MySpace has launched a beta of MySpace Apps, which are embeddable widgets based on Google’s OpenSocial Platform. They’re analogous to Facebook applications, although unlike Facebook apps, they can technically be used on any social networking platform that supports OpenSocial.
Much as with Facebook apps, the programs range from the ingenious to the utter ridiculous, but most of them compare well to their Facebook counterparts. There are just under 300 applications available now — but still no port of Scrabulous (in case you were wondering). [Wired Compiler]
In spite of the fact that we don’t even know when the iPhone will hit our shores, Telstra’s Sensis has already started development of iPhone applications. It has been advertising for iPhone developers across several sites.
This has naturally led to speculation that Telstra will be Apple’s partner for the Australian launch of the iPhone, but Sensis is still saying it doesn’t know who the iPhone carrier will be, and that it will want to work with the iPhone irrespective of who has it. [SMH]
Okay, it’s more of a morning tea wrap, but hey, it’s Monday…
World’s Wackiest Vehicles According to Uber-Review
Because what we all need is a jet-powered Beetle.
Norhtec Gecko Laptop is Another Eee
They’re coming out of the woodwork now.
Nike+ SportBand Coming in April?
You don’t need an iPod anymore.
First Look at the Asus Eee EP20 Desktop
Can it be even remotely as successful as the notebook?
What better thing to bring you on the first day of the work week than a concept mobile phone that looks like it was dreamed-up on a lazy Sunday afternoon: a mobile phone with two cameras. No, not your usual one on the front/one on the back. Looking like Wall-e has crashed through your phone, this one has two on the back, with two flashes. The design page has the word “STEREO” writ in letters large under the image, so we’re going to guess the twin cams are for making stereo images. You know, that faux-3D effect that is surprisingly cool. Shame the rest of Lysandre Follet’s phone design is so meh.[Coroflot via Dvice]
It might look kinda grey and boring, but the tiny ring in that image is a world-beater: it measures just five microns across, and is only 300 nanometers thick. That’s very, very tiny indeed. So, it won’t be going around anyone’s finger as a symbol of undying love… but it may be a key component in single-photon detectors and quantum computing, which makes it very cool indeed.
Acer’s Vice President, James Wong has said Acer plans to enter the console market. WTF?
Rather than using traditional heated rocks, the Signature 4 Person Sauna uses a far infrared thermal system to heat the miniature room up to the usual 160-200 degree Fahrenheit sauna temperature. Though the built in AM/FM radio and CD player are nice, for US$6000 I was expecting at least an MP3 CD player or iPod dock. [hometone via bornrich via UR] galleryPost('signaturesauna4', 3, '');
Boffins have developed a smart chip that indicates whether milk has turned sour at the checkout, saving you the potentially unpleasant task of deciphering the health of the white stuff when you get home. The device will be sensitive to the thickness of the container’s contents, and when it passes by the cashier’s scanner it will begin to vibrate. If the contents is too thick, the vibration will be slower than expected and visa versa. Any detection of irregular speed vibrations will lead to an alarm being set off at the checkout, saving you cash and hassle.
You know, remote control micro-aircraft are cool, whether they hover like ‘copters, fly like birds, or do both: like the new Jump Jet from Snelflight. It’s a kind of mashup toy, with four rotors to keep it aloft in the hover, or tilted to propel it forward, vectored-thrust style. From the demo video of a prototype in flight, it looks much easier to control than the multiple-crashing Chinook:
The Japanese have all the fun. Just checkout these limited edition Zippo lighters. Embellished with a super hot Transformers design, only 300 will be made, all of which will be allocated to the Land of the Rising Sun. Each Zippo carries its own unique identifier number, and they will be available in either black or silver, which are both equally as sexy. Retailing at around 12,000 yen, there really has never been such a good reason to take up smoking. [desinformado via Akihabara]
