Eric Schmidt of Google Resigns from Apple
Apple today announced that Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, has resigned from the Board of Directors at Apple.
The main resign behind Eric’s resign could be the increasing conflicts in interests between Apple and Google. First it was Google Chrome OS announcement, then the recent rejection of Google Voice app from the App Store.
Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.0.1 with Redsn0w 0.8
Recently, an SMS exploit was found in the iPhone OS 3.0 from which a hacker can gain access and control a victim’s iPhone.
Apple quickly worked upon  a patch and released it yesterday as iPhone OS 3.0.1.
Motorola Sholes, Verizon’s First Android Phone
Even if it’s slow, but atleast we are getting to see new Android phones coming up by other manufacturers. As announced earlier this year, Motorola is all set to come out with their Android phone in Ocrober.
It is rumoured that this phone will be released for Verizon, and if it really does, then this Android phone will be the first one to work on the EVDO Rev. A 3G network.
WordPress for BlackBerry Beta 0.9.0.140
by Haris on August 2, 2009
in Mobile Apps, WordPress
WordPress is working hard to reach out all those bloggers who are on the move and like to blog from their cell phones. First, they came out with a WordPress app for iPhone and now they have inched towards BlackBerry users.
Personally, I think they should have come with an Android or Symbian version first. Symbian already has a third-party blogging app for WordPress which is being used by many.
MXL5007T, TV Tuner for Netbooks
Netbooks are becoming faster and more powerful day by day with every new one being released in the market. There are many things that it lacks of, but since hardware is getting smaller you can expect anything these days for netbooks.
Recently, MaxLinear and Hauppauge Digital announced that they will be coming out with a network TV tuner, MXL5007T, especially for networks.
Facebook App for Android, Coming Soon
by Haris on August 1, 2009
in Android, Facebook, Internet, Mobile Apps, Social Networks
Facebook has its official mobile apps for almost all mobile operating systems i.e iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian etc, but Andoid has been the only one left out.
That may be because of the past rivalry between Google and Facebook, but it looks like Facebook has finally decided to come out with an official app for Android.
iPhone OS 3.0.1 Released, SMS Flaw Fixed
Recently, an iPhone SMS vulnerability was revealed by Charlie Miller at this week’s Black Hat conference. It was known that Apple is working on a patch and just a few minutes ago they released for everyone to update.
According to Apple, the vulnerability was “Receiving a maliciously crafted SMS message may lead to an unexpected service interruption or arbitrary code execution”.
