Netflix announced the release of a streaming app for Windows Phone 7. The second major mobile platform supported by the movie service. Netflix Product Development Manager, Greg Peters, talked today about why Android is surprisingly does not have a functional Netflix app: FRAGMENTATION
We are eager to launch on these devices and are disappointed that we haven’t been able to do so already. The hurdle has been the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android. -Greg Peters
While Google does not feel that there is a fragmentation issue for the Android platform, many who watch the mobile industry do. I personally DO think that the Android environment is fragmented and too controlled by the carriers as opposed to the OS manufacturer Google. When a consumer can purchase a "new" phone that comes shipped with an older version of the OS and there is a strong chance that the carrier will block any future updates... You can't help but have fragmentation. Additionally, with newer features that older phones cannot have access to we are now looking at the beginning of impact on application developers; the fragmentation of application versions...
[Because of the DRM issue] this is a much slower approach and leads to a fragmented experience on Android, in which some handsets will have access to Netflix and others won’t.
Sad, but true, and some even predict the fragmentation to get worse...
Bloggers’ use of and engagement with various social media tools is expanding, and the lines between blogs, micro-blogs, and social networks are disappearing. As the blogosphere converges with social media, sharing of blog posts is increasingly done through social networks—even while blogs remain significantly more influential on blog content than social networks are. via State of the Blogosphere 2010 Introduction - Technorati Blogging.
Technorati released their yearly "State of the Blogosphere" 2010 last week. This year they believe that while the blogopshpere is still growing, currently blogging is in "transition" from the growth of mainstream blogging to the adoption and incorporation of micro-blogging and social networking into mainstream daily life.
-- Read on for the Key Trends and more information -- Here are some of the "key trends":
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Interested in how to make your own custom ringtones for iPhone? Ever since Apple opened the door, it’s been the popular thing to do. From soothing classics to to the latest hip hop tunes, you can setup the music you want for the contact you want. via Tip: How to make your own custom iPhone ringtones in iTunes | TiPb.There are a number of iOS apps that will accomplish this as well, however, your tradeoff's are paying for something that you can do yourself. The article linked above has a great step by step walk thru for both the Mac and Windows environments.
iOS 4.2 hasn't been officially released yet, but some enterprising developers, Steven Troughton-Smith and Patrick McCarron, have already found a way to re-enable AirPrint functionality in Mac OS X 10.6.5. Apparently, three files from earlier developer builds of 10.6.5 were removed or altered for the final public release, and it's these files that are essential to restoring full AirPrint functionality. via AirPrint: how to make it work for shared printers.AirPrint is something that I was really looking forward to in the next version of iOS. While this functionality appears to have have been pulled from the iOS4.2 GM that was sent to developers, and there are rumors that the functionality has been pulled permanently, others are reporting that Steve Jobs responded to this rumor with "Don't believe everything you read." In the mean time, this article give you a step to re-enable this functionality if for some reason it does not return as quickly as you want. I love the fact that it comes along with a disclaimer by TUAW:
The usual caveat: This procedure involves a moderate degree of peril, and TUAW cannot help you if you mess up your system. Proceed at your own risk.
