#“See Amazon, I WANT to give you my money” Amazon on Android is a bad joke if you live outside of the US. Apart from a UK specific MP3 store, you are screwed everywhere else. So I was thrilled to get both their Android App Store and US MP3 Store working on my Irish phone this evening. (Hint: USUnlocked.com->Get US Credit Card->Create New US Amazon account->Set English-US on your phone->Buy initial apps on amazon. »
#“Make an image of a live XP machine and then run it elsewhere” I blogged recently about the pain of upgrading a machine from XP to Win 7 due to the dreaded Sage. So I've continued to hold off. But I just had a total brainwave for a potential solution and it looks like it is possible. I thought "what if I could snapshot the XP install some way using VMWare or VirtualBox? »
#“What new Irish Government Minister has been tasked with Open Government?” via data.gov.uk Short but great video of David Cameron on transparency and the right of people in the UK to Government data. It looked like something might happen here when the previous crew talked about a Government CIO/CTO and setup the Innovation Taskforce talking shop. Have any efforts started in the new Government? If so, by who? Not a snark, I genuinely want to know. »
#“I’m not a visual person but” I have to re-iterate that whoever moved the window controls in Ubuntu from RHS to LHS should be shot for crimes against UIs. Look how horrifically ugly Chrome looks in the place your eye is drawn to most often.As for brown and purple. The less said the better. »
#“IOIO for Android - Hardware Hackers Delight” via androidcommunity.com I've said it before and I'll say it again, Android is the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro of this generation. Google AppInventor nails it on the software side. Now check this out: A USB breakout board with software to control it. Think of the cool things you could build! Oooooh just had a thought. Google should buy MindStorms off Lego, integrate this IOIO, drop the price to $30 and send to schools everywhere along with AppInventor and a few dev phones. »
#“LinkedIn on Android is rather nice” Imagine if they integrated it into the Addressbook? When someone rang you, the phone could display: "Bob Bobson is calling, he is CEO of Bobby Enterprises and his last LinkedIn update is that he just sold the company for 15 Bobillion Dollars" or even better"Dick Dickson is calling from ITPeopleForHire, he has 6,000 connections on LinkedIn and you almost definitely don't want to talk to him". »
#“Imagine if Facebook Events allowed Apps for TV Shows” I was just reading how Facebook wants TV channels to create Events for their entire EPG. It's an absolutely superb idea and one that could seriously challenge Twitter's dominance of live TV watching.I would also be thrilled to see Late Late Show Friday and Sports Saturday disappear off to dedicated pages on Facebook instead of cluttering up my Twitter stream. The story is a little confused between Events and Places. »
#“Google to improve GMail Ads” Based on this one, they need to :-) »
#“ZX Spectrum Tablet on the way?” When asked about basic utility packages, such as art software, he resets the Tablet, and types CIRCLE 20,20,20. I'm convinced. When asked about word processing software, he says, "I'll show you a fucking word processor."It works, too. In conclusion, he says, "That's right. I'm back, bitch." via dystopianfuchsia.com Approx 1000x funnier than anything yesterday. »
#“Using the Amazon Appstore from outside the US (including paid apps) - Android @ MoDaCo” The Amazon Appstore launched recently and it's very cool, but unfortunately it's limited to US customers, leaving the rest of us out in the cold. Which sucks. BUT, there are ways around it! Successfully using the Appstore relies on you having a US presence - a US credit card, a US address and a US phone number (handily, not a US IP), but there are ways to meet this criteria. »