Apple’s latest smartphone will sport an upgraded camera when it ships on September 21, as is customary with just about every new iPhone. For people who care about mobile photography, though, the new camera is a disappointment. Apple passed up a chance to bring phonecam quality closer to that of point-and-shoots. To be fair,...
Daily Archives: September 13, 2012
iPhone 5′s Camera Upgrade Is A Missed Opportunity
Apple’s latest smartphone will sport an upgraded camera when it ships on September 21, as is customary with just about every new iPhone. For people who care about mobile photography, though, the new camera is a disappointment. Apple passed up a chance to bring phonecam quality closer to that of point-and-shoots. To be fair,...
New Changes To Twitter’s Embedded Tweets
It seems there are more changes at Twitter than to the molecules of a frozen burrito in a microwave. On the heels of last month’s API change (and scare), Twitter is tweaking content delivery. Twitter product manager Brian Ellin wrote in a blog post last week that the firm is ”launching a new tool that makes it...
Intel steps it up on mobiles, gets Jelly Bean on its chips
Intel is increasing its efforts in fast-growing smartphone and tablet markets: It now has the latest version of Google Android software, known as Jelly Bean, running on its chips. The news was announced at its Intel Development Forum on Wednesday according to PC Advisor, although the chip-maker can’t predict when Intel-powered smartphones will see...
Why The iPhone 5 Looks Basically The Same As The Old One, And That’s Brilliant (AAPL)
Screenshot See Also This Is The Best Photo From The iPhone 5 Event Here’s A Hands-On Video With The ‘Screaming Fast’ iPhone 5 Stunning, High-Res Photos Of The New Gorgeous iPhone 5 When Apple released the iPhone 4S last year a lot of people felt let down. They wanted a new physical design from...
Oh snap: Zillow sues online real estate rival Trulia over patent (court docs)
Well, this is interesting. Online real estate giant Zillow, which just successfully raised almost $150 million in a public offering of its shares after IPO’ing in 2011, is suing its U.S. rival Trulia, which is almost a public company, over alleged patent infringement. At the heart of Zillow’s complaint is its ‘Zestimates’ product, which...
Well, Now We Know Where Apple Got Its Inspiration For The New iPod Nano… (AAPL)
Reddit Here’s a good catch by a Reddit user: the new iPod Nano looks a heck of a lot like an old MP3 player build by Samsung. Since Samsung’s device is five years old, the new iPod Nano obviously sports advanced technology on the inside. But the similarities on the outside are uncanny. We’ve...
If You Want To Meet Mark Zuckerberg, There’s Only One Thing You Need To Do
cattias.photos If you want to meet Mark Zuckerberg, all you need to do is build something. More specifically, start a promising company that connects to Facebook’s open graph, and Zuckerberg will likely reach out. At a tech conference this week, Mark Zuckerberg said that’s how he met Instagram’s Kevin Systrom. He likes to meet...
RIM updates Facebook for BlackBerry with refreshed icons, enhanced birthday alerts, Event support
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced it has updated Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones to version 3.2. RIM says the app may take up to 24 hours to get updated; it’s not available yet, but when it is, you’ll be able to get it directly from BlackBerry App World. We will update this post when...
Apps World Europe hits London next month to explore the future of the app economy
The incredible growth of the app economy over the past few years has seen an industry comprising coders, designers, publishers, analytics firms, marketers, operators and more develop. The Apps World events are designed to bring these different groups together to discuss the future of multi-platform apps. Apps World Europe takes place next month in...