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iPhone, Droid–get ready for Google domination…Showdown to begin in 2010
What do we know? It’s an HTC phone – probably the Passion, a distant cousin to the beautiful HD2 – with large touchscreen. It’s GSM unlocked and everyone at Google has one so whatever the super secret specs are, they won’t stay super secret for long.
But what if Google starts to sell this thing? This is “a big deal” on the level of Neo learning Kung Fu in The Matrix. This means Google is making hardware.
Tags: android phones, cell, Droid, iPhone, mobile, Tech, wireless
Bob Herbert’s latest column in the NY Times, Signs of Hope, describes just what and how the U.S. can begin doing to regain its foothold on a sustainable future, if the political will was available. This is not just fluffy granola green–this is about creating jobs and a leadership role in the world (and yes, we can actually be better stewards of our planet and our health at the same time).
As oil defined the 20th century, new forms of energy will define the 21st. The U.S. has the opportunity, the intellectual resources and the expertise to lead the world in the development of clean energy. What we’ve lacked so far has been the courage, the will, to make it happen.
Please give it a read, it is well worth a few minutes of your time.
Tags: alternative energy, economy, green economy, green energy, solar, solar panels, Tech
Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital. (tech crunch)
Popular online event site Eventbrite
has raised $6.5 million in funding, according to an SEC filing.
Eventbrite provides free event registration for events that are free–this is great for non-rpofits that need a low (no) budget solution for automating event registration and collecting attendee information (thank you Sequoia).
Tags: 501c3, 501tech, event registration, eventbrite, non-profit tech, Tech, web applications, web tools
Those of you with the latest iPhones that can record video should check this article form TechCrunch out
OWLE Hacks The iPhone to Make A Serious, Zooming Video Camera.
The OWLE team is back at it again, and they never fail to impress. Just a week ago, they announced the availability of the OWLE Bubo, their first product, which turns the iPhone into formidable video camera. Now, Harold Smith and Graham Mcbain have gone a step further. They’ve figured out how to access the 30 pin connector, the connector on the bottom of your iPhone that you use to charge it with, for more then just charging. What Harold and Graham have come up with today, could make video on the iPhone near broadcast-quality.
Tech blog GigaOm has received a Motorola Droid for testing, Android This Week: Droid Lands on Verizon; Google Adds Navigation. The GPS navigation being introduced with Android 2.0 platform sounds very impressive and like a potential business threat to persoanl GPS navigation companies like Tom Tom and Garmin.
Verizon, is not putting all it’s eggs in one basket with the Droid and there is rumor of the second phone, Droid Eris, they are going to launch with Android platform–this one is supposed to have a lower price tag for the cost conscience consumer (which is every body these days, right?)
Also this week, a few details about another Android phone emerged. The Droid Eris by HTC is expected to be Verizon’s second phone with the OS. The Eris lacks a keyboard and appears to be a more budget-friendly phone. If rumors prove accurate, the Eris will be released shortly after the Droid, so there won’t be long to wait.
Tags: android phones, Business, cell, Droid, Garmin, google, GPS, mobile, motorola, Tech, Tom Tom, Verizon, wireless
from Tech Crunch: ICANN the governing body for naming conventions on the world wide web announced that URLs will no longer be limited to Latin characters opening the way for the massive audiences in China, India and the Arabic speaking countries to claim and use URLs in native language characters. It also opens the opportunities for URL name grabbers to make a mint on claiming top level URLs in these languages–although I am not sure how that will work because ICANN has to approve each language at the Country-level first? However, it ends up working in practice I am sure someone will figre how to profit.
The proposal means domain names could be written in languages such as Greek, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi or Cyrillic and be understood natively by the servers that connect computers together over the web. Currently, domain names can only be displayed using the Latin alphabet letters A-Z, the digits 0-9 and the hyphen, but in the future countries will be able to display country-code Top Level Domains (cc TLDs) in their native language.
The organization will launch a fast-track process
From the statement:
It will allow nations and territories to apply for Internet extensions reflecting their name – and made up of characters from their national language. If the applications meet criteria that includes government and community support and a stability evaluation, the applicants will be approved to start accepting registrations.
Tags: ICANN, International Web, Internet, Tech, URLs, Web, web tools
Just read on Mashable that Google is in production on their own Droid phone that is anticipated to be open and low-cost (I think the low-cost part is up to interpretation, $50 bucks would be cool–just in case they’re listening).
“If talk of the Google phone plan is true, the entrance of a unlocked, low-cost, Web-friendly touchscreen device will probably undercut other Android (
) phone efforts by players like Motorola, Samsung and Dell.”
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Tags: android phones, Business, cell, Droid, google, mobile, Tech, wireless
On tour of new headquarters for USIP
Google Maps Now Includes Intelligent Bike Routes.
woo hoo!
SPIDERSS For Android: Browser, RSS Reader And Social Network Update Aggregator In One.
this looks promising
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