RDS-TMC GPS Gadgets and Navigation Articles http://rds-tmc.com Tom Tom GPS Gadgets and Articles Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Lanyrd – Plancast Meets Upcoming For Conferences http://rds-tmc.com/lanyrd-%e2%80%93-plancast-meets-upcoming-for-conferences/ http://rds-tmc.com/lanyrd-%e2%80%93-plancast-meets-upcoming-for-conferences/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:04:38 +0000 Mike Butcher http://techcrunch.com/?p=215868 Look out Plancast and Upcoming, here comes Lanyrd. Ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but if it's possible to have a SXSW "tipping point" at an event then Lanyrd just had it at dConstruct, a popular design and developer conference in the UK. So what is it? The guys behind Lanyrd say they are not trying to build a general purpose events site but instead they are just interested in conferences and everything associated with them: speakers, attendees, venues, books, video and audio, twitter conversation, blog coverage - you name it. ]]> http://rds-tmc.com/lanyrd-%e2%80%93-plancast-meets-upcoming-for-conferences/feed/ The Funded’s Adeo Ressi Arrested After Virgin America Flight Incident http://rds-tmc.com/the-funded%e2%80%99s-adeo-ressi-arrested-after-virgin-america-flight-incident/ http://rds-tmc.com/the-funded%e2%80%99s-adeo-ressi-arrested-after-virgin-america-flight-incident/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:12:15 +0000 Michael Arrington http://techcrunch.com/?p=215826 The Funded founder Adeo Ressi was arrested and briefly detained earlier this evening over an altercation with a flight attendant. The airline? Virgin America, which I've been holding up as virtually the only airline that doesn't suck (See Virgin Airlines Fails To Commit Atrocities On Flight VX746 and Delta Flight 1843 From JFK To Hell). Ressi's description of the incident is below, and he has sent this to Virgin, he tells me. I've reached out to Virgin America for their position. I can't help but note the similarities with Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, who has now been rewarded for his behavior with a reality tv show. The worse the flight attendant, the better the chance for fame and glory, I guess.]]> http://rds-tmc.com/the-funded%e2%80%99s-adeo-ressi-arrested-after-virgin-america-flight-incident/feed/ Hate The iTunes 10 Icon? Think You Can Do Better? http://rds-tmc.com/hate-the-itunes-10-icon-think-you-can-do-better/ http://rds-tmc.com/hate-the-itunes-10-icon-think-you-can-do-better/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:46:03 +0000 Alexia Tsotsis http://techcrunch.com/?p=215805 Apple CEO Steve Jobs' obsessive focus on design detail is at least partially responsible for why the tech sphere and the design sphere are so intertwined at the moment. Which makes the ire that Jobs has received for the current iTunes 10 logo (not to mention the foibles of Ping) particularly poignant. The universal hatred for this thing has spawned an @BPGlobalPR-esque Twitter account, some pretty impressive suggestions of alternate logos over on design collaboration site Dribbble, and an email to Jobs himself. ValuLeads designer Joshua Kopac:
Enjoyed the presentation today. But … this new iTunes logo really sucks. You’re taking 10+ years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let’s both cross our fingers on this….
Steve Jobs to designer Joshua Kopac:
We disagree.
]]> http://rds-tmc.com/hate-the-itunes-10-icon-think-you-can-do-better/feed/ Craigslist Censored: Adult Section Comes Down http://rds-tmc.com/craigslist-censored-adult-section-comes-down/ http://rds-tmc.com/craigslist-censored-adult-section-comes-down/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:54:11 +0000 Michael Arrington http://techcrunch.com/?p=215810 Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the Erotic Services Adult Services section of their site. It's gone, replaced by a large black and white "censored" logo. I've reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant - the section wasn't simply removed, the censored word was used. The site has been embattled as old press and state attorneys general use any excuse to blame sex crimes on the site. From South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster's failed crusade against them to a variety of press stories about sex and other crimes. If it's just a sex crime it isn't a story. But if a listing on Craigslist was involved, it's a big story.]]> http://rds-tmc.com/craigslist-censored-adult-section-comes-down/feed/ Fast Trains to Connect US Cities, Alleviate Highway Congestion http://rds-tmc.com/fast-trains-to-connect-us-cities-alleviate-highway-congestion/ http://rds-tmc.com/fast-trains-to-connect-us-cities-alleviate-highway-congestion/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:30:43 +0000 Lora Kolodny http://techcrunch.com/?p=215775 The Obama administration promised $8 billion in funding for cities and states to build high-speed, intercity rail projects back in January. This week, the Department of Transporation issued its specifications for the manufacture of new fast trains, namely double-decker coach, dining, baggage, and business class passenger rail cars that can travel between 79 MPH and up to 220 MPH. Bi-level rail cars not typical in the US today, would accommodate more passengers, and hopefully alleviate congested roads and some resulting air pollution...]]> http://rds-tmc.com/fast-trains-to-connect-us-cities-alleviate-highway-congestion/feed/ Why This New Apple TV Makes Sense — For Now http://rds-tmc.com/why-this-new-apple-tv-makes-sense-%e2%80%94-for-now/ http://rds-tmc.com/why-this-new-apple-tv-makes-sense-%e2%80%94-for-now/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:24:29 +0000 MG Siegler http://techcrunch.com/?p=215774 As a longtime Apple TV owner, I'll admit a dirty little secret: I really like the device. Sure, it has been one of the rare flops for Apple in recent years. And it could be so much more with say, a Blu-ray player or a web browser. But it is really good at its core functionality: bringing iTunes content into your living room. And that's why this new version of the Apple TV makes sense -- at least for now. When I first bought the Apple TV, there were two varieties: a 40 gigabyte version and a 160 gigabyte version. I was torn between which one to get, but I ultimately went with the 160 GB one thinking I could put most of my movies on it. Big mistake. I basically never use the hard drive on my Apple TV, so it's a 160 GB hard drive sitting there doing nothing. Instead, I stream everything to the Apple TV. In fact, the only time I do use the hard drive on my current Apple TV is when I rent a movie on it. Currently, even when renting, you download a movie to your hard drive where it sits for up to 30 days (or 24 hours after you start playing it). But with the new iTunes rentals (both TV and movies) everything is streamed -- no hard drive is required (besides a small one for buffering purposes). Thanks to that, and undoubtedly the knowledge that most owners were using it for streaming, Apple removed the hard drive from the device, and cut it down in size and price.]]> http://rds-tmc.com/why-this-new-apple-tv-makes-sense-%e2%80%94-for-now/feed/ Google Streamlines Its Privacy Policy. Should Facebook Be Next? http://rds-tmc.com/google-streamlines-its-privacy-policy-should-facebook-be-next/ http://rds-tmc.com/google-streamlines-its-privacy-policy-should-facebook-be-next/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:13:24 +0000 Alexia Tsotsis http://techcrunch.com/?p=215758 Location-based service Echo Echo recently posted the above image to their blog in a (successful) attempt to garner some media attention as the debate around online privacy continues to rage. As extreme as their "If Mark Zuckerburg Cared About Privacy" example is, it does call attention to the needless complexity of various web service privacy agreements, settings and policies. In the wake of an $8.5 million lawsuit settlement today, search giant Google made a gesture of good faith in the "caring about privacy" department, assuring users that they were taking steps in order to make the minutae of online privacy easier to understand.
"For example, we’re deleting a sentence that reads, 'The affiliated sites through which our services are offered may have different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies,' since it seems obvious that sites not owned by Google might have their own privacy policies."
]]> http://rds-tmc.com/google-streamlines-its-privacy-policy-should-facebook-be-next/feed/ Vidyo Bets On The iPad And iPhone For The Future Of Video Conferencing http://rds-tmc.com/vidyo-bets-on-the-ipad-and-iphone-for-the-future-of-video-conferencing/ http://rds-tmc.com/vidyo-bets-on-the-ipad-and-iphone-for-the-future-of-video-conferencing/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:10:32 +0000 Leena Rao http://techcrunch.com/?p=215721 Vidyo, a company that specializes in high-quality video conferencing technology for the enterprise, is betting big on bringing video conferencing to mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. Similar to Skype, Vidyo offers a technology that allows people to connect with each other over the web via video conferencing. However, the company says that Vidyo system is focused more on the enterprise, providing a reliable system, allowing conferencing for many parties at once, and offering high quality video. And Vidyo has built a big business licensing its technology to large electronics companies, such as HP, Intel and Hitachi. Vidyo’s technology is also used by Google to power video for Google Chat. ]]> http://rds-tmc.com/vidyo-bets-on-the-ipad-and-iphone-for-the-future-of-video-conferencing/feed/ Want To Use Gmail Priority Inbox With IMAP? Tough Luck http://rds-tmc.com/want-to-use-gmail-priority-inbox-with-imap-tough-luck/ http://rds-tmc.com/want-to-use-gmail-priority-inbox-with-imap-tough-luck/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:49:46 +0000 Alexia Tsotsis http://techcrunch.com/?p=215640 Curious what Google's Gmail Priority Inbox means for those of us who use an IMAP or POP client like Mac Mail or the Mail function on an iPhone? Well as of yet the feature is not fully enabled on either IMAP or POP-compatible third party or mobile clients, leaving a large percentage of people who hate viewing email their email on a standard web browser out in the cold. If you try to use the service in Mac Mail right now the emails determined by the Priority Inbox algorithm to be "Important" are sent to an "Important" folder under Gmail. In order to reach them in Mail for the iPhone you have to search for the "Important" folder under your Gmail account. ]]> http://rds-tmc.com/want-to-use-gmail-priority-inbox-with-imap-tough-luck/feed/ Coinstar Not Necessarily Not Partnering With Apple On Something Or Nothing http://rds-tmc.com/coinstar-not-necessarily-not-partnering-with-apple-on-something-or-nothing/ http://rds-tmc.com/coinstar-not-necessarily-not-partnering-with-apple-on-something-or-nothing/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:30:32 +0000 MG Siegler http://techcrunch.com/?p=215746 Can someone please explain this Bloomberg Businessweek story to me? I've read it a few times and am still having a hard time understanding what is or what isn't being implied, or not implied, about a partnership between Coinstar and Apple. First of all, the title is awful because most people likely don't know that Coinstar owns Redbox (they acquired them last year), the DVD rental kiosk company. Instead, most people know Coinstar as those machines in supermarkets where you turn in your loose change for cash or silly things, like Facebook Credits. So why on Earth would they be partnering with Apple on some online venture? Well, again, it's about Redbox, as they sort of note in the first paragraph. But what are they going to do with Apple?]]> http://rds-tmc.com/coinstar-not-necessarily-not-partnering-with-apple-on-something-or-nothing/feed/