FROM: Javamancy, the Weblog
Was wondering, since Larry Hryb has announced that he has reached 50,000 Twitter followers…
How about adding Twitter-related Achievements and Achievement Points to Xbox LIVE accounts? Hmm, Major Nelson? How about it? Eh? Huh? Please? Pretty please? Puh-leeeze?
Natali del Conte (you remember her, right?) has mentioned in today’s Loaded episode that Verizon [VZ] is preparing to receive Palm [PALM] Pre devices on their network, sometime in 2010.
Of course, this makes sense, since there is not much retooling required for Palm, since both Sprint and Verizon run their cellular networks on CDMA/EvDO tech, as opposed to GSM-based suites offered by the likes of AT&T [T].
Once the Pre arrives for Verizon customers, the Sprint exclusivity for the Pre would naturally be over, and with the Palm Eos expected to make its debut with AT&T… Well, we will have to wait and see whether Sprint’s deal to acquire Virgin Mobile will offset the changes in fortune.
Wow, when was the last time we heard from Nat…? 
Does it make sense to allow Facebook unfettered/unvetted access to DevPal and Javamancy Web properties and Web services, or add an abstraction layer to protect the IP of people who like doing business with DevPal and Javamancy but aren’t happy with Facebook?
Sprint [S] is finally making its move to consolidate its power base as the prepaid phone provider du jour, by inking a deal with Virgin Mobile.
Curiouser and curiouser…
After months of fevered speculation, some trickling of “info” (real, or fake?) has been appearing across various news sources and repeaters about an Apple [AAPL] Mac tablet, perhaps using the P.A. Semi series of PowerPC CPUs and a screen size comparable to the no-longer-produced 12″ PowerBook, to finally fill in the gap between the iPod touch and the 13.3″ MacBook.
Until this new form factor appears, you’ll have to satisfy yourself with the Axiotron Modbooks.
Cult of Mac reports a rumor that perhaps Apple’s [AAPL] iPod touch and the iPod nano will be getting either a still camera or the combined still-and-video camera that recently debuted in the recent iteration of the iPhone 3GS. The story based this on images from China-based manufacturers for cases designed for the two media devices that have apertures that are approximately the size and shape for lenses for supposed cameras.
According to CNBC’s special on its US state rankings for business favorability and competitiveness, Virginia is the #1 state based upon its evaluation system, for the second year in a row.
Wow!
Sometimes you just have to have a good laugh. And other times, you may be really serious– or at least trying to be.
But Comic-Con is one of those singular (yet yearly) events that has its own rhythm… its own reason for being. And if you’re trying to “be” there, there are a few tips, courtesy of Newsweek, that you might want to heed: Seven Ways to be Cool at Comic-Con.
The irksome thing about Cyberduck’s update mechanism is that, after it moves the old copy to the Trash, it is sometimes impossible to clear the Trash because of some vestiges of abandoned memory access left (file handles, anyone?). The memory mapped itself is has lost its references, so the system cannot reclaim it, and it is unallocatable to other applications.
Wonder why it happens so often to Cyberduck but not other applications with update mechanisms incorporated into their code?
This is the “big-gun” Comic-Con International 2009 at the San Diego Convention Center, in (where else?) San Diego, California.
So far, Comic-Con is the largest of its kind in the world, and it may continue to function as an early-access valve to seeing what is coming soon in the entertainment industry, as well as allowing producers and directors to pick up ideas (or completely option entire franchises) for their Next Big Thing.
Steve 1:38 PM on July 28, 2009 Permalink |
Not sure if you folks have also been following some of the other Verizon news about upcoming layoffs…
But in light of this news, which was actually mentioned much earlier (back in May 2009, in fact– about the Palm Pre coming to Verizon), the question is whether Verizon should be considered a positive due to the job cuts, a negative due to the job cuts, or a positive due to the possible consumer demand for the Pre and other mobile devices (like the Eos and even new models from RIM).