With this stroke Google has obviated native iPhone YouTube app, which puts user eyeballs back squarely where searchzilla wants them — looking at ads. I suspect that if the roles had been reversed with Apple moving mobile web video from an ad-free format to one loaded with ads and tracking, there would have been an uproar.
As we count down the days to Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference, where the company’s expected to roll iPhone OS 4, Google is trying to make what hay it can. So, yes, their updated browser is the fastest available, but that claim’s only valid if Flash isn’t running.
The tenacious Norwegians at Opera Software built a version of their popular mobile browser for the iPhone and then sent it to Apple for approval, and almost no one thought that it would make it onto the App Store. To say the least, the naysayers have been proven wrong.
If you enjoy television — I mean really love the boob tube — then you really, really need to check out Boxee, which is available for the Mac, Linux and Windows. However, whether you watching on a MacBook on the couch or the 52-inch flat panel on the wall, even if it’s just to maintain form, you’re gonna need a remote.
There are a lot of racing games out there for your Apple handheld, but only a few of them are worth your time or money. Real Racing is a glowing exception with its excellent community features, earn as you learn in-game upgrades and beautiful graphics.
So, you got your kids an Apple handheld computer — a.k.a. iPhone or iPod touch — for Christmas and you’re concerned about the evil it might bring into their lives? Here’s a quick, easy and absolutely free tutorial on how to restrict access to the Internet, unsavory apps, pervy YouTube videos and adult iTunes content.
One area where the iPhone and iPod touch just don’t measure up is the ability to easily share files between your computer and back again. Although the app isn’t here yet, one company is promising a lot and they’re saying it’ll arrive in January.
A security expert has claimed that some data on the iPhone is vulnerable to hackers, including deleted voice mail and email, using YouTube videos to spread the word on what he sees as security flaws.
Assuming you’ve five Apple handhelds lying about with nothing better to do, this is just the stuff — a supremely cool waste of time and resources that will guaranty your 15 minutes of fame among the geekerati.
Which handheld mobile video recorder will rule the streets? There is no question which device offers better quality, but that’s hardly the only factor to consider in this wireless, mobile world where citizens are capturing the stories and images that define our times—from now on the broadcast is the revolution.
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