tech.newsjunk: Friday, August 01, 2008

H o t P r o d u c t N e w s f o r T e c h I n n o v a t o r s

9:22 PM:	I Always Feel Like My ISP's Watching Me. Here are three ways your ISP monitors (quite literally) your data and seeks to control or monetize it. GigaOM.

9:09 PM:	Nullriver Introduces 3G/EDGE Tethering App for iPhone. NetShare's inclusion in the App Store is a curiosity, as Apple must have manually approved its inclusion. MacRumors.

8:35 AM:	Is that a pint-sized projector in your pocket? This gadget measures up at around the same size as an iPhone, though twice as thick, and includes a handy range of inputs. CNET.

5:19 AM:	NYPD invites citizen crime images. New Yorkers could soon be helping fight crime by uploading video or photo evidence to the police department's computers. BBC.

5:17 AM:	YouTube has spiders to give text-to-speech functionality! The new feature uses unique automated spiders that whizzes across he audio file of every video to transform the spoken words to text. The result is then applied to the video file, where the text is placed within it making it very searchable. Startup Meme.

5:13 AM:	Did Nullriver slide the iPhone tethering app past the goalie? It would certainly seem that AT&T would want them to check for two things: 1) VoIP apps and 2) tethering apps. VentureBeat.

5:09 AM:	NetShare momentarily tethers iPhones, gets yanked from the App Store. The application seems to have, somehow, slipped below Apple's radar, but was pulled down after about 20 minutes of availability in the App Store. Webware.

Last update: Monday, September 01, 2008; 9:19 AM Pacific.

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