Archive for January, 2010
Apple Allows VOIP On 3G
That's right. Apple has lifted the restrictions for developers so that they can write VOIP apps that work over AT&T's 3G network. Back in October, AT&T lifted the restriction on their network and informed Apple and the FCC about it. Yesterday, Apple released a new SDK for the iPhone and the new iPad. In this SDK, the restriction has [...]
Apple Announces iPad
Much has been rumored about the existence of this device, and today it came to fruition. The iPad has a 9.7 inch diagonal touch screen. The interface is much like that of the iPhone. In fact, 'most' of the apps currently in the App Store will run on the iPad. They can run either in their native resolution, meaning they'll use a small area of [...]
Google Voice for iPhone is Here
Most of you know by now that I'm a Google fan. I like their products. They're innovative, geeky and cool all at the same time. At last, there is a full-fledged Google Voice App for the iPhone. There is no push notification for this app, however. The reason? It is a web app. But it's actually a nice web app written by Google themselves. The [...]
Skype for Linux 2.1 Beta 2
Skype has announced a new beta for their Linux client. Linux doesn't see many updates from them, but when they come out, they're usually pretty significant. Of note in this release: Screen Sharing Quote a message in chat UI Styling There are apparently still some audio bugs in this otherwise nice Linux client. Let me know what you think.
Vimeo Now Adds HTML5 Player
As if to immediately follow suit, Vimeo announced yesterday that they were making an HTML5 player available. It is beta, possibly a step up from YouTube's 'experimental' player. (Knowing Google, experimental is RC material though.) There are some limitations with Vimeo's player as well. You must be using Safari, Chrome or IE with ChromeFrame [...]
YouTube Now Supporting HTML5 …Mostly
YouTube has announced an experimental version of an HTML5 supported player for their videos. Most of them, anyway. It doesn't support videos with ads, captions or annotations. It also requires that you're using a browser that supports the <video> tag, and h.264 encoded videos. So, Safari and Chrome work for this, as does Internet [...]
