Sunday, July 4, 2010

This week on Twitter [July 04, 2010]

Science & Technology

  • Firefox 3.6.4 released with crash protection. Link.
  • HTML5 showcases of Google, Apple and Microsoft. Link.
  • Firefox 3.6.6 released for patching the frequent Flash player crashes. Link.
  • Cell phones as eye doctors. Link.

Social Media

  • Facebook launches Hover-cards. Link.
  • Twitter to publish shopping deals through @EarlyBird account. Link.
  • Google Me social networking to take on Facebook. Link.
  • Facebook unveils suggested interests list. Link.
  • Facebook unleashes Open-Graph search engine. Link.

Google

  • Google Spreadsheet adds format painter. Link.
  • YouTube’s world cup Easter egg. Link.
  • Google apps training and certification tools for teachers. Link.
  • Google to use more HTML5 features in GMail. Link.
  • Google’s update on China. Link.
  • Google adds real-time web analytics to Blogger. Link.

Gadgets

  • Infibeam, India has announced its Windows and Android based tablets named “Phi”. Link.
  • The newly launced Apple iPhone 4 has reception issues. Link.
  • Microsoft Kin discontinued after just 48 days. Link.
  • Android Vs iPhone 4 multitasking compared. Link.
  • Yahoo gets serious on Android development. Launches Y! Mail and Messenger for Android. Link.
  • Android 2.2 Froyo rolled out to all the Nexus One users. Link.
  • Amazon Kindle for Android released. Kindle for iPhone to have audio and video support. Link.

India

  • Infibeam has launched its own brand of mobile phones in India. Link.
  • Facebook, Hyderabad India is hiring 500 people. Link.
  • Mukesh Ambani, D.E. Shaw close to Joint Venture. Link.
  • Get address proof from Indian Postal department. Link.

Events

  • TEDx events in India. Link.
  • Dev Camp, Chennai on July 10. Link.
  • Seth Godwin in India on July 07. Link.

Misc

  • The next version of Eclipse IDE “Helios” is out. Link.

-- Varun

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