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WITN: Is Egypt A Twitter Revolution? No. But Is That Even The Point? [TCTV] Top
After weeks of simmering tensions, finally the Egyptian situation has erupted into violence. Even the media has been caught up in vicious battles. No, we’re not talking about Anderson Cooper being punched in the face , but rather this week’s episode of Why Is This News in which our disagreement over social media’s role in prompting or assisting revolution descends into a full-on fight. Video below. And in case you’re wondering, yes, after the cameras stopped rolling, Sarah punched Paul in the face. Now he knows how Anderson Cooper feels. The difference is, Paul might have deserved it.
 
TechCrunch Review: The Name's iPhone. Verizon iPhone. Top
Yesterday, I made a 45-minute phone call from my office. This seemingly unremarkable statement is remarkable for two reasons. First, I was able to place a call from my office — something which was impossible for me to do a week prior. Second, I made it through the entire 45-minutes without the call being dropped once. Again, this was impossible a week prior. So what changed? Well, my iPhone changed. I’ve been an iPhone user since day one: June 29, 2007. Over the course of the past three and a half years, the coverage I’ve gotten from my service provider for the device, AT&T, has gone from bad to worse. AT&T would talk about how much money they were putting into upgrades for their system, and would continually promise that things would get better soon. But for whatever reason, in major cities like San Francisco and New York City, the situation has continued to deteriorate. It’s so bad, in fact, that in the TechCrunch office in the SoMa district of San Francisco it’s impossible to make or receive calls . Perhaps our office is a Faraday cage — one that only seems to affect AT&T — I’m not sure. But what I am sure of is that our office is hardly the only place in the city where the same is true. And even outside of the Bay Area, there’s a reason why there’s so much excitement for the Verizon iPhone. And now it’s here. And yes, it works. Beautifully. Build I’ve had a chance to carry around a Verizon iPhone for the past week or so. It’s a bit odd to write a review about it now because, well, I’ve already reviewed this product before . This initial Verizon iPhone, of course, is just an iPhone 4. It’s the same phone that was released on AT&T’s network last summer. But it has been slightly reworked to make room for a CDMA chip that Verizon’s network requires, replacing the GSM chip that AT&T’s network requires. But holding it in your hand, most regular users would have no idea that there’s any difference. In fact, the only physical difference is that the single rivet at the top of the device near the headphone jack has been replaced by two matching rivets on either side of the top of the Verizon version of the device. While Apple won’t talk specifics, presumably, this is a change made to the antenna of the device, which is the metal band that wraps around the iPhone 4. As you’re probably aware, Apple had an antenna issue shortly after the iPhone 4′s launch this past summer. As I’ve said time and time again , the issue was real, but it wasn’t a really big issue. And the millions of iPhone 4s that Apple has sold so far are testament to that. This Verizon version of the iPhone 4 seems to have none of the same antenna issues. Try as I might, using the “death grip” and every other grip I can actually do, I can no longer reproduce the same attenuation problem that the previous iPhone 4 model had. I death grip the thing, and no bars drop. More importantly, calls don’t drop and data doesn’t stop. Again, Apple won’t comment, but problem, apparently, solved. Moving on. (Quickly, as an aside, I have noticed that the back of the Verizon version of the iPhone 4 is missing some of the FCC, etc symbols usually found at the bottom of the device — no clue why those are gone, but it’s another small change in the design. It makes the back look even cleaner!) Service The single most important thing that would-be AT&T switchers and some new iPhone customers will want to know is: how does it compare to the AT&T version in terms of signal, dropped calls, data, etc. The answer, at least in my neck of the woods (again, San Francisco), is very, very good. It’s funny, if you spend time in various parts of this city, you’ll know where you can and cannot use an iPhone. Huge swaths of SoMa, for example, are awful. Some parts of the Mission are even worse. Then there are random streets throughout the entire city where AT&T service seemingly disappears into a black hole. I’ve more or less trained myself to know not to even try to use the iPhone in these parts of the city. So it was very, very odd to test out the Verizon iPhone in many of those areas. But guess what? Nearly across the board, the Verizon version of the iPhone worked — as both a phone and a mini data-sucking machine. I can’t tell you how wonderful it has been to walk through the city while being able to maintain a phone call, or Internet connection. Naturally, there are still a few places I was unable get service, but they’re typically places where it’s understandable — like underground. Many skeptics will be quick to point out that things may change when Verizon’s network gets swamped with iPhones in the same way that AT&T’s was. The difference is that Verizon’s network is already swamped with data-sucking Android devices. Millions of them. Maybe I’m being naive, but I really don’t expect there to be a problem with Verizon’s network in the same way that there was with AT&T’s. And neither does Verizon. We’ll see, I guess. But the early results are very promising. Speed AT&T, in their PR scramble to attempt to hold on to some of their disgruntled users, has been playing up two key things that are advantages of their network over Verizon’s. The first is the ability to make a call and surf the web at the same time. It’s true, you definitely cannot make a call and surf the web at the same time on the Verizon iPhone. To some people, this will matter. But I have really never seen this as a huge issue. If I’m talking on the phone with someone, I’m concentrating on talking with them, not surfing the web. But I realize that everyone is different. But apparently some 90+ million current Verizon subscribers don’t have too much of a problem with this either — as none of them have that capability. The second issue AT&T has been playing up is the speed of their network. It’s “the fastest 3G network” according to their ad campaigns. In my tests, when both phones have had signal, that is also true. There’s no question that AT&T’s network is faster than Verizon’s for data transfers — both up and down. I’ve tried this all over the city a number of times. AT&T is faster. But — and this is a very big but — in order for AT&T to be faster, it needs to have a signal. And again, that’s simply not the case in large parts of the city. So speed or not, Verizon still wins this battle hands down in my book. I’ll take Verizon’s coverage over AT&T’s speed any day. As sort of an aside, the one other issue brought up when taking about CDMA versus GSM is that the CDMA version of the iPhone won’t be able to roam internationally. For many countries, particularly those in Europe, that is true. One can only hope that Verizon or Apple come up with some sort of way around this — perhaps partner with another carrier for a deal on a per-use MiFi card to carry around in another country. Or better, just make a CDMA/GSM version of the phone. For now, if you’re going to be doing a lot of traveling, you’re likely to be out of luck. Hotspot The big new feature that was touted at the press conference unveiling the Verizon iPhone was the “Personal Hotspot” option. This allows you to turn your iPhone 4 into a WiFi hub that can accept up to five connections. I’ve previously done a walk-through of how this will work. And in the field, it’s just as easy as it initially seemed. I’ve used this feature a number of times over the past week. It’s brilliant. It could not be any easier to set up and manage. Once you enable it and connect, a blue bar will appear at the top of the phone’s screen letting you know that the hotspot feature is enabled. And it will tell you how many devices are currently connected. Unlike with phone calls, other data can also come in at the same time you’re using the phone as a hotspot. For example, Push Notifications still stream in when you’re connected. If you receive a call, the phone will ask you if you want to connect. If you do, it will sever your data connection, ending the hotspot capabilities. But when you hang up, you can push one button to resume. Yes, I realize other phones have had this hotspot capability for some time now. In fact, when I reviewed the EVO 4G , it was pretty much the only thing I liked about the device. But the iPhone 4′s Personal Hotspot blows it away for one reason: battery life. The EVO’s battery lasted something ridiculously low, like 90 minutes, with the hotspot feature turned on. In my tests, the iPhone 4 can give you a solid 4 hours of hotspot/tethering time. That’s from a fully charged battery, all the way down to zero. I’ve run it down fully twice. Both times, just about four hours. Verizon plans to charge an extra $20 for the hotspot feature. That’s on top of the $30 you’ll pay for data for the iPhone 4 (which is currently unlimited , unlike AT&T’s capped plans). But if you’ve ever owned a wireless dongle, you’ll know that $20 is well worth it — the dongles usually cost you upwards of $60 a month for the same 2 GB of data usage. The Verizon iPhone Versus The iPhone On Verizon’s Network A few months ago, before the Verizon iPhone was announced, I wrote a post entitled:  The "Verizon iPhone" Versus "The iPhone On Verizon's Network" . The main idea behind the post was to wonder what the Verizon version of the device would be like when Verizon and Apple finally came to terms they could agree upon? As I said at the time, Verizon would undoubtedly love to load the device up with crapware in the same fashion that they’ve done with their Android devices , and all of the other devices they’ve sold over time. Apple, on the other hand, obviously would not want that. But would they have to make any concessions to get a deal done? The best part of the Verizon iPhone is that no, Apple did not have to make any concessions. The Verizon iPhone is not a “Verizon iPhone” — it’s an “iPhone on Verizon’s network”. There’s no Verizon branding anywhere on the device aside from the upper left of the screen which shows you the carrier next to the signal strength. There are no pre-loaded Verizon apps. There are no apps that work on the AT&T iPhones that won’t work on this model. Every app you’ve bought in the App Store will install and work on this Verizon version of the device. FaceTime is interoperable over the two devices. So is Game Center. Will Verizon have their own apps in the App Store that they’ll want you to buy? Undoubtedly. But this is very clearly Apple’s device. Not Verizon’s. So Is It Worth It? If you’re an AT&T iPhone customer at the end of your contract who lives in an area with poor AT&T service, you need to get to an Apple or Verizon store next week to get this updated device. Seriously, mark down February 9 on your calendar so that you pre-order it. Then show up at a store on February 10 to pick it up. If you’re an AT&T iPhone customer still on contract who lives in an area with poor AT&T service, I would definitely consider getting this updated device. It may be a few hundred dollars out of pocket, but think of that compared to what you’ve paid to AT&T over the years. If you’re anything like me, it makes you want to scream. If you’re an AT&T iPhone customer still on contract who lives in an area with good AT&T service, then no, this probably isn’t the device for you. If you’re a non-iPhone user who is interested in checking it out but has been waiting for it to come to Verizon, this is absolutely for you. The caveat to all of this is that it’s well known that Apple releases a new version of the iPhone every summer. Expect this summer to be no different. So if you buy this iPhone 4 on Verizon right now, know that there’s a good chance that an iPhone 5 will be out in six months or less. One can only hope that Apple and Verizon would do the right thing and allow the early Verizon iPhone adopters to upgrade to the iPhone 5 for a heavily discounted (if not fully subsidized price). But it’s still very much up in the air. Hell, we don’t even know for sure that Verizon will get the iPhone 5 this summer. Perhaps it will be AT&T-only based on some sort of contractual agreement. But the latest rumors suggest that a CDMA/GSM hybrid iPhone 5 that works on both AT&T and Verizon may be the most likely bet. So again, it comes down to how badly you want an iPhone on Verizon right now — and the hope that Verizon and Apple will do the right thing for customers in a few months. For me, as someone who has spent three and a half years fed up with AT&T, the Verizon iPhone is absolutely, 100 percent worth it. I’ve already cancelled my AT&T contract ( by way of Google Voice, actually ) and I cannot forsee a future where I ever go back. There’s long been a slogan that goes along with many Apple products — “it just works”. It’s also the best way to sum up this review. The iPhone 4 on Verizon: it just works. CrunchBase Information iPhone 4 Verizon
 
Local Q&A Site Hipster In Acquisition Talks With Groupon Top
You guys aren’t going to believe this: We’re hearing that daily deals site Groupon has been aggressively trying to acquire local Q&A site Hipster for a number below $10 million, and that’s before Hipster has even formally launched! A slew of press coverage originating here has turned the site with a funny name into a media darling. One source is telling us that Hipster has been making the rounds of Silicon Valley VC firms as well as boardrooms and was talking with Google about a possible talent acquisition (who isn’t? ) before the talks turned into more of an investment prospect for Google Ventures than an acqui-hiring prospect for the mothership due to Hipster’s desire for a better return. According to our source, Hipster is currently raising a seed round in the valuation range of $6 – $8 million. The acquisition talks with Groupon have continued as Groupon has a pretty good chance of increasing its $15 billion valuation within the next couple of years after an IPO, presenting itself as a more lucrative deal to the ramen-fed entrepreneurs. Why the interest in Hipster? Groupon, which has received much success as an ecommerce site, still hasn’t become the go-to local destination for consumers it aims to be. Our source says that the company is considering potential expansion into a Yelp-like recommendation service, which is why the Hipster acquisition might make sense. Hipster, like a Quora + Yelp , allows users to ask, route and answer questions about any location in a city from a small coffee shop to something city-wide. Groupon has not yet returned our request for comment and Hipster CEO Doug Ludlow gave us this statement, “All I can say is that the team here at Hipster is busy both building a product that people will love, and putting together an angel round led by top-tier investors.  Although it’s true that we’ve been approached about early acquisition by all of the usual suspects, the Hipster team is focused on building a world-class company, and we’re not interested in a quick flip.” CrunchBase Information Hipster Information provided by CrunchBase CrunchBase Information Groupon Information provided by CrunchBase .
 
The Daily Show And Colbert Report Return To Hulu Via New Viacom Content Partnership Top
Hulu has just struck a content partnership with Viacom to return “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” to the content platform. The deal also includes other TV Shows from Viacom’s media networks, including Comedy Central, MTV, BET, VH1, Spike TV, and TV Land to the Hulu Plus subscription service. Viacom had previously pulled the two Comedy Central shows from Hulu last March. Financial terms of the new agreement were not disclosed. From the release: Under the agreement, current full episodes and clips of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” will be available on the free ad-supported Hulu.com service and through the Hulu Plus subscription service beginning February 2, 2011. In addition, Viacom will make available to Hulu Plus subscribers a selection of current programs, like Jersey Shore, Tosh.0, Teen Mom 2, Manswers, Let’s Stay Together, and Hot in Cleveland 21 days after they air. Viacom content availability on Hulu Plus will vary on a show-by-show basis. This is a big deal for Hulu. Even when Hulu first convinced Viacom to distribute Colbert and The Daily Show back in June 2008, it was a major milestone for the then young video service. Viacom subsequently pulled the content, deciding that they needed Colbert and Jon Stewart more than they needed Hulu, especially since Vicacom wasn’t really monetizing the content on Hulu. But with Hulu’s subscription plans and massive advertising , Viacom sees the potential for pulling in revenue now that Hulu is pulling in hundreds of millions in revenue. Hulu’s subscriber count is expected to pass 1 million this year and Hulu Plus as a business will have a revenue run rate north of $200 million this year. And Hulu now has 30 million monthly users, traffic which Viacom simply cannot ignore. Clearly, there must be some sort of revenue share but neither company is revealing the terms. Of course, Viacom has not brought CBS’ content to Hulu. Yet. Perhaps the media giant is testing the waters before bringing all of its television content to the platform But with Viacom putting its content back into Hulu, this shows that big media companies have confidence in the platform once again. And this is surely going to help Hulu’s planned IPO in 2011. For Hulu CEO Jason Kilar’s take on the new partnership, check out his post on here. CrunchBase Information hulu Information provided by CrunchBase
 
For InMobi, Apple And Android Are Eating Up Global Mobile Ad Share Top
Global mobile ad network InMobi is making a big push to gain smartphone ad share. Back in June, it announced a $2 million promotion to get Apple and Android mobile app developers to serve up its mobile ads. By October, 2010, it was serving up 5.8 billion ad impressions on smartphones, according to a report it just put out (embedded below). That represents 24 percent of the global ad impressions InMobi serves overall. In 90 days it increased its overall global ad impressions by 3.7 billion, up 18 percent. The ad impressions were split 40 percent in the U.S. and 60 percent globally. InMobi’s network is feature-phone heavy, particularly with Nokia and other Symbian OS phones. Nokia is still the largest with a 19 percent share, but Apple iOS (16 percent) and Android (4.2 percent) combined are larger. And Nokia’s share dropped 6.6 points over 90 days, while Apple’s rose 6.0 points. Now the iPhone commands the largest share of ad impressions (13 percent) of any single device. The smartphone impressions just kept going up after October. But here’s the thing, InMobi tells me that Android passed Apple’s iOS in the US  in December. Consider all of this yet another data point showing how iPhone and Android are taking over the world. View this document on Scribd CrunchBase Information InMobi Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Here's What Pulse Will Look Like On Android Honeycomb Top
Today, during their Android Honeycomb unveiling event , Google took a little bit of time on stage to mention one app: Pulse . The social news reading app began as an iPad project, but has since found a comfortable home on a wider range of devices, including Android devices. And now they’re ready to fully embrace Android tablets with Honeycomb. Co-founder Akshay Kothari notes that they’ve been working “very closely” with Google to build the latest version of their app optimized for Honeycomb. And while it won’t be out until later this month (presumably when Honeycomb is also actually available on devices such as the Motorola Xoom), Kothari sent us some screenshots of how it will look. Find those below. For now, you can find Pulse for Android here in the new Market Webstore . First, here’s the Honeycomb widget picker: Here’s the Pulse Catalog in Honeycomb: Here are the various Pulse categories: Here’s the Pulse home screen (pretty standard but with the bottom Honeycomb UI baked in): Here’s the landscape view: And the portrait view: Here’s the Pulse Honeycomb widget interaction: Related : Honeycomb Is The First Shot Fired Along Apple's Bow In-App Purchasing Finally Coming To Android; Disney Brings Tap Tap Revenge To Take Advantage Google Unveils Android Market Webstore. It's Already Live! Android Honeycomb Livestream Is Happening Now Live From Google's Android Honeycomb Event CrunchBase Information Alphonso Labs Android Information provided by CrunchBase
 
In-App Purchasing Finally Coming To Android; Disney Brings Tap Tap Revenge To Take Advantage Top
Today at their Honeycomb event at the Google HQ in Mountain View, Google had a lot of information to share. First, they gave a demo of the new Honeycomb features. Then they shared the new Android Market Webstore . And then they had an announcement to make that a lot of people have been waiting for : in-app purchases. Android engineering director Chris Yerga noted that developers that use their in-app purchasing SDK will be able to sell virtual goods and the like in their apps. And one of those developers who has been waiting for a while for this is Disney Mobile. Google has been working with them to get an important game of their’s ready for such a launch: Tap Tap Revenge. Yes, the game that has had over 50 million downloads is finally coming to Android. Disney Mobile’s Bart Decrem took the stage to show off TTR and a few of their other apps. He also showed off how in-app purchasing will work. Decrem noted that some 25 million songs have been downloaded inside of TTR thanks to in-app purchases (on the iOS platform, of course). And he said that they were given the latest Android in-app code just five days ago, so it was very simple to implement. One thing to note is that the feature won’t launch until the spring, though Google is giving the SDK to developers now to get them ready. Yerga promised a launch by the end of this quarter. Related : Honeycomb Is The First Shot Fired Along Apple's Bow Here's What Pulse Will Look Like On Android Honeycomb Google Unveils Android Market Webstore. It's Already Live! Android Honeycomb Livestream Is Happening Now Live From Google's Android Honeycomb Event
 
Google Unveils Android Market Webstore. It's Already Live! Top
Today at their Mountain View headquarters, Google held an event to show off Honeycomb, the latest version of the Android operating system. After some demos of the OS itself, Android engineering director Chris Yerga took the stage to show off a big new feature: the Android Market Webstore. Yep, the Market just hit the web. Finally. And it’s already live. Find it here . Yerga notes that up until know, the only way to find and install apps was via the Market on your phone. But now users can simply go to their browser. And it’s more seamless than something like the iTunes native app because when you select an app, it can be set up to download automatically to your Android device. “ There’s no wires, no syncing with computers. None of that sort of nonsense. Everything is connected ,” Yerga says. There’s also a social element in that users can email links to the Market to one another. And you can easily share links to apps on Twitter. The new web version of the Market also features better filters for finding apps. And there’s a nice device and app manager. Update : As numerous people have pointed out in the comments and on Twitter, while the Market itself is live, you cannot sign-in. I just tried as well — no luck. So, it’s more like live-ish. Update 2 : And now the Market appears to be fully live. You can sign-in and see your app downloads, and manage your account. Related : Honeycomb Is The First Shot Fired Along Apple's Bow Here's What Pulse Will Look Like On Android Honeycomb In-App Purchasing Finally Coming To Android; Disney Brings Tap Tap Revenge To Take Advantage Android Honeycomb Livestream Is Happening Now Live From Google's Android Honeycomb Event CrunchBase Information Android Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Hands-On With The Daily (Demo Video) Top
  After today’s unveiling of The Dail y at a press event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City, we were handed iPads loaded with the news app. I shot the video above with my iPhone to give a quick sense of what it looks like and the navigation. It looks like a magazine more than a newspaper, with lush photography and the occasional interactive graphic or video in place of a photo. The first thing I noticed is that there are no links in any of the stories, although you can share stories via Facebook, Twitter, or email. But that is about the extent of the social features in the app. As I expected, it is does not (yet) offer any social reading features like Flipboard or the yet-to-launch News.me To find your way around, there is atable of content, but that only lists the top ten stories. You can flip through chronologically or navigate by section (news, Gossip, Opinion, Arts & Life, Apps & Games, or Sports). When you are in a story, you can tap to expose a timeline with thumbnail images of each page up top. Finally, there is a carousel view that lets you go through the issue like you can with album covers in iTunes. It would be helpful if there were a content page that simply listed all the headlines in that issue with links. The ads take up their own pages, just like in a magazine. I noticed that the ads take a lot longer to load than the news pages. That could be a problem if it is not fixed in terms of pleasing advertisers. You can save stories for later reading, but apparently the app is loaded with new stories every day. So unless you read or save the stories you are interested in, for now you are out of luck. On stage, News corp indicated they are working on this issue. Related : Rupert Murdoch: “New Times Demand New Journalism” The Daily Event Liveblog: Follow Along As The Newspaper Hits The Information Age Murdoch: The Daily Will Cost $0.14 Per Day Or $0.99 Per Week One-Click Subscriptions Come To the iPad Who Is The Daily For? What Are The Odds We'll See An Android Version Of The Daily?
 
Live From Google's Android Honeycomb Event Top
Google’s Honeycomb event has just started today at their headquarters in Mountain View. Android chief Andy Rubin has taken the stage to talk about the new OS. Below, find our live (paraphrased) below. Or follow the live stream here . Andy Rubin: We’re really excited to show off Android Honeycomb. We’ll have a demo of the Motorola Xoom running Honeycomb. Briefly, let me talk a bit about how excited I am. We consider ourselves to be the shepherd of it. With open source you don’t know what people are doing to do with it. The innovation is all around us. There’s a lot of excitement. When you see Hugo’s demo, you’ll witness how Google’s cloud services tie together all these different devices. The cloud makes all theses things work. The cloud helps all these services share this information. I truly believe the Android team — the guys in Building 44 — I truly believe they’re the hardest working team in mobile. Hugo Barra: One of the most critical developments of an open ecosystem is making it easy for developers to innovate. We give them the best possible toolkit. With Honeycomb we’re doing this for sure. Today I’m going to show you some of the new features. This is optimized for tablets. Barra goes into the demo of some of the main part of Honeycomb. Showing off fragments which let developers break up components of an app into different pane. Modular development is an important part of the app framework All 2D Drawing that developers have been doing can be hardware accelerated Developers can also tap into an animation framework, allowing developers to fluidly move between views RenderScript: A new rendering engine optimized for high performance 3D graphics. Showing off the new YouTube app, which takes advantage of RenderScript. Showing off the new music application, features carousel view that uses 3D framework (looks way better than existing app Google Body: The Google Maps for human anatomy (this launched out of labs a couple months ago, now is apparently getting an Android app). CEO of Wordram (sp?) studios. Demoing a game that was ported from the PS3 to Android tablet. 3d graphics look solid — about on par with a PS2 game. Barra is back on stage, showing off the new camera application. New UI for the tablet interface. Supports video chat, with image stabilization built in (this also helps with limited bandwidth) Louis Gump, VP of Mobile at CNN, on stage to show off new CNN app. Will be free. In the action bar there’s an option for live video. Spending a lot of time on this, particularly iReport integration. “The platform is just one half of the story — the other half is how to get these apps into the hands of users.” “We’re making some changes to Android Market to meet needs of both users and developers.” Giving users a variety of ways to discover apps and install them on devices. Announcing the release of the Android Market Webstore . This is big — it was previewed at Google I/O last year, and now users can go to browser and browse entire catalog and install/purchase apps direct from the web. Hi-res banners, larger icons, browse by top apps When you click to buy, it shows which permissions it needs, asks which device you want to install to, — click ‘complete your purchase’. As soon as the credit card transaction completes, you get a notification on your phone, and the app is downloading to your phone. Very cool. “No wires, no syncing with computers, none of that sort of nonsense.” Developers can upload YouTube videos to promote app. Users can also share apps with friends using Tweet button (who wants to bet there will be a Google +1 button too in the next few months?) That tweeted link will intelligently direct you to the right market — if you click it from an Android Phone, it will take you to the Android Market app. If you do it in the browser, you’ll get the web version of Market. When you run a search from the web version, you can filter by device compatibility, price, popularity, and relevance. Next: how users purchase applications. There’s an international pricing issue, because pricing is converted by currency, leading to funky pricing (e.g. an app might be $3.42). “Buyer currency support is coming to Android Market.” Developers can enter specific prices for various currencies. This is rolling out over the next few months In-app purchases coming to Android Market. Can sell additional levels, etc. (this has been very, very popular on the iPhone). At Disney mobile have had 60M on other app platforms. We’re bringing three key apps to Android platform. Radio Disney, Jelly Car, and Tap Tap Revenge . The last one is huge — TTR is one of the top apps of all time on the iPhone. Will have all the music, social features, etc. It has been download north of 50 million times. Sold more than 25 million songs with in-app platform. Will work on Android 2.1 or higher. Coming this spring. Releasing developer documentation today to entire Android community. Will be releasing to users prior to end of this quarter Cee Lo is now on the tablet talking using video chat (they’ve been trying to get him to video chat for most of the event) Related : Honeycomb Is The First Shot Fired Along Apple's Bow Here's What Pulse Will Look Like On Android Honeycomb In-App Purchasing Finally Coming To Android; Disney Brings Tap Tap Revenge To Take Advantage Android Honeycomb Livestream Is Happening Now Google Unveils Android Market Webstore. It's Already Live!
 
Everybody Panic: Why We're Running Out Of IP Addresses And What's Going to Happen Now Top
Something is about to rend the very fabric of our existence: we’re about to run out of IPv4 IP addresses, the old 255.255.255.255 number patterns that identify most of our forward facing servers. How bad is it? Well, not that bad because it will take a good year or so for everything to really go pear shaped, but when it does expect a zombie uprising, dogs and cats living together, and a slow, methodical move to IPv6. We spoke to Owen DeLong, an IPv6 Evangelist from Hurricane Electric about the problem. CG: Did you see the size of those things out there? What caused the great god Cthulhu and his monstrous, four-storey, porcine handmaidens to rise from the heart of the Earth, laying waste to our cities? What happened to IPv4 to cause all this? Owen: IPv4, as you probably know, uses a 32-bit address. Yesterday, APNIC received the last 2 blocks to be allocated through the normal IANA process. Thursday morning, the final 5 IPv4 blocks in the IANA free pool will be distributed according to a global policy, one each to the 5 RIRs. This will be in a ceremony and press conference starting at 9:30 AM local in Miami, FL. Read more…
 

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