I’m George’s Blog

• Amazon Acquires Deal Site Woot (AMZN)
• We All Had To Update Firefox Because Of Farmville Users [Facebook]
• Green Cremation, Burials Offer Sustainability in Death
• CHART OF THE DAY: iPhone Owners Download Twice As Many Paid Apps As Android Owners (GOOG, AAPL)
• What FaceTime Looks Like Over 3G [Facetime]
• Going Nose to Nosecone With a Harrier Jet [Image Cache]
• Robyn’s Interactive, 3-D Music “Video”
• Flipping a Hard Drive (Literally) Upside Down to Save Data
• The Daily Telegraph: Why house prices must fall by 28 per cent
• Sky: Emergency Budget 'Will Cost 1.3 Million Jobs'
• Google Search Will Cease to Exist in China By Friday? [Google]
• At The Edge of The Videogame World [Image Cache]

• Optimize Legibility by Paul Kehrer
• OMG: RIM Has Ruined BlackBerry Email By Going To Google “Conversation” Format!*
• Independent: The housing outlook isn’t good
• Why Did Apple Just Wreck My iPhone With This New iPhone 4.0 Software?
• WEIRD: Cisco Putting Out An Android-Based Tablet (CSCO)
• Maria Stabio
• Ex-Facebook CTO says Google IS in fact seriously trying to kill Facebook with new service “Google Me”. Based on Googl…
• First Look At PlayStation Plus [Gallery]
• Links for 28 June 2010
• QOTD [Digital Daily]

The rainbow conspiracy: http://bit.ly/9WpW8e (via @sjeh and @phonat)

Methamphetaqueen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4h8VCVVA7U

• Two Possible Causes for Android’s Losing App Store: Spam, Low Quality Apps
• Nokia Instruction Manual Warns Of Antenna Issues If Phone Is Held Wrong (NOK, AAPL)
• Times Square Billboard Touches Off Controversy Over Artistic Credit-Sharing
• NY Times: The Third Depression
• Multi-Functional Media Cabinets Roundup
• Turn Your iPhone Into An Amazing Guitar Center (AAPL)
• Chrome Passes Safari To Become #3 Most Used Browser In U.S. [Browsers]
• Apple Sells 1.7 Million iPhones Opening Weekend (AAPL)
• Channel 4: UK room rents 'highest in Europe'
• Telegraph: Sarah Beeny: how to be a landlord
• Telegraph: RBS tells clients to prepare for 'monster' money-printing by the Federal Reserve
• REMINDER: Even The Government Admits The US Is Completely Bankrupt Over The Long Haul

• Rumor: Google Rolling Out "Google Me," Their Facebook Killer, Very Soon [Unconfirmed]
• Impossible-Looking Pedals Push Your Bike Up Hills [Bicycles]
• The iPhone 4 Voice Command Cheat Sheet [IPhone]
• iPhone 4 Already Jailbroken, Tool Being Publicly Released Next Week [Apple]
• Youtube: Estate agent update 23/6/10 – only 17% of properties are selling
• Here Comes The Recession

• The iPhone 4 Voice Command Cheat Sheet [IPhone]
• I Had My Shattered iPhone Replaced by Apple on Day 2 [Apple]
• Twitter Image Loader by Rodger Combs
• Final Frame: Retro Cell Phone Case
• Apple Stops Replacing Shattered iPhone 4s After 50 Units [Apple]

• The iPhone 4 Camera Takes Beautiful Pictures – See For Yourself (AAPL)
• If You Have These iPhone 4 Problems, You Should Exchange Your Phone [Iphone 4]
• Apple Replaces Some Shattered iPhone 4s—What About Yours? [Apple]
• Analysts: 1.5 Million iPhone 4s Sold on Day One, Many as Upgrades
• Just When You Thought Nature Had Run Out Of Ways To Fuck With You: The Supersonic Tsunami
• Build Your Own… Lightbulb?!
• Coca-Cola sees “phenomenal” results from Twitter ads: 86 million impressions, 6% “engagement” rate, versus 0.02% clic…
• RIM Co-CEO Promises “Quantum Leap Over Anything That’s Out There” (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)
• BBC: Home owners given new protection by FSA
• PlayStation Plus Explained [PS3]
• “NEW iPhone 4 antenna booster! Just $29.99. Really works!*”
• MoneyWeek: The US housing horror story is about to get even worse
• QOTD [Digital Daily]
• How to Replace Your Broken iPhone 4 Screen [Iphone 4]
• Google Remotely Removes Apps From Android Phones For Security Reasons [Android]
• City Wire: BoE warns on IR rises
• Test Notes: iPhone 4 Call Quality [Iphone 4]
• Wireless Test Notes: 3g iPhone 4 Uploads Files 5-10x Faster [Iphone 4]
• Guardian: Greece to flog off islands
• Twitter on a Sinclair

I’ll take all the bad reception you’ve got, the more I look at this screen the more freakin’ amazing it gets

• Does Poor iPhone 4 Design Cause Dropped Calls?
• iPhone 4 Loses Reception When You Hold It By The Antenna Band? [Iphone 4]
• Congratulations, Twitter: You Blew It.
• BP to InnoCentive: Sorry, We Don’t Want Your 908 Ideas for Saving the Gulf
• Raining Oil in Louisiana? Not Likely [Updated]
• Some iPhone 4 Displays Have Yellow Bands, Spots, Other Problems [Iphone 4]
• Candle dish birdbath
• Making Your Own Solar Panels For Your Home
• Test Notes: iMovie for iPhone 4 [IPhone Apps]
• Wallpapers for Desktop, iPad & iPhone 4 – made just for you.
• This Is What’ll Happen When You Drop Your iPhone 4 Repeatedly [Apple]
• iPhone 4: a Welcome and a Warning
• One In Five Android Apps Access Your Private Data [Android]
• Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha: Here’s Why You’re Buying A Droid X Over An iPhone 4 (MOT, GOOG, AAPL, VZ)