Looks like Apple will be adding a new “Find My Friends” feature to its MobileMe service in the not too distant future. The settings pictured above were unearthed in the latest iOS 4.3 developer build that’s already yielding a healthy list of new devices and functionality including in-app AirPlay video support, a carrier-dependent personal WiFi hotspot, the return of the physical orientation lock switch, and a host of new multitouch gestures. Presumably Find My Friends will offer functionality akin to the free Google Latitude app doing little to justify Apple’s $99 MobileMe annual cost. ‘Find my Friends’ MobileMe feature revealed in iOS 4.3 developer build originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Barack Obama appealed for civility at a Wednesday memorial service for those attacked in the Arizona shooting rampage and implored a divided America to honor them by becoming a better country. (Jan. 12)
Continue reading …HP’s Todd Bradley all but confirms webOS tablet for February 9th event, promises even more devices
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We do love to hear from loquacious execs , and HP’s Todd Bradley has been the very definition of one in an interview conducted with CNBC during CES . In a discussion revolving around webOS, Bradley was asked how HP intends to differentiate itself from the iPad and improve upon it, to which he quipped, “you and I will talk about that on the 9th .” If that’s not a confirmation that we’ll finally have our unicorn of a webOS tablet next month, we don’t know what is. Even more encouraging is the implication further on in the interview that HP could have debuted this slate at CES, but opted to do an unveiling at a separate event so as to properly highlight just how awesome it is. But wait, there’s yet more good news for webOS fans: Bradley’s crew sees its upcoming tablet as just “one piece” of the connected experience that is the company’s goal and we’re promised to be enlightened about a broad range of webOS devices at the February 9th event in San Francisco, though the lack of any Palm namedrops seems to suggest they might not bear the name of their maker. Even if they’re called iPaqs , we just want to see them already! Continue reading HP’s Todd Bradley all but confirms webOS tablet for February 9th event, promises even more devices HP’s Todd Bradley all but confirms webOS tablet for February 9th event, promises even more devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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This is what happens when you turn off the friction physics in Grand Theft Auto IV . More Destructainment continues with a Team Fortress 2 song mash-up. Then two best friends play Dead Rising 2 . Followed by Prince Peach and Zelda talking about their hard lives. Next, Mega64 has a new series on GameTrailers. Then it’s the return of Random Robot Intermission! Next up, an artist does an amazing painting… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Destructoid Discovery Date : 13/01/2011 07:02 Number of articles : 5
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President Barack Obama did his best to comfort Tucson, Arizona and the nation as a whole last night at a eulogy for the victims of last week’s tragedy . Urging Americans to forward on “in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds,” his speech evoked memories of the six killed and many wounded. Among those wounded was U.S. Rep. Gabrille Giffords, whose supermarket meet-and-greet instead became the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Hollywood Gossip Discovery Date : 13/01/2011 05:25 Number of articles : 9
Continue reading …iOS 4.3 code reveals new iPhone and iPad models, rumor mill suggests a dislike of the home button
January 13, 2011 No Comment
History lesson, folks. If you dig far enough into iOS’s code, you’ll eventually come across iPhone3,1, which is the AT&T iPhone 4, and the analogous iPhone3,2 (i.e. Verizon iPhone ). It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, but then along comes iOS 4.3 with a handful of new mystery identifiers to spurn speculation — namely, two new-generation iPhones (4,1 and 4,2) and three iPads (2,1; 2,2; and 2,3). Speculate all you want, but there isn’t much else at all we can say definitively here, but if we had to take a guess, it’s the GSM and CDMA variants of the next-gen models (plus a WiFi-only iPad). It is interesting to note the lack of an “iPhone4,3″ given the yet-to-be-revealed iPhone3,3 is still there — will the last member ever see the light of day? Outside of iOS 4.3 but still very much related, BGR is claiming it’s heard from sources that the next iPhone / iPad models will eschew the physical home button altogether in lieu of the new multi-finger gestures and that employees at Cupertino are already testing such devices. That seems a little more out there to us; five-finger pinch to home feels extremely clunky. The real takeaway here? We can finally have an iPhone rumor that doesn’t involve wondering if it’ll head to a new US carrier. iOS 4.3 code reveals new iPhone and iPad models, rumor mill suggests a dislike of the home button originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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This day began with ugliness — let’s end it with positive news: And from ABC News : The three lawmakers who witnessed the moment were House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. “We had been telling her that she was inspiring the country with her courage and that we couldn’t wait to take her out to pizza and… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Daily Kos Discovery Date : 13/01/2011 03:15 Number of articles : 7
Continue reading …Mitchell Finds It Relevant to Highlight on NBC How MSNBC.com Users Reject Palin’s Retort
January 13, 2011 No Comment
Sarah Palin’s use in a video commentary of the “blood libel” phrase, against those exploiting the Tucson shooting in order to discredit her, inflamed television journalists with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell ridiculously highlighting on Wednesday’s Nightly News how “more than 375,000 people have expressed their views in an online poll on MSNBC.com” and “nearly 59 percent do not agree with Palin.” As if MSNBC.com attracts any kind of representative audience. On the CBS Evening News , Chip Reid maintained: “She ignited a new controversy by using the term ‘blood libel,’ which refers to false allegations from the Middle Ages that Jews murdered Christian children to use their blood in religious ceremonies.” Claire Shipman, on ABC’s World News , relayed how “she uses a phrase many view as particularly incendiary, ‘blood libel.’” Mitchell asserted “Palin’s response is now setting off more controversy” as evidenced by how “the Internet was immediately on fire over two words in her speech, ‘blood libel,’ a central myth of anti-Semitism” which “is offensive say critics.” read more
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An emotional courtroom outburst from the sister of a slain Las Vegas dancer drew no response Wednesday from the man charged in her only sibling’s murder. The audio in the video was altered at the source. (Jan. 12)
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In the hours before the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner went to Walmart, was pulled over for running a red light and ran from his father after an angry confrontation. (Jan. 12)
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