TechRaves

Apple airs the first iPad Ad during the Academy Awards broadcast.

It looks like the control freaks over at Cupertino are at it again.

Apple yanks Wi-Fi detectors from iTunes
Wi-Fi hotspot detecting applications are the latest on Apple’s list of verboten apps, and even developers are being left in the dark as to why.
Source: The Register

Wi-Fi hotspot detection apps pulled from iTunes
Apple has decided to block WiFi hotspot detecting applications from its iTunes stores with little explanation to both customers and developers why.
Source: Broadband Genie

Looks like Apple is indirectly having a swipe at Google by suing HTC which manufactures Google’s Nexus One phone.

Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents
Apple is suing phone maker HTC, alleging that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents related to the user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware of the iPhone.
Source: CNET News

Apple sues HTC for patent infringement
On Tuesday, Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC with the International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court of Delaware. Apple is accusing the company of infringement on 20 of its iPhone-related patents.
Source: Macworld

Apple Taps ITC to Kneecap Google
Apple has enlisted the patent court and the U.S. International Trade Commission in an effort to kneecap Google. The company this morning filed a lawsuit against HTC — which makes Google’s Nexus One, among other Android handsets
Source: GigaOM

Twitter Ad Platform ‘Imminent’
Twitter plans to launch an advertising platform in about a month, according to Seth Goldstein. The chief executive officer and co-founder of socialmedia.com led a panel Monday focused on the next wave of interactive advertising at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting 2010 in Carlsbad, Calif., that shed light on Twitter’s strategy.
Source: MediaPost

Twitter’s Advertising Platform To Launch “Within a Month or So”
According to a panel discussion between Seth Goldstein (chief executive officer and co-founder of socialmedia.com) and Anamitra Banerji (head of product management and monetization at Twitter), Twitter’s ad platform launch is just a month or so away.
Source: The Next Web

Twitter to Launch Ad Platform Soon
Twitter will roll out an official advertising platform, likely within the next month or so, one of the company’s executives told an advertising-industry conference, according to a report in Media Post. Anamitra Banerji, head of product management and monetization at Twitter, apparently made the comment in response to a question from a panel moderator at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting on Monday.
Source: GigaOM

A web clipboard for Google Docs
We want copying and pasting content within Google Docs to just work. So, today we’re launching a new web clipboard that improves copy and paste in Google Docs. This new clipboard temporarily stores items you’ve copied in the cloud, then allows you to paste them with proper formatting into other Google Docs.
Source: Official Google Docs Blog

Google Launches CloudBoard – A Powerful Clipboard For Docs
Docs, the cloud based office suite from Google, has just launched Cloudboard, a baked in clipboard for Docs that will allow users to pass copied content around the suite much more easily.
Source: The Next Web

60,000 Android Phones Shipped Every Day, Says Google
Here’s a little math for you. If Google and partners ship 60,000 Android handsets every day (which is pretty much the most interesting thing Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said here at the Mobile World Congress), it means they’re shipping 21.9 million every year.
Source: Mashable

What It Means That Google Is Shipping 60,000 Android Phones A Day
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt said last night that the internet-turned mobile-OS maker is now shipping more than 60,000 Android devices a day. What’s more is that the number has doubled over the past quarter, meaning volumes could continue to rise over the next year
Source: paidContent

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has tweeted on twitter “Google has donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation! Formal announcement tomorrow…”

Google Donates $2 Million for Wikipedia
Wikipedia is such an integral part of the web that most people don’t even give it a second thought anymore. And much like everything else online, the site is completely free and available to anyone. Unlike most other sites, Wikipedia doesn’t have advertising
Source: Softpedia

Google Gives $2 Million to Wikipedia’s Foundation
Google has opened up its charity wallet once again. This time, the search giant has donated $2,000,000 to the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs and maintains Wikipedia.
Source: Mashable

Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series
Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows® Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications.
Source: Microsoft News Center

Windows Phone 7 Series hands-on and impressions (updated with video)
Forget everything you know about Windows Mobile. Seriously, throw the whole OS concept in a garbage bin or incinerator or something. Microsoft has done what would have been unthinkable for the company just a few years ago: started from scratch. At least, that’s how things look (and feel) with Windows Phone 7 Series. This really is a completely new OS — and not just Microsoft’s new OS, it’s a new smartphone OS, like webOS new, like iPhone OS new.
Source: Engadget

Google announces again some more privacy updates to Buzz.
1. Replaces Auto Follow with Auto Suggest
2. No longer automatically connects to other Google services
3. Adding easier Disable/Enable feature

A new Buzz start-up experience based on your feedback
We’ve heard your feedback loud and clear, and since we launched Google Buzz four days ago, we’ve been working around the clock to address the concerns you’ve raised. Today, we wanted to let you know about a number of changes we’ll be making over the next few days based on all the feedback we’ve received.
Source: Official Gmail Blog

Google Buzz Abandons Auto-Following Amid Privacy Concerns
As we noted this morning, Google isn’t wasting any time in responding to user criticism about Buzz. Now they’ve rolled out another set of changes to further address Buzz’s privacy issues. The biggest change involves the automatic follow system
Source: TechCrunch

Buzz Drops Auto-Following, Won’t Automatically Connect to Google Services, Adds Better Disable
After a week’s worth of complaints and confusion, Google is updating Buzz to address many of the privacy concerns and annoyances raised by the new social networking service. The update brings three major changes.
Source: Lifehacker

Google Buzz Gets Some Serious Privacy Tweaks
Google Buzz only launched four days ago but it’s already taking off in a big way. Google already made some changes to how Buzz works on Thursday but today the company has created a blog post highlighting some additional changes
Source: Mashable

Announcing Google Chart Tools
Whether you need a simple line chart, an interactive Geo Map or a complex Motion Chart , Google can help you add live charts to your web page using our Chart and Visualization APIs. Both of these APIs are free and simple to use, however they each have distinct advantages
Source: Google Code Blog