| 9:41 PM: | iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: one week later. The most prevalent complaint we've been hearing from users concerns ongoing issues with the phone's new firmware, which has delivered on a lot of its promises, yet is also exhibiting frustrating bugs that make us think this one needed a little more time in the oven. Engadget. | |
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| 9:39 PM: | Hands-on with Boxee: A gorgeous social-media viewer. You can plug in feeds of Web videos and browse through them, complete with video thumbnails and meta data. What makes it different is that it taps into your local media like videos, photos, and music you have saved on your hard drive. Webware. | |
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| 3:23 PM: | The Story of the Fail Whale. This social object has been latched onto by Twitter fans not just as a representation of Twitter's downtime, but also as a representation of the community's love for the service and their hope for its triumph over their many struggles. ReadWriteWeb. | |
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| 8:51 AM: | Joint Contact: First Business Tool To Integrate Twitter? The online project management system Joint Contact has just been updated to allow its members to Twitter their project statuses and other project-related messages -- a task normally relegated to email. ReadWriteWeb. | |
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| 8:20 AM: | Amazon Launches On-Demand Movie Service In Beta. Amazon launched a beta version of its new on-demand film-and-TV store today called "Amazon Video on Demand." The service, in limited beta, offers 40,000 movies and TV shows for immediate viewing on the Web. Silicon Alley. | |
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| 8:18 AM: | American Airlines rolling out in-flight WiFi to 15 more jets. American Airlines ran a "dress rehearsal" of its AirCell-powered in-fight WiFi service last month, and it looks like it was a success -- the airline is set to expand the trial to some 15 jets over the coming weeks, with tests expected to last six months. Engadget. | |
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| 8:17 AM: | Firefox 3.0.1 Released. Mozilla has released its first update for Firefox 3. Firefox 3.0.1 patches a handful of security and stability issues and a few other minor behind-the-scenes glitches. The Inquisitr. | |
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