Monthly Archives: October 2007

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch would rejoice to hear that Apple is planning to allow installation of third party applications.  The company announced on its Hot News feed , that it is currently at work on an SDK for the iPhone, the apps from which will naturally work on the iPod touch. But it may take time. And Apple will have the last say for any application to be made.

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Well everyone must have heard about people wanting to buy property in space (FYI: some already claim to have done that :-B ), but how about paying in space currency.

Well according to a group of researchers from the University of Leicester and the UK’s National Space Centre, the payment methods we use here on Earth would not make for viable space currency — due to sharp edges or radiation-prone magnetic strips — and would need to be replaced with something more suited to the environment. Enter the Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination (or QUID), a stackable, molded chip made of the same material used in non-stick pans, and lacking the chemicals or sharpness inherent to paper, plastic, and coins.

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Yeah right, if you think the iPhone is just so cheap for you, then you have another option of buying a 24 carat gold iphone. Your wife may actually like the new ornament.

Gold iPhone

Goldstriker is to offer 24 carat gold covered iPhones from this month, pricing to be confirmed.

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Someone with keen eye spotted deep within the page source, a mention of an “iPhone Extreme, ” floating about the code in a hidden variable on the feedback form.

What does this mean. Is Apple coming out with a new version of iPhone may be the 16GB one for Europe. Or a surprise for christmas. Just wait n watch.
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Someone with keen eye spotted deep within the page source, a mention of an “iPhone Extreme, ” floating about the code in a hidden variable on the feedback form.

What does this mean. Is Apple coming out with a new version of iPhone may be the 16GB one for Europe. Or a surprise for christmas. Just wait n watch.
Read More

Like desktops Google wants to provide every service that it can on your cell phones too now. Google has  gone and acquired mobile social network, ‘Zingku’. 

A move likely to fuel further speculation about a ‘Google Phone’ in the offing…

Started in 2005, ‘Zingku’ is a mobile social network that typically targets teenagers and 20-somethings, helping them to share photos, send invites, and conduct polls through mobile phones for free.

There’s also a ’shameless commerce’ aspect to the network, which enables businesses send access code to customers to help them download and share ‘mobile flyers’.

‘Zingku’ deploys standard text and picture messaging on mobile phones, and browsers on the Web, sans installation of special software.

With the acquisition, the network has frozen new account sign-ups. Its Web site says that existing accounts will be transferred to Google unless cancelled by Oct 4.

While the nitty-gritty of the acquisition hasn’t been revealed, Google has confirmed “acquiring certain assets and technology of Zingku”.

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Like desktops Google wants to provide every service that it can on your cell phones too now. Google has  gone and acquired mobile social network, ‘Zingku’. 

A move likely to fuel further speculation about a ‘Google Phone’ in the offing…

Started in 2005, ‘Zingku’ is a mobile social network that typically targets teenagers and 20-somethings, helping them to share photos, send invites, and conduct polls through mobile phones for free.

There’s also a ’shameless commerce’ aspect to the network, which enables businesses send access code to customers to help them download and share ‘mobile flyers’.

‘Zingku’ deploys standard text and picture messaging on mobile phones, and browsers on the Web, sans installation of special software.

With the acquisition, the network has frozen new account sign-ups. Its Web site says that existing accounts will be transferred to Google unless cancelled by Oct 4.

While the nitty-gritty of the acquisition hasn’t been revealed, Google has confirmed “acquiring certain assets and technology of Zingku”.

Source