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Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie: "Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special" [Blockquote]
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 0:42 in Tech | viewed 7 views times | 0 Comments
![Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: "Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special" [Blockquote]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/1a0354e37eozzie.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: "Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special" [Blockquote]")
Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie was discussing smartphones at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference earlier. Apparently, we just don't get what is and what isn't important in the smartphone battle, because according to him, apps don't really matter. We're... (Continue reading)
Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We’re Ugly [IPhone Apps]
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 19:10 in Tech | viewed 23 views times | 0 Comments
![Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We're Ugly [IPhone Apps]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/4b6badd955tfugly.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We're Ugly [IPhone Apps]")
Fact, maybe : Human beauty has nothing to do with subjective judgment, and everything to do with some obscure mathematical equation. Fact, definitely : There is an iPhone app based on this theory. Designed by giant human baby Ed... (Continue reading)
Flash 10.1 Tests: Hardware Accelerated HD Hulu and YouTube Video? Yes Please [Adobe Flash]
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 13:07 in Tech | viewed 3 views times | 0 Comments
![Flash 10.1 Tests: Hardware Accelerated HD Hulu and YouTube Video? Yes Please [Adobe Flash]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/5186c5edbahhulu2.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Flash 10.1 Tests: Hardware Accelerated HD Hulu and YouTube Video? Yes Please [Adobe Flash]")
The first Flash 10.1 desktop player beta has arrived , and AnandTech has put the new GPU-accelerated video playback to the test. And while the OS X version currently lacks graphics acceleration, Flash 10.1 still serves up improvements on... (Continue reading)
Slaughtering Nazi Zombies in Call of Duty Is Not as Insanely Fun on iPhone [Review]
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 6:30 in Tech | viewed 6 views times | 0 Comments
![Slaughtering Nazi Zombies in Call of Duty Is Not as Insanely Fun on iPhone [Review]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/358cf82250ombie6.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Slaughtering Nazi Zombies in Call of Duty Is Not as Insanely Fun on iPhone [Review]")
For some reason, shanking a Nazi zombie and watching a mist blood spray across the screen, with five more waiting to gnaw my arm off in a dark, disgusting prison cell just isn't as much on the iPhone. Call... (Continue reading)
Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 Betas Released: Life Is Better Now [Adobe Flash]
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 5:11 in Tech | viewed 16 views times | 0 Comments
![Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 Betas Released: Life Is Better Now [Adobe Flash]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/ccc40b2dd28-logo.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 Betas Released: Life Is Better Now [Adobe Flash]"){kind=logo}
The first betas of Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 —delivering full GPU acceleration of H.264 for buttery smooth HD Flash video playback and multitouch gesture support— are out . You should get them now. This is, to be... (Continue reading)
Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully [IPhone Apps]
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 21:34 in Tech | viewed 23 views times | 0 Comments
![Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully [IPhone Apps]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/b679a2141d43_pm.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully [IPhone Apps]")
In this war there are two battles: the polite, traditional fight between expensive, full-featured apps like Navigon and TomTom, and the I-will-undercut-you-if-it-means-killing-my-own-mother gorefest of the cheaper apps , like MotionX and Gokivo. With RoadMate, Magellan has taken the road... (Continue reading)
iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved by Robots Now, Too [IPhone Apps]
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 20:41 in Tech | viewed 15 views times | 0 Comments
![iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved by Robots Now, Too [IPhone Apps]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/13b9ad502bckhole.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved by Robots Now, Too [IPhone Apps]")
Sounds sinister, right? That's probably because I replaced the word "computers" with "robots!" For effect! But no, still, this is at least insteresting: Developers are now reporting that apps are getting rejected, and not by humans. Word is that... (Continue reading)
Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones [Windows Mobile]
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 19:31 in Tech | viewed 13 views times | 0 Comments
![Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones [Windows Mobile]](http://news.kikil.com/wp-content/themes/comfy/scripts/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/2009/11/8642064b58market.jpg.jpg&w=100&h=75&zc=C&q=95 "Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones [Windows Mobile]")
However you feel about Windows Mobile 6.5, chances are you don't have it , so you ( probably ) haven't been able to try out the new Marketplace for Mobile. Starting today—earlier than promised!—anyone with a 6.x handset can... (Continue reading)
10 iPhone Apps To Augment Your Sad Reality [IPhone Apps]
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 1:00 in Tech | viewed 15 views times | 0 Comments
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Augmented reality. It's definitely a buzz word, but what is it? How do you experience it? ... (Continue reading)
Apple App Store Approval Process Becomes Slightly Less Inscrutable [IPhone Apps]
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 20:49 in Tech | viewed 12 views times | 0 Comments
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The shroud falls a bit further: Apple's now letting developers see where their apps are in the mysterious approval process ! It's not much, but it is progress. Maybe one day we'll learn about the shadowy figures doing the... (Continue reading)
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