Steve Jobs is known to try and be involved with Mac users. While he might not be writing personal, handwritten notes to thank you for buying an Apple computer anymore, he does still try and answer emails from customers sent to his personal account. Now, we’re finding out that Jobs still takes $1 in salary. According to the Wall Street …
Internet Connection Sharing Coming To iPhones Soon
The ability to convert your iPhone’s 3G data connection to a Wi-Fi signal that you can share with your laptop technically exists as part of the phone’s hardware. The limitation, up until now, is that the feature needs to be implemented on the software side and turned on by your carrier.
AT&T’s iPhone has had “internet tethering” for a …
Is 3D Going Too Far With Contact Lenses?
3D images projected by your contact lenses? It might not be that far fetched of a science fiction reality. In-eye 3D image displays are being developed for contact lens technology, according to the New Scientist. Nanotechnology has worked in contact lenses already. Sensimed, a company founded from the Swiss Federal Institute of …
AT&T Cases Won’t Fit Verizon iPhone, But At Least There’s No Death Grip
First, the bad news. According to the above photo from SlashGear, the Verizon iPhone’s mute switch has been moved ever so slightly out of line with where the mute switch is located on the AT&T iPhone. That means if you’re planning to switch from AT&T to Verizon, you’ll have to buy a new case or deal with a slightly askew mute …
TechFast: Google’s Video Gamble, Microsoft Fights ‘App Store’ Trademark
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech links so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Google Dropping Support for H.264 in Chrome
Link: Daring Fireball
Google drops the widely-used H.264 video codec for its own WebM codec in the name of openness, yet builds Flash video …
How To Switch Your iPhone Service From AT&T To Verizon
With today’s Verizon announcement that it will begin to carry the iPhone 4 in early February, some users are eager to ditch AT&T’s network for Verizon 3G. Of course, it won’t be easy. AT&T will likely do everything in their power to prevent you from switching services with high early termination fees and little wiggle room for …
Did You Join The DC Universe Online Today?
Looking for a new way to immerse yourself in the DC Universe? Sony Online Entertainment’s new online MMORPG, DC Universe Online, allows you to become a powerful force to be reckoned with while being mentored by your favorite superhero (like Superman or Wonder Woman) or villain (including Harley Quinn and Lex Luther). Following the …
Best Buy: “No Truth” To Apple Genius Bar Rumor
Genius Bars are not coming to your local Best Buy. The rumor, which was posted by the Unofficial Apple Web Blog and picked up by other publications, said that a Best Buy employee told the website thatan unnamed Apple representative told employees that stores were gearing up to host more Apple products. One of the biggest changes was that …
Condé Nast Unveils New Approach To Magazine Apps
Condé Nast may have tried to break the iPad app market before, but a new release may suggest a new way of doing things for the well-known publisher. Instead of being a digital version of an existing print publication, new app Best of Italy: Condé Nast Traveler combines existing articles on Italy into a new, digital-only $4.99 …
Vimeo Increases Upload Length To Allow Full Length HD Features
Full-length feature makers have another venue to get their movies on the web. As announced at CES, Vimeo will allow up to 5 GB video (or about 2.5 hours of an HD movie), which allowing documentarians and feature filmmakers to put their whole project online without having to decide where to divide the movie into breaks. You can’t put your …
Viral Videos Get Hubbed At Dailymotion
Dailymotion has decided that it isn’t going to wait for you to decide what to search for anymore. The video site has announced the launch of what it’s calling “on-demand, curated content hubs” collecting videos based around news stories and search trends on the site, with the intent of making it easier for users to find what they’re …
Verizon iPad Also Coming, But Will We Have To Wait For iPad 2?
Not that this should come as a huge shock, but Verizon will also eventually be selling an iPad with built-in access to its network.
You’ll recall that Verizon currently sells the Wi-Fi version of the iPad bundled with external cellular routers, but Bloomberg reports that Verizon’s cellular chipset will get built right into iPad models …