sharing a ride with fellow iphone users… and non iphone users too
by Chiyin on Nov 18th, 2008 @ 12:39 pmA new iPhone app from Avego will help users trace their comute route and find people with a similar path to share a ride, basically car pool 2.0, using the app and internet to find people willing to ride with you… The app will also keep track of how far the passanger needs to travel and gives you direction to the destination… And from what I saw in the demo video looks like it keeps tab of the cost too… here is the video
Interesting idea… We’ll soon see a fleet of “taxi” drivers with their iPhones… riight
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Storm coming on the 21st, maybe iPhone 2.2 rumored date is right?
by Justin Horn on Nov 14th, 2008 @ 1:11 pmThe new blackberry storm is coming out on November 21st. So maybe apple will be releasing the iPhone 2.2 firmware on the 21st to steal the spotlight from blackberry. I think this would be a great move on apple’s part and pretty funny too. Either way the sooner I get 2.2 the better 
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NBC’s Chuck webisodes sponsored by Microsoft, WTF?
by Justin Horn on Nov 12th, 2008 @ 12:14 amNormally media outlets such as TV and radio have to be careful what they say about other companies as they may be current or future sponsors. So I found it quite odd to see a Chuck webisodes being sponsored by Microsoft, or more specifically Microsoft Windows. You can see the webisodes and the Microsoft adverts on the Chuck page. I mean Chuck is the same TV shows which boast the iPhone as much as they can, includes at least one macbook per episode, and took a blatant jab at microsoft’s Zune MP3 player just a couple weeks ago…right?
Oh and PS, Chuck is back using a first gen iPhone. It’s kind of hard to see because of the sneaky black case, but you can definitely see the silver metal underneath the case.
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iPhone 2.2 firmware coming out on November 21?
by Justin Horn on Nov 11th, 2008 @ 1:25 pmiPhone Hellas [via AppleInsider] is claiming that the new iPhone 2.2 firmware will be released on November 21st. They cite a “reliable” source, but who knows what that means. It has been about the same amount of time since 2.1 beta to release, so I think this is possible. Also, if they put out some nice new features it could be a good push to have before the holiday season. So although I’m not confident in this exact date, I do feel like we will see it sooner rather than later…probably before the end of November.
UPDATE
Even though I haven’t heard of this site, Gizmodo claims iPhone Hellas to be a reliable site, so maybe this date is going to turn out to be the real deal.
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apple store dadeland, grand opening!
by Justin Horn on Nov 8th, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
The latest apple store to open was in my own backyard, dadeland mall in Miami, Florida. The turnout was better than I expected with all the doom and gloom about the economy and such. The line stretched back pretty far and held until about an hour after the doors opened. The free Ts lasted about the same.
So here we go! 5…4…3…2…1!
More pictures after the break!
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microsoft following apple in adopting webkit?
by Chiyin on Nov 8th, 2008 @ 12:13 pmAppleinsider is reporting that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, said in a developers conference in Australia that they might consider adopting WebKit as the rendering engine for Internet Explorer. But looking at Microsoft’s history with it’s browser, when or if this will happen is any one’s guess.
As you may or may not know, WebKit is an open source framework on which a web browser can be developed. And many developers have chosen to use it as their foundation, examples are Apple’s Safari, Google’s Chrome, and many other mobile browsers. If Microsoft indeed chooses to adopt the framework as their next rendering engine it will usher in a new era of a more standardized web. And that is good news for us web developers.
As web developers, we spend a lot of extra time tinkering with tricks and techniques to make Internet Explorer do something other browsers can do natively. Just imagine if we didn’t have to do that. We could use that time to do more useful things, like having a beer or watching a movie. Or maybe, just maybe we could use the extra free time to bring more innovations to the field.
But for now this is all just some hopeful thinking…
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