Google Buzz – The $8.5m Lesson

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Google Buzz took a lot of hits at the beginning for misusing privacy of end users. In fact, they were sued for their misuse of data. “The Plaintiffs allege[d] that Google automatically enrolled Gmail users in Buzz, and that Buzz publicly exposed data, including users’ most frequent Gmail contacts, without enough user consent.” Well they’ve … Read more

Screw the Keyboard!

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The keyboard was designed with the width of hands in mind and the QWERTY keymap with typewriter hammer jam preventions in mind. But when you’re dealing with phone screen that affords a fifth of the space laterally for input, perhaps stuffing in a QWERTY layout for the sake of familiarity is something we may be … Read more

Skyfire Browser App coming to the iPhone Thursday

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Good news for iPhone users who have been forced to live without Flash based video content on iPhone’s Internet Browser Safari. Steve Jobs who says “that Flash performs poorly on mobile devices and sucks up battery life.” might be right but according to Adobe, 75% of all online video is encoded in Flash. Maybe it … Read more

Geico, USAA and Lonely Planet Hit WP7

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Another day and another bunch of high-end apps. The Lonely Planet Best In Travel 2011 app lets you get information and facts about places around the world. The Geico Glovebox app lets you get help, pay bills, view insurance info, rent a taxi and a host of other things right from your phone. And the USAA … Read more

Android 2 on 77% of Android Phones

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That’s not 100% but the rate at which that figure has climbed is nothing to sneeze at. Not the perfect comparison, but IE6, one of the most hated things on the Internet, something that’s caused fragmentation you really feel especially if you’re a designer or work someplace that uses some old system which requires IE6, … Read more

Listen to music underwater with H20 Audio’s Surge 2G

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I wanted  to let you know about a new product announcement from H20 Audio, the Surge Contact Headphones.  Everyone owns a pair of headphones, but not all pairs are created equal. When you expose your electronics including your phone to water, sweat and heat your electronics can become damaged. The Surge 2G Contact is complete … Read more