Mobile Safari Gets High Marks for Standards Support

In case you missed Pete’s snippet from yesterday, the iPhone’s Mobile Safari web browser looks very capable of bringing the full web on to the iPhone, outranking some popular desktop browsers in critical standards support testing.

In tests devised by the Web Standards Project to help developers ensure their work can reach as wide an audience as possible, Mobile Safari blew IE7 out of the water on compliance with support for CSS and even scored higher than Firefox 3 in testing for components vital to “Web 2.0? functionality.

Looks like those faster 3G download speeds could be worth something after all.

Via Paul Beesley

Written by Lonnie Lazar on July 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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Groom Reads Wedding Vows Off of iPhone

This might just go down as the nerdiest thing in the history of the iPhone. But it’s also totally sweet. The iPhone-packing groom is Jerad Hill.


Via Digg.

Written by Pete Mortensen on July 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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Boingo Debuts for Mobile Macs

Boingo, the popular wireless hotspot provider, has released a lightweight application for Macbooks running OS X 10.4 and later. According to internal usage reports from airport Wi-Fi networks operated by Boingo,   Wi-Fi connections from MacBooks and PowerBooks have been increasing steadily. As of January 2008, nearly 20 percent of airport usage comes from Mac laptops, an increase of 30 percent since January 2007.

“With our GoBoingo! software for MacBooks, you are now just one click away from enjoying Wi-Fi service at hotspots around the world,” said Dawn Callahan, vice president, consumer marketing, Boingo Wireless.

The lightweight authentication tool automatically determines whether a hotspot belongs to a Boingo roaming partner and helps users log on to the Internet with their Boingo accounts in a single click. Less than 1 MB, the tool installs quickly and stays in the background until the Boingo member needs to log into a Wi-Fi network.

Written by Lonnie Lazar on July 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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July 7 Deadline for Apps in AppStore Launch

Apple has issued a July 7 deadline for third-party developers hoping to have their applications considered for inclusion in the AppStore launch expected this month, according to iPhone Atlas.

Applications will continue to be accepted after the deadline but are not guaranteed to be included in the AppStore debut. The AppStore is expected to open with the release of 2.0 firmware to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 3G on July 11.

Written by Lonnie Lazar on July 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Apple Execs Sued for Losses Related to Backdated Options

Image by Gail Ahlers

Two Apple shareholders have filed a class-action lawsuit against present and former Apple officials including Steve Jobs and four members of the Board of Directors, as well as former CFO Fred Anderson and former General Counsel Nancy Heinen. The lawsuit charges Apple officials with fraud in connection with the company’s practice of backdating stock options, the subject of an SEC investigation in 2007, in which the regulatory agency cleared Jobs of any wrongdoing.

That’s not enough for Plaintiffs Martin Vogel and Kenneth Mahoney, according to a story published by Information Week, which details the allegations against Jobs and company. Vogel and Mahoney are seeking to recover losses stemming from a drop in Apple’s share price that reduced the company’s market cap by over $7 billion in the wake of Jobs admitting to “irregularities” in the granting of options to company executives and to the existence of an internal investigation into the matter in 2006.

Written by Lonnie Lazar on July 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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