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“All parts of internet”, what do you think about it? Apple’s iPhone commerical said the new iPhone 3G can deliver all parts of internet. As most of the users already know, iPhone does not have flash. It does not really deliver all parts of the internet. That’s what exactly UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) think. ASA said it is misleading and thus banned iPhone’s commercial.
HTC Touch Diamond also said they deliver desktop-like browsing experience. But, the truth is, some websites cannot be displayed correctly. HTC Touch Diamond’s browser also cannot view Flash. HTC also said their 7.2Mbps connection is faster than 18 times of normal 3G. And it’s faster than home broadband. If I got Verizon FiOS (speed up to 50Mbps), is it HTC Touch Diamond still faster than home broadband? It is clearly very misleading.
Why ASA do not ban HTC Touch Diamond? Are they biased? Do they hate Macs? Just because it’s iPhone and ASA needs to be harsh?
[via AppleInsider]
If you have lots of followers, you can make some money from Twitter. TwittAd allows you to sell your Twitter account to advertisers, and then they will help you to earn some money. Once you have registered on TwittAd and there is advertiser to purchase your Twitter space, you will be able to start to make money. TwittAd will pay you for every hour you placed the ad. When your account reached $20, you can request the payment. TwittAd will charge 5% fee. But, do you worry this will annoy your friends and followers?
[via Tweet Crunch]
Spammers are trying to deliver the message to you using any method possible. Recently, there is more ASCII spam message. ASCII spam is using the ASCII low graphic art technique which the message is formed by characters. Since the message is formed by set of characters, the system cannot detect it is a spam message and thus cannot filter it. There’s also a ASCII generator to help to make things easier. See, it is not easy to stop spam. We just have to work hard to clean it all.
[via CNET]
If you have set passcode to lock the device, it is still not so secure. If you have set double-click home button to load phone favourites, thief can still access your phone book and most of the functions. To hack it, during the “Enter Passcode” screen, tap “Emergency Call”. Then, double-click the home button. The phone favourites will still load. If your phone book’s contact have web site or email, thief can use the full-featured Safari and Email, too.
To fix it,
1. Go to “Settings”. Choose “General”, then “Home button”.
2. Set it to “Home” or “iPod”.
Done. If you have set it to “Home”, after the thief have double tap the Home button, it will load back to the “Enter Passcode”screen. If you have set it to “iPod”, after the thief have double tap the Home button, it will load the iPod.app and play your songs. That’s why I suggest to set it to “Home”.
More after the break.
Facebook are now the #1 social website. They have more than 100 million users right now. That’s why Facebook employees are so happy about it. Dave Morin of Facebook Connect Head tells us he is having fun in toga party through Twitter. Wow. Can someone shows us the party photos?
[via Alley Insider]
If you are one of the Digg community, take a look of this. There are 37 signs that shows you may be a Digg spammer. Unless you are from big company, it is not easy to push the submitted story to the front page. If this is the reason why you became a Digg spammer, please give up. Life is good, spend your time to other stuff.
[via 10e20blog]
Adobe will introduce a new Windows Mobile app in this September. The new app is called Photoshop.com Mobile. It allows people to upload their photos on Photoshop.com directly using their Windows Mobile smartphones camera. You will be able to upload 5GB photos for free. You can share the photos immediately with your friends. The app also allows users to browse their Photoshop.com Album anywhere on-the-go. Will this hurt Flickr?
Tired of choose Tools > Clear Private Data after browsing porn sites? Try Internet Explorer 8. The upcoming Internet Explorer will have the InPrivate Browsing mode. When you have switched to this mode, nothing will be saved in the hard disk. That means history, passwords, cookies and whatsoever will not be stored as cache. No one can trace the cache and know you have visited porn sites. The second beta will be available later this month. Time to switch back to Internet Explorer?
[via Switched]
After the iPhone Dev Team found that there are some problems in the latest version of Pwnage Tool, they removed it. iPhone Dev Team then quickly fixed the problems and released the updated version 2.0.3.1. It is now available at here. Grab it and happy jailbreaking. Meanwhile, the QuickPwn for Windows has also been updated. Check out the iPhone Dev Team blog below.
[via iPhone Dev Team]
Qik allows people to broadcast their life on the internet using their cellphone cameras. There is no need to bring anything extra cameras and notebooks. Netscape and social networking site Ning Co-founder Marc Andreessen decided to invest in Qik. Hewlett-Packard’s Ben Horowitz is also interested. They both put a huge money to Qik.
[via L.A. Times]
