"Like most Linux-based mobile platforms, Android is not entirely open source. The core operating..."
“Like most Linux-based mobile platforms, Android is not entirely open source. The core operating system consists of the GPL-licensed Linux kernel and an Apache-licensed middleware and userspace stack. Several key components at the higher levels of the platform—particularly the Android market and several other pieces of Google-branded software—are proprietary. Device makers that want to use include those components on their products have to commercially license the software from Google.”
I knew I heard somewhere that Google was licensing at least part of Android.
iTunes tried to install an iPhone and iPod touch app on my iPad...
iTunes tried to install an iPhone and iPod touch app on my iPad just now:
The application “StretchZ Free” was not installed on the iPad “I, Pad” because it requires a newer version of iPad software.
What.
Update: Brian Zeitler nailed it—StretchZ Free requires iOS 4, and the iPad is kickin’ it old school on iOS 3.2.1 right now, so the app cannot be installed on an iPad.
Chicago Governor signs HB 43 into law; pedestrian safety prevails! | activetrans.org
Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law HB 43, which requires drivers to come to a complete stop for pedestrians in all crosswalks – even those that don’t have a stop sign or traffic light.
Victor Agreda Jr., TUAW’s programming manager, compiles comment statistics into an editorial guide for the future. It’s a bold new direction.
Related: I still believe comments are not only good, but a fundamental necessity, of the Web. But we need much, much better comment and community self-policing tools to clean up the admittedly toxic comment state that many sites are in. Arguably, these tools are still only in their infancy.
Apple supposedly had to end its in-store iPhone 4 reservation system and switch to first come, first...
Apple supposedly had to end its in-store iPhone 4 reservation system and switch to first come, first serve basis due to overwhelming popularity, yet some pubs say it needs to kill the product. Egg, face, etc.
Was worried about this week’s Futurama, didn’t think they’d pull out of the...
Was worried about this week’s Futurama, didn’t think they’d pull out of the plot’s downward spiral, but they landed it.
“White Noise” by Lauren O’Connell.
I’d buy that for $1...
I watched this three times before I snapped out of it and realized I should probably link. Gave me chills again, just like the first trailer. K, now back to work.
"It’s gotten to the point where Apple doesn’t even try to disguise their arrogance. They’re a company..."
“It’s gotten to the point where Apple doesn’t even try to disguise their arrogance. They’re a company that creates devices other companies should have created, follows standards only when it pleases them, shuns research to create only the products they’d like to use themselves — and then won’t even let outsiders tamper with the platforms they’ve created!”
Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film, shot in a single day, by you. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera. The most compelling and distinctive footage will be edited into an experimental documentary film, produced by Ridley Scott and Directed by Kevin Macdonald.
So the guy behind Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, and American Gangster is going to create a documentary from user-generated films about user-generated life. I don’t know whether to be frightened or tremendously excited.
All spoken for. Sorry folks.
All spoken for. Sorry folks.
Team Fortress 2 - Apple Mac Trailer
Somehow I missed this...
In 2009, 21.3 million PC Game full-game digital downloads were purchased online in the U.S. compared to 23.5 million physical units purchased at retail during the same period.
One of the coolest games that came out while I was growing up finally has a sequel. I never beat the first one, so I hope I get the chance with a Steam or PSN sale. It slipped off my to-do list when I ran off to college. Such a fun universe, I hope they nailed it.
