The LiMo Foundation, Android’s chief competitor in the mobile open-source community, today announced eight new members, including Verizon Wireless, along with leading South Korean network operator SK Telecom and Mozilla Corp., parent of the Firefox Web browser.
Like Google’s Open Handset Alliance, which promotes the Android platform, LiMo is a global consortium of mobile communications firms [...]
To socialize these days, hundreds of millions of people every month turn to social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook. But what if the Web itself worked as a social network, asks the Washington Post.
At the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, Google will launch a new product called “Friend Connect,”, a set of APIs [...]
From Google’s Android Developer’s Blog:
I’m thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!
What I find truly amazing is how global the interest in the challenge has been. Developers from the United States submitted one-third of the total applications while the rest came from countries [...]
The BBC’s iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii, reports the BBC.
The iPlayer, a video download and streaming service, will soon be a channel on the hugely popular game console, although the BBC is still at loggerheads with internet service providers over who should pay for extra connection costs.
The iPlayer [...]
If your office or housemates all use the same Wi-Fi network and you’ve got some network admin skills, run the web traffic to their computers through custom scripts that turn images upside down, blur them, or redirect all web page requests to kittenwar.com, explains Life Hacker
Here’s more on how to turn everything Upside-Down. Here are [...]
The Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England this month will get WiFi delivered by On-Communications and BT Openzone.
All velodrome data and Wi-Fi traffic will be routed to the internet via On-Communications Fixed Wireless Access service. The public Wi-Fi Hot Zone will provide venue-wide coverage across all public areas, conference and press rooms.
Chris Bruce, BT [...]
Nike and Apple today announced an expansion of their Nike + iPod collaboration. Originally the system stored data from your Nike shoes to your iPod. Now, the companies will include cardio workout equipment.
The two companies are working with gym equipment manufacturers to add an iPod nano dock to treadmills, stair climbers, and stationary bikes. [...]
The Nike+ line of products, that connect to Nike shoes to Apple’s iPod, use a wireless sensor to give you real-time feedback during workouts and let you track your performance on your Mac or PC.
Now it may be moving to a Nike-banded bracelet, if FCC reports are any indication.
The expected bracelet would also communicates [...]
The undefeated New England Patriots and the New York Giants clash head-on at SuperBowl XLII in Phoenix, Arizona on Feb. 3. The Super Bowl stadium (wikipedia) in Arizona is ready with an advanced wireless system. Actually, several, says writer John Cox in Network World.
The University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, offers Wi-Fi, as [...]
The Smart Party system relies on people carrying Wi-Fi-enabled music-players. Software running on each device beams each user’s playlist to a nearby computer, which is connected to an amp and speakers and played for the group.
The computer takes a poll of titles to work out the most popular genre and can also copy [...]
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