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Facebook for iPhone / iPod touch now iOS 4 compatible

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 07:16 Written by Ross Miller Wednesday, 30 June 2010 07:16


We’ll get right to the point: the Facebook app for your iPhone / iPod touch is now drinking the iOS 4 Kool-Aid. Fast app switching, high resolution icons (better than the one seen above, since that’s pre-update), Korean / Russian localizations, and… that’s about it for now. Maybe background image / video uploading is on the list of to-do’s, but at least it won’t look quite as pixel-deficient on the home screen next to Twitter

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Apple patches iOS 4 Exchange issue

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 05:43 Written by Nilay Patel Wednesday, 30 June 2010 05:43


It hasn’t gotten quite the attention of the iPhone 4′s antenna problems or its proximity sensor troubles , but iOS 4 has caused some heartbreak for corporate users who connect to Exchange servers — checking mail or syncing contact and calendars can stall out interminably, with no option but to restart and try again. We’ve definitely had this problem ourselves, but happily Apple’s right on the case with this one — iOS 4 users who need to get their Exchange on can download an updated configuration file that seems to make things better. The new settings don’t seem to do much other than increase iOS 4′s idle timeout, but if it works, it works — and in our limited testing things appear to be going swimmingly. Okay, that’s one — now let’s polish up the rest, shall we? [Thanks, Paul] Apple patches iOS 4 Exchange issue originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink    |  Apple  |  Email this  |  Comments

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Weeklies by Tom Gauld

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 04:57 Written by David Huyck Wednesday, 30 June 2010 04:57


While his Guardian strip is on hiatus, Tom Gauld is doing a weekly comic over on Flickr . Fantastic news! Posted by David Huyck on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: comic , Tom Gauld

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What killed the Kin?

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 04:27 Written by Joshua Topolsky Wednesday, 30 June 2010 04:27


While the news today that Microsoft has killed its troubled Kin line didn’t come as the craziest of surprises, it’s definitely left a lot of lingering questions about just what happened. Now we may have a little insight into what went wrong — and what might be in store down the road — thanks to a reliable source of ours who’s shared some news on Redmond’s inner turmoil. Apparently, the troubles started long before the swirling Pink phone rumors (and way before the name Kin was ringing in our ears). According to our source, the birth of these devices began with a decision at Microsoft to create a platform agnostic, cloud-centric featurephone

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Popbox’s Netflix-less launch now scheduled for July 23

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 03:56 Written by Richard Lawler Wednesday, 30 June 2010 03:56


Our wait for the Syabas Popbox just got a little longer , with the official blog announcing it will not ship from Amazon until July 23. Like the Boxee Box , the delay is being blamed on software being not “quite where we wanted it to be” but the real bad news here is the official list of content partners which, for the time being, is missing Netflix. Also not included (but likely not as missed) is SDTV support — even via analog outputs, the Popbox is apparently an HDTV only affair.

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Google: HTML5 is good, Flash is the ‘best platform’ for YouTube today, WebM is the future

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 03:32 Written by Donald Melanson Wednesday, 30 June 2010 03:32


We can’t say there’s a ton of surprises here, but, if you’re curious to know exactly where Google stands on the whole HTML5 / Flash debate , the company has now laid out its position in a post on its official YouTube API Blog. The short of it is that while Google says it has been “excited” about HTML5 for some time now and that the <video> tag is a “big step forward for open standards,” it says that Flash will continue to play a “critical role in video distribution,” and that it remains the “best platform” for YouTube’s requirements today. Of course, Google also didn’t let slip the opportunity to once again talk up the recently-announced WebM video standard , which it says is the open video format the web has been waiting for. It isn’t saying, however, that it will necessarily replace Flash for video, and notes that Adobe itself has committed to supporting VP8, the video codec for WebM. Hit up the link below to read the company’s complete argument for yourself. Google: HTML5 is good, Flash is the ‘best platform’ for YouTube today, WebM is the future originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink    |  YouTube API Blog  |  Email this  |  Comments

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