The official Twitter app is here, and it's a freebie. (Credit: Rick Broida) Last October I conducted a simple poll: What’s your favorite iPhone Twitter app? The winner, with around 28 percent of the votes, was Tweetie 2, then a $2.99 app
Read more from the original source:
Twitter’s official iPhone app: Any good?
One of the most exciting prospects of Flash coming to Android devices has been games. While the iPhone platform has become a developmental heavyweight for indie gaming in just a few short years, it remains unable to take advantage of the rich library of titles developed to work on Adobe’s Flash player. With this week’s inclusion of Flash player 10.1 on Android phones as part of the 2.2 software update, however, gamers on the go now have access to these titles.
Original post:
Kongregate’s Flash games come to Android in style
Ever since Apple CEO Steve Jobs sparked a firestorm with Adobe over the relevance of Adobe’s Flash technology for interactive mobile media, a stepped-up PR campaign looked like Adobe’s only ammunition. On Thursday, Adobe got its first chance to fling back a tangible response with the beta release of its Flash Player for select Android phones. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta (which is already out in final form for PCs) makes a mobile debut on Android phones running version 2.2 of the Android operating system (code-named “froyo”) or higher
Read the rest here:
Test drive: Adobe Flash Player on Android (beta)
RIM's take on Blackberry Twitter. (Credit: Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) It’s been almost two months since smartphone maker Research In Motion released a beta version of its “official” Twitter client for BlackBerry
The rest is here:
Official BlackBerry Twitter app gets needed update
A white plastic “cube” * that is slightly bigger than a thumb tip protrudes from the top of an Android phone. A thin slit runs through it; peek inside and you can make out the interior metal nub capable of reading any credit card that swoops through it. This is Square , an accessory to the recently released Android version of an iPhone app (hands-on) that’s aiming to revolutionize personal mobile payments the way that PayPal first simplified payments online
View original post here:
Start your own business with Square for Android
When it comes to enabling technology, Google’s new mantra is its better to be needed than liked I first met the company called Global IP Sound around 2002 at TMC’s ITEXPO and Pulvermedia’s VON expos. What differentiated the company tome at first was the company’s ability to power wireless VoIP calls over PDAs – specifically Compaq iPAQs via a low-bandwidth codec. As you can imagine, at the time, the codec needed to not only be low-bandwidth due to the slow wireless connections but also had to be super-optimized because processors in PDAs at the time were not powerful.
Visit link:
Google Buys GIPS – Here’s Why
It struck me to write about the issue on sensitivity of the internet telephony, once while I was chatting with my NRI friend, who narrated to me as to how they had to pay heavy landline or mobile bills for international calls made to their near and dear ones situated in India. The transcript goes like this, “ I am one among millions of NRIs in gulf with medium pay, of course, and I get good salary compared to others.
Original post:
Internet Telephony ban – Security Related Issue or Hidden Agenda?
Skype says that it will be offering cheap calls to more than 170 countries in a bid to establish itself as one of the leading global telecommunication companies. The VOIP company will be offering price plans with unlimited calls for as little as 69p per month to some countries. Unlimited Skype calls to landline in the UK is charged at £3.39 per month with the unlimited world package which covers more than 40 countries costing a rather steep £8
Read the rest here:
Skype To Offer Cheaper VOIP Calls
Now that I’ve discussed my return to the classroom and talked a little bit about assessment , homework , and my fledgling concept list , I want to move on to what we’ll actually be doing in class. As you can tell from the title, this will be broken down into multiple posts, with the total number still to be determined. First up is openers
Read the original:
Transparent Algebra: In-Class Part 1 of TBD (Openers)
So, I’ve previously talked about going back in the classroom and about my initial thoughts on assessment (thanks for all the very helpful feedback), so in this post I’m going to talk about my plans for homework. Homework is one of those crazy things that I’m completely for and completely against. (While that may sound a little nuts (or a lot nuts), I cling to this quote from F
Read more here:
Transparent Algebra: Homework
Once again this year our students in Anne Smith and Maura Moritz ‘s English 9 Honors classes will be reading Daniel Pink ‘s A Whole New Mind and discussing it with each other, with many of you, and with Daniel Pink himself ( read about previous years’ experiences ). Students will be holding in-class fishbowl discussions and live blogging chapters four through nine (Design, Story, Sympathy, Empathy and Meaning)
Continue reading here:
AWNM: Year 3
Vopium has just launched 3G version of its popular VoIP calling and messaging software for iPhone. This new iPhone app with 3G VoIP/data allows iPhone users to make free calls to Vopium users, Skype users and Gtalk users also outside Wi-Fi, by using the 3G… This is only content summary
See the article here:
Vopium now supports 3G calling on iPhone
Several companies advertise free international calling to specific countries and offer free trial calls but these are mostly advertising gimmicks that are short term trials or require the caller to make monthly payments in order to continue using the service. Only a few companies actually offer the ability to make free international calls over a long period of time but even these companies have special requirements.
See more here:
How to Make Free International Phone Calls
Verizon promises Skype on 9 phones this week Skype’s popular telephony application will be available on nine phone models sold by Verizon Wireless starting on Thursday. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News Verizon Skype Application Available Thursday Users of nine Verizon smartphones can download and use the Skype Mobile application starting on Thursday, the operator announced at CTIA on Tuesday.
More:
Skype Mobile for Verizon to Launch March 25
Musician, artist, engineer and programmer Eric Singer is starting an interesting project, called the hacker helpline. For a few hours a week, he’ll be taking calls on Skype to help answer your questions about building physical things: Hacker Helpline is a new service from Eric Singer of the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots . For a few hours a week, Eric will be on Skype, ready to answer your questions about projects, electronics, software, robotics, physical computing, etc.
Follow this link:
Hacker Helpline, like free office hours for physical computing questions
We’ve just confirmed that Morten Lund, possibly the quintessential European tech entrepreneur/investor – will be keynoting at this year’s GeeknRolla in London on April 20. An entrepreneur from Copenhagen, Denmark, Lund is a talismanic figure on the European scene
See more here:
Skype legend Morten Lund to rock GeeknRolla, April 20, London
You can create a disk image in the Enterprise, Business, and Ultimate versions of Windows Vista, but if you use Vista Home Premium, you need a third-party app to image a disk or partition. I was delighted to find a disk-imaging component added to the Backup and Restore applet in the Home Premium version of Windows 7. Why it took Microsoft so long to include disk imaging in a nonbusiness version of Windows is a mystery
Read more:
Free backup utility outshines Windows 7′s built-in disk imager
Quote: Originally Posted by formidible (Post 140402) The new Skype for Nokia Symbian devices is excellent. I’d recommend it on all Symbian phones that support voip calling (which is most). It works on 3g and wifi – the list of compatible phones is listed in this link:- http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/…a_release.html 
I am thankful for sharing this information…
More here:
Using Skype on mobile devices
Internet Explorer zero-day exploits are not new to the world: we have been suffering from them since the beginning of IE. This latest IE zero-day exploit, known as CVE-2010-0806 , as usual is no surprise, but we can’t help noticing that something behind it has changed.
See original here:
Malicious Code Evolution from IE Zero-Day Exploit Code
(Credit: Google) There’s something to be said for instant gratification, and if you’re the sort who wants to know where you are without pausing to open a map app, one of the handful of changes to Google Maps for Android (version 4.1) has your name on it. To turn your wallpaper into a live, real-time map that tracks your location, press and hold the home screen, choose Wallpaper, then pick Maps from the Live Wallpaper folder. Before setting the wallpaper, you’ll be able to choose satellite, terrain, or line map mode and whether you want to show traffic
Go here to read the rest:
Make Google Maps your live Android wallpaper
iPhones can be great driving companions–unless you routinely tweet, text, or otherwise fiddle with the device while behind the wheel. That’s a surefire way to get yourself–and possibly others–killed. Aha Radio for iPhone helps you keep your eyes on the road.
Originally posted here:
Aha Radio app streams news, traffic, Facebook, and more
From a Reuters report : The NTRA had tolerated mobile internet telephony until a drop in international call volumes over recent months pushed them to tell Egypt’s operators to enforce the ban, Badawy said. “We monitor what is happening on international voice calling and it has had an adverse effect on it,” he said by phone. Tarek responds to a Global Voices post : It’s official now, the NTRA – the government – is the one responsible for this and not the mobile operators.
More:
Egyptian government orders Skype mobile blocked
In this blog post, I want to cover a specific type of code obfuscation and then demonstrate how to manually, step-by-step deobfuscate the code. There are many automated tools and methods for performing deobfuscation, but I feel it’s important to get down to the attacker’s level to gain a more intimate understanding of attackers and obfuscation algorithms.
See original here:
How To Speak Malicious
Having been one of the early evangelists of VoIP and launching the first magazine in the space – Internet Telephony and longest-running conference , etc – I think I need to take a moment and point out that one of the challenges of consumer VoIP is the need for external power. This past weekend, the northeast just endured a nor’easter where I saw massive trees buckle like dandelion stalks in the hurricane-force winds
See the article here:
Nor’easters Remind us why the PSTN is Useful
Voxeo’s Dan York shows Skype released the source code to its SILK super wideband audio codec to the ” CODEC Working Group ” of the Internet Engineering Task Force , one the Internet’s standards bodies. SILK is one of the things that make Skype calls sound so rich and vivid. And now SILK is available for everyone.
More:
Why did Skype publish SILK’s source code?
Skype hit a new high watermark for user activity today: 23 million people logged in to the Skype network at the same time. Skype should reach 26 million concurrent by the end of the year, barring any major improvements in distribution or marketing. Dialtone is the most useful measure we have of Skype’s capacity.
See the original post here:
23 million Skype users log in at the same time
Dan Hubbard, CTO, is speaking this morning at the Cloud Security Alliance Summit at RSA ( http://www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/rsa2010.html ). His presentation reviews the top threats in the cloud, impacts, and mitigation and defense strategies. On Wednesday Stephan Chenette, Principal Security Researcher, will present a session titled “Down the Rabbit Hole: Linking the Malicious Web through statistical modeling”
View post:
Websense Security Labs presents today at RSA 2010
Jeff Kunins , Senior Director, Social Networking (Windows Live) at Microsoft (and Tellme alumnus), blogged some Live Messenger facts and figures . Monthly user behavior: Status updates: 1 billion Profile picture updates: tens of millions monthly Emoticon packs: millions purchased monthly Web traffic from Messenger to Windows Live Profile , Home , and SkyDrive : 300 million unique tags: microsoft , stats , statistics , trends , charts , messenger Call me at +1-510-316-9773 , Skype me , follow @skypejournal and @Phil
A new partnership between Verizon Wireless and Skype will soon allow certain Verizon’s subscribers to use the Internet calling service. Starting late March, 3G smartphone owners who are using a voice and data plan will be able to make free Skype-to-Skype voice calls on the carrier’s 3G network. Skype is a software application that lets users make voice calls over the Internet
View original post here:
Verizon to Bring Skype Calling to its 3G Smartphones
Guest post by Dave Michels , Verge1 CEO, @DaveMichels Want to know where enterprise UC is headed, take a look at Skype now. It seems counter-intuitive at first, but Skype is consistently ahead of the enterprise pack. Skype discovered IM before the enterprise, as well as softphones, presence, and desktop video
Read more from the original source:
Skype’s All Business