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Monday, April 30, 2012
Apple and Microsoft Take Heat for High Prices Down Under
Today in international tech news: Lawmakers investigate why software and downloads are so much more expensive in Australia, a mobile network is lobbying to speed up the introduction of 4G in Britain, a wireless provider might try to block Skype in Sweden, and Tech In Asia looks at the inspiration for the Google Drive logo.
From the Editor's Desk: London calling, inside man and Nexus done right
It's another working weekend. Time for some quick hits:
- If I wasn't over the Samsung Galaxy S3 fakes, leaks and fake leaks, I certainly am now. Alex and I will be at the event on Thursday. I can wait till then.
- Speaking of heading overseas, I used MaxRoam in Barcelona this year and am using it again this week in the UK. 500MB for $13? (Which is more than even I can use in two days.) Sold.
- And that's just the start of the travel. Coming up next week we've got the CTIA conference in New Orleans.
- If you haven't seen Jean-Baptist Queru's latest Q&A on updates to Ice Cream Sandwich and how Sony's gotten updates out the door in about 5 months. That's due in no small part, JBQ says, to the amount of code that Sony's contributed back to the Android Open Source Project. Remember the early days of Sony Ericsson and the Xperia X10, which launched in the age of Eclair with Android 1.6 Donut, and finally got updated a year later. Things certainly have changed.
- Something that hasn't changed? Carrier approval times. JBQ rightly points out that carriers often are the bottleneck in getting updates released, which does seem a little insane in the Nexus world. But neither is it new. If the carrier's selling the phone, it's going to go through (I'd assume) the same rigorous (read: slow) testing process as any other phone. Verizon's been, shall we say, fastidious, long before Android even existed. It's funny to see blogs set their hair on fire over this one.
- I hesitate to even write about these sorts of Q&As. They're a rare glimpse into the inside workings of things and are best read in their entirety, straight from the source. It pains me to see blogs pick and choose the juicy parts for publication. ("OMG Verizon is sooooooo slow." Thanks for that insight.) It's pretty rare that we get a relatively unfiltered and unfettered look at how things work, with actual opinion from the folks who make the donuts instead of PR-speak and lawyered releases, and even more incredible that folks like JBQ stick around to answer questions. Let's not spoil it and waste the opportunity.
- I'm pretty excited about Google once again selling devices. I'm still curious as to how it's going to handle the problems it ran into the first time — namely customer service, though it does have a dedicated page for orders and returns questions. But this is the way Nexus devices were meant to be sold and maintained (meaning updated). Forget the carrier. (And, yes. That means CDMA gets shut out again. Them's the breaks.) And if you didn't notice, note how Google's calling it a "Devices" store and not a "Phone" store. If that's not a flashing neon sign that tablets are coming, I don't know what is. (And I'm willing to bet it's going to go beyond tablets, as well.) The important part is that I should once again be able to say "You want updates the day they're pushed? Get a Nexus." — and do so without looking like an idiot.
- The site redesign is coming along well. (Major props to our designers and coders, whose work you enjoy every day but whose names you never get to see.) We're still tweaking things, and as I've said before, this is only the beginning. If you've got feedback, leave it here.
TTFN. We'll see you from London this week, and NOLA the next.
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Apple originally prototyped an iPhone with a keyboard
Tony Fadell, affectionately referred to as the godfather of the iPod for his part in helping Apple bring their landmark MP3 player to market, says that Apple originally tested three different kinds of iPhone prototypes before ultimately deciding on the multitouch marvel we now all know and love. Fadell, speaking on On the Verge, said a hardware keyboard was a serious considerations. Fadell claims he favored the virtual keyboard approach.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
They Ain?t Making Any More of Them: The Great Engineering Shortage of 2012
Corner any up-and-coming Kevin Systrom wanna-be and have a heart-to-heart about the challenges of building a successful company and at some point you'll likely wander into the territory of bemoaning how tough it is to hire people with technical skills. At a party recently a startup founder told me "If you could find me five great engineers in the next 90 days I'd pay you $400,000." Which is crazy talk.sam houston state university bradley manning whoopi goldberg tebowing tebowing washington wizards rudy
Saturday, April 28, 2012
THG Week in Review: April 22-28, 2012
Welcome to THG's Week in Review! Below, our staffers look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made the last seven days some of the craziest ALL MONTH.
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Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip:
- Giuliana and Bill Rancic are expecting their first child, via a surrogate.
- Karla Vanessa Perez, a Mexican woman, is apparently expecting nine.
- Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley are adopting their second baby.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar is pregnant with her second as well.
- Megan Fox is currently pregnant with her first child, too!
- Nadya Suleman, meanwhile, cannot take care of hers.
- Do you think Octomom's kids should be taken away?
- Should Ian Somerhalder star in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie?
- Either way, Ellen DeGeneres read it aloud on her show (above).
- Adam Lambert called out the gay community as "catty."
- The pregnant man Thomas Beatie and his wife split.
- Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are (maybe) a thing.
- The John Edwards trial is an insane thing.
- Justin Bieber apparently has a name for his unit. It's Jerry.
- Katy Perry may have a new boyfriend in Robert Ackroyd.
- Rihanna may have a new girlfriend in Melissa Forde.
- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are going strong.
- Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran are hot and heavy.
- Jenelle Evans and Kieffer Delp may be back on.
- MTV released the first Snooki & JWoww spinoff trailer. It's quite absurd.
- Lane Garrison was charged with domestic violence after fighting his ex.
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey premiere earned record ratings.
- Sheree Whitfield got the ax from The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
- Rosie O'Donnell really does not like Lindsay Lohan.
- Are Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie at war?
- The Bachelorette spoilers (and promos, above) are already surfacing!
- Beyonce was named the World's Most Beautiful Woman by People.
- A pair of new Breaking Dawn photos were released by Summit.
- Carlina Duran, Miss Dominican Republic, was stripped of her title.
- Wiz Khalifa was arrested for marijuana possession ... big surprise.
- Jimmy Fallon had President Obama slow jam the news (below).
What was the highlight of the week for you? Did we leave anything out?
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Even Ensign Jimmy Has a Fighting Chance with This DIY Phaser [Video]
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Mel Gibson Jokes About Latest Rant With Jay Leno: I've Got a Bit of a Temper ...
Mel Gibson appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last night and surprisingly, he willingly brought up his most recent secretly recorded meltdown.
He joked about it repeatedly, no less.
The now-infamous Mel Gibson rant, in which he RAGED at Joe Eszterhas (and was taped in his own home, unwittingly, by Eszterhas' son), was over the top, he conceded. Still, Mel believes his privacy was violated and his actions were "justified." Why?
Mel Gibson on The Tonight Show
Eszterhas' script for The Maccabees was non-existent, then awful, Mel said, proceeding to slam the screenwriter for selling him out hardcore in a nine-page letter released online - before he leaked the audiotape.
"If he put half as much time and effort and creativity and imagination into a screenplay, which he was supposed to write, as he did into that letter, we wouldn't be having this conversation," Gibson said of Joe Eszterhas.
As for the rant itself, Leno asked, "So what were you doing, just swearing at the guy?"
"Yeah, pretty much," Mel deadpanned, before adding self-deprecatingly, "Maybe you don't know this about me, but I've got a little bit of a temper."
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Kimberly Van Der Beek?s Blog: Feeding a Healthy Family
These are some of the lifestyle and budget-friendly nutritional principles my family has adopted. I hope you are inspired to try a few for yourself! 
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