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SublimeVideo – HTML5 Video Player

weiran — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:17:45 +0000

Jilion’s HTML5 plugin-free video player shows us what a video on the web may look like in a few years time.

Spoiler: it’s a lot better than Flash and uses a lot less CPU.

There Is No Page Fold

weiran — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:13:56 +0000

Let it scroll.

Tesco Mobile iPhone Tariffs

weiran — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:56:03 +0000

Tesco Mobile have some interesting new tariffs for the iPhone including a stingy 12 month contract at £20/month, and an “unlimited” 24 month contract at £60/month.

Flash CS5 to Build Native iPhone Apps

weiran — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:37:38 +0000

Adobe have announced that their upcoming Flash CS5 software will allow developers to export native Apple iPhone apps. It doesn’t look like it can’t use native iPhone UI widgets, so the vast majority of apps will probably be games.

MonoTouch would still be my choice of alternative iPhone developer platform. C# over ActionScript, .NET Framework over AIR APIs. Version 1.1 of MonoTouch has added support for interacting with SOAP web services, and Microsoft has even ported their XNA Framework for creating games to MonoTouch.

Apple Rejects Healthcare Reform App

weiran — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:37:04 +0000

LambdaJive:

iSinglePayer, an iPhone application that advocates for single-payer health care reform was rejected from the App Store by Apple because it is “politically charged.” The application displays charts and bullet points about single-payer health care systems, and it allows users to call members of congress. iSinglePayer even calculates your local congressperson using GPS, and displays the amount of money donated to each congressperson from the health sector.

Fine, but then why does the App Store include apps such as the Drudge Reader and Conservative Talking Points?

Vodafone Confirms iPhone in 2010

weiran — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:51:34 +0000

Now Vodafone has struck a deal to sell the iPhone:

Vodafone and Apple today confirmed that they have reached agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to the UK and Ireland in early 2010.

Rumours are that the deal was only agreed late last night after the Orange announcement.

Orange to Sell iPhone, Ending O2 Exclusivity

weiran — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:10:05 +0000

Orange UK:

Orange UK and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and 3GS to Orange UK customers later this year.

Not surprising given the recent rumours, and it looks like they’ll have the 3GS too. No indication of pricing, but hopefully more competition means we’ll start seeing more discounts on iPhones.

Mac Installation Experience

weiran — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:12:24 +0000

Alexander Limi has an elegant solution to the problem of installing applications on OS X.

I’m surprised there isn’t a consensus on the best approach, so hopefully this will start one.

Chef Keith Floyd Dies

weiran — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:44:02 +0000

Keith Floyd has died after a heart attack at the age of 65.

Keith’s one of my favourite celebrity chefs, and his personality will be sadly missed. Ironically, yesterday Channel 4 aired a documentry about Keith Floyd without knowing that he had died. You can watch it on 4oD for the next 30 days.

Fox News: What do Republicans Really Want?

weiran — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:36:40 +0000

Fox News Blogger Scott Blakeman hits the nail on the head about why the Republicans are against Obama’s health care reform:

As Republicans, we ask ‘Who says our healthcare system doesn’t work?’ The CEO of AETNA made $24 million last year. It certainly works for him. Sure there’s 47 million Americans who don’t have health insurance, but we’re more concerned about making sure those CEO’s don’t get a salary cut.

That’s why we hate the idea of a public option. By increasing competition and lowering costs, the CEO of AETNA might have to settle for only $12 million a year. Who can live on that? And if the insurance companies make less money, that means they’ll contribute less money to our reelection campaigns.