I know Apple isn't open, but this is a bit scary-
At least 29 apps on Android Market have system level access that would be considered spyware on a PC, S Mobile Systems claimed in a warning study. When installed, the app group gave enough permission that they could represent serious privacy and security breaches.
Take note of the last paragraph.
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On our way to today's location for interviews. Fun way to look at Portland traffic.
Adobe has shipped Flash for Mobile
Of note in the press release
Flash Player 10.1 will be available as a final production release for smart phones and tablets once users are able to upgrade to Android 2.2 “Froyo.” Devices supporting “Froyo” and Flash Player 10.1 are expected to include the Dell Streak, Google Nexus One, HTC Evo, HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, DROID by Motorola, Motorola Milestone, Samsung Galaxy S and others. Flash Player 10.1 was also released to mobile platform partners to be supported on devices based on Android, BlackBerry, webOS, future versions of Windows® Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS, and is expected to be made available via over-the-air downloads and to be pre-installed on smart phones, tablets and other devices in the coming months.
As of this writing Android 2.2 is only available on the Nexus One. This could be a long summer as this rolls out. In some ways I hope for the best, but we will see how it functions once it is on more devices. I also love how it says "future" versions of Windows Phone.
Wow... We like our Toy Story. This is a timeless tale and leave it to Pixar to make another story driven winner. Read more about the details of Friday's gross of $41 Million. Of interest is this stat-
Toy Story 3 played on approximately 7,700 screens at 4,028 locations, 2,463 of which offered 3D presentations. 3D accounted for 60 percent of Friday's business. The 3D share was in line with Shrek Forever After, which offered 3D at 2,373 of its 4,359 locations on its opening. With the arrival of Toy Story 3 and the requisite loss of 3D showings, Shrek Forever After plunged 63 percent to an estimated $1.6 million on Friday, lifting its total to $219.1 million in 29 days.
3D seems to be leading the way right now for hollywood to make more money. It will be interesting to see where the numbers end up after the weekend completes. By the way Box Office Mojo is becoming one of my favorite sites to go to on the weekends.
From Seth Godin's Linchpin
Be remarkable
Be generous
Create art
Make judgment calls
Connect people and ideas
...and we have no choice but to reward you
Pick 2 of the above and go do them!
Here is a video we did for RuffWear last year. Fun to see how we will be able to deliver video for our clients soon!
I love it when a large broadcaster thinks outside the box and this is a great article on some great tech being used at ESPN!
A couple of things missing however is the world wide numbers as well as iPads are not factored into these numbers. I believe it is time for Apple to figure out a way to get out of the AT&T exclusive though.
Steve Jobs during his keynote on Monday famously asked just that question.
But that’s not quite what happened. There wasn’t one or two Wi-Fi networks running at the Moscone conference center, but several hundred, all beating each other up. According to InfoWorld’s consultation with an Apple engineer at the event, over 500 networks were in operation at the same time.
Great article over at American Public Media by Glenn Fleishman
Earlier this week we got confirmation that the Boxee Box by D-Link will ship this November in US and Canada. We realize many of you have waited months to purchase the Boxee Box, and we know how frustrating this is. Believe us when we say that both Boxee & D-Link want to start selling Boxee Boxes yesterday.
The original plan was to have the Box out by the end of Q2 (i.e. just about now), but that time-frame proved overly ambitious.
Our vision is to make the Boxee experience on a set top box as good as (and where we can, better than) the one you already know on a PC. The goal is to play HD videos from the web or a local network in 1080p and use hardware acceleration whenever possible. And to provide a TV browser experience that can handle almost everything you throw at it, including Flash 10.1. Not to mention making all this happen for an affordable price and on a quiet device that will not feel obsolete 12 months after you buy it.
We are looking forward to the November launch with D-Link and believe it will deliver a user experience that sets the standard for accessing stuff from the Internet and from your home network on your TV.
Moving forward we want to keep you up to date so we will share progress via Boxee’s Development Blog and the Boxee Box by D-Link Fan Page on Facebook.
In the meantime, it feels good to have a date set for the release of the Boxee Box, and we can’t wait to get it to you.
This is not good with Google TV coming into play about that same time. I do love Boxee so much though!
Change the way we think about our employees and they reward us.
Adobe sees Flash on over 250 mln smartphones
By predicting its Flash Player would be in over 250 million smartphones by the end of 2012, Adobe said it expects its Flash software to be supported in 53 per cent of the more than 300 million smartphones expected to ship in 2012.
Not sure about this predction as they are not even shipping a non beta version on anything other than Android. Wish them luck! I really think HTML 5 is really showing the way with Chrome and Safari this is going to be an interesting couple of years.
