July 1, 2012

Episode 125
Sunday July 1, 2012

MISC  

• Edward saw new Spiderman movie (in USA on July 3drd starting) : Sony Xperia Android and Sony Vaio aplenty in it, also holographic user interface with 3D-motion detection like Kinect but very precise
• “Leap Second” bug caused problems for Reddit, Mozella and possibly other big sites.
• Unrelated to the previous, LeapMotion introduces a new way to interact with your computer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6KuiuteIA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Apple 

• No rumors!
• Macs have no kensington lock, for example : Macbook air doesn’t have it, mac mini too, what the duck? (Edward needs it)
• Chrome for iOS is cool, has good voice control, but it sucks because it is wrapperbbgound standard safari control
• MobileMe has shut down
• New survey finds 21% of iOS users wouldn’t switch to an other platform for any price

Google and Android

• Google IO conference , many topics: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with fluent user interface, Nexus 7 (the real iPad killer because 2 times cheaper and 2-3 times more cores/faster than iPad 3), google glasses, chrome for iOS, etc
• Jelly Bean features include improved notifications & gallery, widget resizing, offline voice typing and Google Now (Google’s Siri).  HTC and Samsung  “Are evaluating the new software to determine update schedules” and “will soon announce a schedule and which devices will get the update”
• Project Butter (youtube video):
  http://t.co/2ueevRvv

Microsoft

• Update for Kindle for Windows Phone released, add only multitasking support but still no search, no highlight, no dictionary support – conclusion: do not buy Windows Phone if you wanna read eBooks
• Microsoft just announced it has indeed acquired Yammer, the four-year-old social networking company for enterprises, for $1.2 billion in cash.
• Some Microsoft manager promises that Microsoft will not abandon Windows Phone 8 users like did with older: Windows Mobile 6.5 users Screwed, no update to 7. Windows Phone 7 users Screwed, no update to 8. Now we should believe Microsoft? No, do not buy Windows Phone !

App Picks

• Diana – Screenshot It/No Root Screenshot It https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.edwardkim.android.screenshotitfull&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5lZHdhcmRraW0uYW5kcm9pZC5zY3JlZW5zaG90aXRmdWxsIl0 And https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.edwardkim.android.screenshotitfullnoroot&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5lZHdhcmRraW0uYW5kcm9pZC5zY3JlZW5zaG90aXRmdWxsbm9yb290Il0
• Alli – Fandango http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fandango-movies-times-tickets/id307906541?mt=8
• Edward – Map Measure for iPhone / iPad (I will review it upcoming week):
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/map-measure-area-distance/id476039389?mt=8

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