There is no stopping innovation and manufacturers bringing out one gadget after another. Currently the NYT reports that T-Mobile is planning to release Google’s Android powered tablet and home phone. The paper reports that both devices are set to make way into the market next year with phone’s release followed shortly by that of the tablet. The idea signals the complete integration of computers with phones in the near future as many of the cellular devices being manufactured provide features beyond what phones were intended to provide. Let’s see where all this heads out for and how further the next step in innovation takes us.
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While everyone’s busy looking out for iPhone 3.0 or Android G2, BlackBerry is planning to come out with new product. Reports state of the leaked code names for the upcoming product. Those code name are; Onyx, Driftwood and Magnum. Those may be different names for the same product and three different ones; perhaps sold by different carriers. The specifications aren’t different at all as you can read of each below:
Onyx:
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As the tension mounts between the Boston Globe’s union and the New York Times Co. The NYT has threatened to shut down Boston Globe. The threat comes after the newspaper’s papers union showed reluctance to accepting the $20 million in concessions. These concessions include cuts in pay, removal of lifetime job guarantee. While those are definitely harsh for the employees, things aren’t easy for the NYT as well as it has been seeing quite a lot of trouble during these tough economic times.
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While almost everyone would love to utilize the social networks to their maximum potential, football referees are facing tough times. Referees have been asked to not participate in conversations over the social networks by the new president of the Referee’s Association in Italy. This is one of the many rules of privacy that Marcello Nicchi, the new president rolled out after taking position last month. Although the rules in Italy do forbid such communications by referees even after the game, it sounds a bit harsh to them as they are barred from sharing on what they have an expert opinion. Sad, but if any referee does break this law he will face the Disciplinary Commission.
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After having its faithful readers pay $9.99 a month to read the WSJ on the Kindle, the firm faced some delivery issues. The readers of the WSJ were left surprised as the newspaper delivery that usually makes way to the Kindle by 5 AM arrived at 7AM. All that the readers could see was a message from the Kindle Team that stated it was trying to resolve the issue with the WSJ. The report isn’t entirely new as many subscribers had reported the same earlier last week. Is this some trick to drive users away from Kindle? Just a thought, the world is full of evil, perhaps WSJJ is already in the process of creating or backing production of a Kindle competitor.
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Just when we reported that there is a possibility of Google acquiring Twitter, we learn that it just won’t work around. Reports had it that Google will acquire Twitter just a fraction above its valuation of $250 million, which may very well be lower than Facebook’s $500 million offer that Twitter turned down. The news is in the air that Twitter won’t sell itself for even $1 billion. Is Twitter looking forward to remain independent or it sees itself worth a lot more than what giants are trying to fish it for? I personally think Twitter must remain independent and work around on some flexible monetizing plan and a complete acquisition, just doesn’t sound alluring enough.
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While we might have given up all speculation of Google buying out Twitter, Eric Schmidt has given air to our speculations again. The reports state that Google might just be in the process of acquiring Twitter. We aren’t sure if these talks turn to reality as Twitter had earlier turned down Facebook’s $500 million buyout deal. I guess both (Twitter and Google) offer each a lot of value, but this will be seen with time as there is no confirmation about the deal.
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We apologize our readers for the inconvenience over the last two days caused by Startup Meme being down. The site is up and running smooth once again and we are back with regular posting. We however apologize in advance for any inconvenience that our readers go through in future.
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Kickapps has taken all the time it could to finally embrace Facebook Connect and OpenID. This comes after Kickapps announced major partnerships earlier that include names those with Akamai, Clearspring and Userplane. This would ease out the process of registering for clients who are already using either of the two services and Kickapps will automatically import data from the clients profiles on Facebook and MySpace. The idea of taking advantage of the much popular social networking platforms is definitely a clever move by Kickapps.
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