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Archive for June, 2009

Iran Government: Deep Packet Inspection?

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 22nd, 2009

The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale, reports the WSJ. Interviews with technology experts in Iran and outside the country say Iranian efforts [...]

T-Mobile Announces Android MyTouch

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 22nd, 2009

T-Mobile has announced the MyTouch, their second Googlephone. T-Mobiles $200 MyTouch, essentially a rebadged HTC Magic, eliminates the popout keyboard and comes with a 4GB microSD card, 512MB internal memory, and the same processor (a Qualcomm MSM7200A, 528 MHz processor). It’s slimmer, lighter and said to use less juice. Previous customers will be able to [...]

Apple 3G-S: 1 Million in 3 Days

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 22nd, 2009

Apple has sold more than a million iPhone 3G S units in the first three days, reports the Wall Street Journal. Apple also said Monday that six million customers downloaded its new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release. The iPhone 3G S went on sale Friday in the U.S. and [...]

AT&T: Tethering Reports False

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 19th, 2009

Rumors suggesting that AT&T will surcharge its users $55 to activate tethering capability are wrong, says AT&T. When Apple introduced iPhone OS 3.0, they said two services awaiting activation by AT&T were Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and tethering. They were not immediately available from AT&T. Tethering, unveiled during the introduction of iPhone OS 3.0 , [...]

OpenStreetMap Party

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 19th, 2009

Rick Turoczy at Silicon Florist says Portland has always had an interesting geolocation contingent here in town—with companies like Platial, gatherings like WhereCampPDX, and mobile apps like Ice Condor. So what better town to help with the OpenStreetMap project? Mapping Parties are outdoor experiences for the whole family that let you explore the great outdoors. [...]

THE Platform

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 19th, 2009

Business Week calls it: From the day it launched two years ago, Apple’s iPhone has been a tornado of disruption ripping through the wireless phone market. With the release of the iPhone 3G S and, at least as important, a new version of the basic software for all iPhones, the upheaval will intensify and spread [...]