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UK retailer John Lewis has told the media it expects a refreshed iPod Touch to launch this September, which will bring many of the hardware features found in iPhone 4 to the iPod range. More »
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Representatives from Microsoft confirmed to Joystiq that its new Kinect technology for Xbox 360 will work while sitting – a point of contention since Kinect was unveiled at E3 2010.
During its tech demos, Microsoft demonstrated using the motion-control interface to play games in a standing position – dancing around, fighting with lightsabers, and whatever else you might expect.
But from the outset, it appeared as if the only way to make Kinect work was to use it in a standing position, which had a lot of lazy people upset. Plus it just didn’t sound very practical. But according to Microsoft, as long as a developer designs a Kinect game to work while sitting, it should.
Scrolling through menus, watching movies, hitting the Xbox dashboard – all that stuff will work from the couch. If Microsoft knows what’s good for it, it’ll make sure Kinect works with a bag of Cheetos lying on your chest, too.
Via Joystiq.
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Yorkton residents are continuing to mop up almost a week after heavy rain inundated 1,000 basements, forced 175 people from their homes, and seriously damaged more than 20 local businesses.
(Cross-posted with the YouTube Blog)
It’s well known that the mobile internet is huge and growing fast; what’s surprising is exactly how fast. According to a recent report, within 5 years more users will connect to the internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs. YouTube consumption on mobile devices has also grown considerably — playbacks were up 160% in 2009 over the previous year. And we’re excited to announce that YouTube Mobile now receives more than 100 million video playbacks a day. This is roughly the number of daily playbacks that YouTube.com was streaming when we joined forces with Google in 2006.
We launched YouTube on mobile devices in 2007 with about 1,000 videos available on the mobile site (m.youtube.com). While this suddenly opened up the possibility to access videos on the go, our site, mobile browsers and the hardware had limitations that prevented the mobile experience from keeping up with YouTube on the desktop. Today, more than ever, we know that you want to be able to find and access your favorite videos wherever you are. That’s why we’ve been working hard to roll out an updated version of the mobile site.
Here’s what’s new about the new mobile site:
As the world continues to go mobile, we think this is a great improvement for users who want a more consistent YouTube across many devices, no matter where they are. We’re launching in English only today, but will be rolling it out in other languages in the coming months. You can access the latest YouTube mobile site from your iPhone or Android browser. To learn more, visit m.youtube.com to check out the latest improvements and take a minute to watch this demo video:
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Enforcement of the national do-not-call list is ineffective, even though more than 300,000 complaints have been filed against unwanted telemarketers, newly released figures suggest.
Every day, 6.7 billion people view the world through their own unique lens. Imagine if there was a way to collect all of these perspectives, to aggregate and mold them into the cohesive story of a single day on earth.
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of “Life in a Day,” a historic cinematic experiment that will attempt to do just that: document one day, as seen through the eyes of people around the world. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a snapshot of your life on camera. You can film the ordinary — a sunrise, the commute to work, a neighborhood soccer match, or the extraordinary — a baby’s first steps, your reaction to the passing of a loved one, or even a marriage.
Kevin Macdonald, the Oscar-winning director of films such as The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void and One Day in September, will then edit the most compelling footage into a feature documentary film, to be executive-produced by Ridley Scott, the director behind films like Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise, Blade Runner and Robin Hood. LG Electronics is supporting “Life in a Day” as a key part of its long-standing “Life’s Good” campaign and to support the creation of quality online content that can be shared and enjoyed by all.
The film will premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and if your footage makes it into the final cut, you’ll be credited as a co-director and may be one of 20 contributors selected to attend the premiere.
Want to take part? Here’s what to do.
1. Visit the “Life in a Day” channel and learn more about the project. Be sure to read through the steps you need to take to participate and the guidelines for creating your video(s). Also check out some of the sample videos for inspirational ideas.
2. On July 24, capture your day on camera.
3. Upload your footage to the “Life in a Day” channel any time before July 31.
Regardless of whether your footage makes it into the final film, your video(s) will live on on the “Life in a Day” channel as a time capsule that will tell future generations what it was like to be alive on July 24, 2010.
Posted by Tim Partridge, Product Marketing Manager, watching “Life in a Day” trailer
“Good news,” indeed: The resurrection of “Futurama” gave Comedy Central the most-watched season premiere ever for an animated show on cable — if you don’t include “South Park.”
People waiting to buy the latest iPhone from SaskTel may be on hold for a while longer.
A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail Tuesday after ruling she violated probation in a 2007 drug case by failing to attend court-ordered alcohol education classes.
Whoa, Nelly! Is that a Firefox 4 download button we’re looking at? Why yes… yes it is! We can’t think of a much better way to wrap up one’s workday than by finding out that Mozilla’s own Firefox browser has finally made the official leap to 4.0, with Beta 1 going live for the adoring public today. It’s ready to be sucked down and installed for those with Windows, Linux and OS X-based machines, and the changelog itself is far too lengthy for this space (though it’s linked below for your perusal). You’ll obviously notice an overhauled look hitting you front and center, with a new add-on manager, support for the new WebM format, improved privacy settings and crash protection headlining the “big chart o’ features.” Give ‘er a download and toss your thoughts on the new build down in comments below, cool?
P.S. – Be warned that this may very well not work with your stable of add-ons right away, so we’d keep that stable 3.x.x build installed as a backup!
Firefox 4 Beta 1 now available for download originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Your wireless router broadcasts your Wi-Fi signal on channels ranging from 1 to 11.* As more routers broadcast on the same channel as yours, your router’s performance generally decreases. The solution: Scan for the least crowded channels and use one of those. More »
Wireless – Data Communications – Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection – 802.11 – Wi-Fi Connection
AppleCare has confirmed what we already knew: The incoming software update won’t fix the iPhone 4‘s transmission and reception problems. They acknowledged the antenna problem exists, offering the same solution as before: Buy a case or hold the iPhone differently. More »
iPhone – Handhelds – Smartphones – Apple – iPhone 4
The tornado that ripped through a Saskatchewan First Nation chewed a path half a kilometre wide and at least 45 kilometres long, Environment Canada says.
Bob Probert has died at the age of 45 after collapsing with severe chest pains, a spokesman for the family of the troubled former NHL tough guy confirmed Monday evening.
Can Lady Gaga be stopped? Self-marketing genius, living performance piece, fortuitous flavor of the month or some combination of the three, the Lady’s rise to fame seems uninhibited by even bad press and a mediocre music video. You could argue that the world has reached its Lady Gaga tipping point, but the numbers would refute you. As we reported back in April, Gaga made YouTube history by pulling in over a billion views for just three videos (we’ve calculated our managing editor is responsible for at least half of those hits). And now, she’s just earned another milestone by raking in over 10 million Facebook fans.
As of today, she’s earned 10,673,476 fans, to be exact. That’s more people than the population of Portugal, where naysayers just may want to send every Gaga fan. (We hear Lisbon is lovely this time of year. Or not?) She overtook President Obama, still sitting pretty with 9.82 million fans, to have more followers than any other living person on Facebook. Detractors of the Haus of Gaga will be heartened to know that intangibles such as Texas Hold ’em Poker, Mafia Wars and ‘Family Guy’ are still trouncing the Lady with their fan counts.
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Lady Gaga Trounces Obama With 10 Million Facebook Fans originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Toyota Canada’s sales stalled for the third month in a row in June.
BP says it has spent more than $3 billion US responding to the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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