this week's episode of How Would You Change to speak your ...
Decrypt and Remove Commercials from TiVo Recordings in One Step [TiVo] (33)
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You've recorded an entire season of Weeds on your TiVo DVR, and now you want to archive it on a hard drive somewhere commercial-free—and the free Perl program KMTTG can do all that in one step. While TiVo Desktop can transfer TiVo recordings to your computer or iPod, KMTTG downloads your TiVo's recordings, decrypts .TIVO files to a less proprietary file format like .AVI, and can detect and remove commercials to reduce the file size ...
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AdamB said:
for the TIVO viewers and owners out there... pretty cool
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JimmyBTM said:
aww man I wish I had a home server with a big enough drive to use a program like this
Looks Like That Plan To Remove Songs From iTunes Didn't Work Out So Well (5)
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Last month, we wrote about how some record labels were experimenting with waiting until a song became popular and then removing it from iTunes, hoping that this would somehow encourage people to buy the physical CD instead. Of course, it appeared to really just help cover bands who quickly filled the void (and it's likely that unauthorized file sharing shot up). However, it didn't create a huge boost for CD sales -- though, it didn't ...
New iPod touch supports VoIP (1)
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The Cult of Mac claims that the new iPod touch is VoIP-capable on the hardware side: With 5 wires connected to the Touch headphone jack (instead of 4 on the previous model), the device now supports the external microphone included with some headsets, according to Kyle Wiens of iFixit, who fully dismantled an iPod Touch on Wednesday.So who needs an AT&T-restricted iPhone? Course, you'll need to be in range of a Wi-Fi network to use ...
How to Save a Billion Dollars (4)
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Over at the American Express Open Forum blog I just posted an interview with Chunka Mui, the author of Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years.. The subject of the interview is how and why companies make billion dollar mistakes. His thoughts are quite instructive (and scary). Click here to check out this interview.
News from the future: Bionic lady undergoes nerve-remapping treatment (5)
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There’s really no way to describe this story without making it sound like it’s from the future. This lady, who has one of the world’s most advanced bionic arms after losing one in a motorcycle accident, has begun feeling her missing arm again. This is nothing new in itself; phantom limb pain is an established phenomenon as old as amputation. However, this case is different: she feels something in her arm when something touches her ...
T-Mobile’s 3G network live in Boston, Phoenix to follow (1)
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Good news, Boston. T-Mobile’s 3G network went live today, but we haven’t received anything “official” today. Anyway, Phoenix is scheduled to go live on Friday. That is all. via tmonews
First TC50 Suckage: Wifi at conference? (3)
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@matteofabiano writes “TC50 wifi overloaded. Way too slow.” It’s not the only note I’ve seen already about the Wifi sucking and the show hasn’t even started yet. Jason Calacanis, co-founder of TC50, wrote last night: ““90 mbits of bandwidth at tc50 location. Roof antena and wire line. Wifi for 1500 devices. I hope we stay up!!!” Has anyone figured out how to do good wifi for an event this size yet? I heard that TC50 ...
Chrome and Android Have Google’s Head in the Clouds (4)
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This time last year, the tech community was all abuzz with the rumors that Google was ready to put out a phone of their own. Nicknamed the gPhone, many expected it to be their answer to Apple’s iPhone. How surprised were we once we saw Google had bigger ambitions. Rather than focusing on just one device, they were bringing out a platform that could be run on an army of handsets. A lot of people ...
Chrome and Android Have Google’s Head in the Clouds (1)
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This time last year, the tech community was all abuzz with the rumors that Google was ready to put out a phone of their own. Nicknamed the gPhone, many expected it to be their answer to Apple’s iPhone. How surprised were we once we saw Google had bigger ambitions. Rather than focusing on just one device, they were bringing out a platform that could be run on an army of handsets. A lot of people ...
Google co-founder expects Chrome for Android (Stephen Shankland/Webware.com) (1)
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Stephen Shankland / Webware.com: Google co-founder expects Chrome for Android — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google's new Chrome browser is for PCs today, but company co-founder Sergey Brin expects the technology will make its way to Android, the company's mobile phone operating system and software suite.
Chrome Coming to Android (45)
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The browser-bearing world was atwitter yesterday with the announcement of Google’s Chrome browser. Just about overnight, they’ve managed to convince hordes of people that Chrome is the way to browse on your PC. Next step? They’re taking it mobile. According to an interview with Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the two projects will start working together more closely now that both are approached 1.0 releases, with the Android browser adopting much of Chrome’s inner workings. He ...
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Rahul Gaitonde said:
Now this could be a game-changer - a good, component-based mobile browser.
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Jason Nielubowicz said:
Now if we can just get them to port it to the BB platform.
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billrod said:
Webkit will take over the world/internet
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Mark said:
Shocking. Didn't see this coming at all. I mean, wasn't this the point of Chrome? Safari is to the iPhone as Chrome is to Android, right? Did I miss something?
