Apple has started a trend with their Get A Mac ads. They are 30–second clips that leave people thinking about the benefits of owning an Apple computer. The main reason that many of the ads are memorable is because of the humor used to portray the different features that Macs have.
It appears that the latest social network trend is classifieds as both Friendster and Facebook are taking this route. Facebook teamed up with Oodle, while Friendster teamed up with OLX. Neither of the services are extremely impressive because in both situations, Oodle and OLX are just gaining access to the massive amounts of people that Facebook and Friendster have in their communities.
According to Discovery.com Microsoft is working on a new technology in India that could let users share their computer monitor with another user using a software-based solution. That’s right, it would be like playing a split-screen video game where each user has their own space to work with.
The next major upgrade to Opera Mini, code-named “Dimension,” is on the verge to being released to testers. Daniel from Opera Watch says that you have to be invited to be part of the Beta program and that you can be put on the list by providing your name and email address here.
Do you remember the Google Image Labeler? It was released last September as a game for people to play, but in reality Google is using it to improve their image search results. Some people criticized Google calling it “free labor” while others thought it was a great way for Google to improve the results that you receive when you do a search on Google Images.
When The Simpsons Movie launches on July 27th, a few of you may be more interested in an Xbox 360 than the movie. It’s not just any Xbox, it’s a Simpsons themed Xbox 360 Pro, and there’ll only be 100 of them available.
People who can afford to fork out the money for Vista Ultimate will receive what Microsoft calls the “Ultimate Extras.” These are additional features that can be downloaded through the Windows Updates to provide things like drive encryption, Texas Hold’em poker, and DreamScene.
Thanks to a patent application that Apple filed recently, we now have details on the next Gen iPod, perhaps even an iPhone Nano too. The one thing I gathered immediately from it is that it looks like it’s going to be a lot less thumb controlled. I don’t know about you, but right now I use my thumb to control everything on my iPod.
I have really become accustomed to the transparent borders that Windows Vista Aero offers, and so have many other people I know using Vista.
