Tech Article 4/30

Apple's founder reportedly sent a terse response to a customer who complained that the iPhone and iPad are being used to track gadget owners. Apple has been catching international heat since two researchers revealed a secret file that apparently collects data about where iPhone and iPad users go and stores it on those devices and on computers they're synced with.
That data, which is collected via cell phone towers, is not shared with Apple, according to the researchers. Public officials have criticized the company, however, for keeping this data in an unencrypted file.
The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that iPhones collect this sort of location information even when location services are turned off.
Despite numerous media requests for comment, Apple has yet to issue an official statement on the matter.

tech article 4/14

HTC on Tuesday unveiled its newest smartphone, the HTC Sensation 4G, calling it a "multimedia superphone" with a focus on entertainment.
The phone runs Google's Android operating system and will be exclusively available on T-Mobile in the United States. It will be released sometime this summer, according to a written release from the company.
Prices have not been announced.
The Sensation includes the HTC Watch video feature, an app that provides access to a library of recent movies and television shows. The app's technology lets users begin watching a video without having to wait for the entire file to download, according to HTC.
The feature also lets users buy or rent videos and play them across multiple HTC devices.

Do Now 4/11

1. I think a podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.
2. Podcasting attracts people who want the ability to choose their own content (much like using the Internet), instead of the TV and radio model of broadcast where you tune in and select from one of the programs playing.
3. I have no experience creating podcasts.
4. Tools that can help you create a podcast is a microphone, possibly itunes and version of audacity or you can just record on your own computers camera if youd prefer a video.
5. I would create a podcast for a news article

Tech Article 4/8

Google plans to create 20 special channels on its YouTube site, and will spend $100 million to create original programming to populate them.

Like Netflix announced last month, Google wants to create its own streaming video programs, however, according to the WSJ sources, the company will create low-cost programming designed specifically for the web and YouTube, and support the shows with advertising.
The sources said this will be a "major overhaul" to YouTube, which already has a lucrative advertising system in place.

It was unclear when Google would begin spending the money to create the new programs, but the source said that Google has visited top Hollywood talent agencies in search of ideas, and will probably end up making deals with production companies and directors to produce the content