Drop Photo
When bored one day I created a simple interface for sharing images, the site is still up although I never got around to finishing the design or starting the server side code to make the UI useful.
Now Running Ads
I recently got a £50 ad credit for Google AdWords so why not use it.
The ads are running now on Google and other sites around the web.
I have only been using it for an hour or so. So I can’t comment on the service however I will be posting my full review later this year.
Update: The ads have been out there for about 1 hour and been seen 140 times
WWDC 2009 Keynote Roundup
Snow Leopard, the new refined Leopard will be on sale in September for only $29 (upgrade). It has a long list of small “refinements” and improvements like a 6GB smaller footprint and the all new Quicktime X.
The iPhone OS 3.0 will be here on June 17 (I talked about this here) and the new iPhone hardware, the 3GS will be here on June 19 with prices at £185 for 16GB and £274 for 32GB with a better camera, video recording and faster 7.2Mbps data speeds. The current iPhone 3G will stay on sale at £97 for 8GB.
You can watch the full Keynote below (requires Quicktime)
Update (15/06/09): Video no longer available
Microsoft @ E3 2009 Roundup
Yesterday Microsoft held their E3 ’09 press conference which was full of new “blockbuster” games with no sales figures and charts. Here is my quick run down of what they announced:
- Paul McCartney and Ringo came out to introduce Rock Band: The Beatles
- Tony Hawk came to show us his new game Ride with a new board controller
- The new Left 4 Dead 2 has more zombies and chainsaws
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 was demoed – great graphics, 2 new map packs will on Xbox Live first and its out 10 November
- We were treated to a world’s first look at Final Fantasy 13
- The latest Splitter Cell game, Splinter Cell Conviction, will be out in Autumn
- Forza Motorsport 3 with some beautiful graphics running at 60fps will land in October
- Halo ODST, out 26 September
- We got a look at Halo Reach touching down in Autumn 2010
- Last.fm, Facebook and Twitter are coming to Xbox Live in the fall update. You will be able to post screenshots and text to Facebook in real time with Facebook Connect
- You can now add to your Netflix queue without a PC and just press play to watch anything
- Zune video is coming to the 360 with instant play (streaming) full 1080p HD movies and TV shows and in more countries, again in Autumn
- Live Party allows you to watch movies and TV shows together from around world
- Metal Gear Solid is coming to the 360. Metal Gear Solid Rising is currently under development for the system
- A new motion controller were you are the controller. Watch the demo. The BBC explain it better then I can.
Get a Better Network Connection on iPhone
Tom Merritt for CNET lately did a video explaining how to get better cellular reception on your iPhone.
It’s simply resting the network settings (note: this will delete any WIFI encryption keys stored on the phone):
- Go to the Settings
- …General
- scroll down the the bottom and select Reset
- select Rest Network Settings
- then confirm
- wait, the phone will restart
That’s it, your done. Now this might not work for you, it did for me.
