Apple
Apple had a big launch event on September 9. They announced new iPod models and new versions of iTunes and iPhone OS. On September 25 MMS support for the iPhone went live.
Android
September was a busy for Android phones, with Motorola and LG announcing their first phones for Android. Also Sprint will be a new carrier for Android.
Google
- Turning the tide: a hands-on look at Google's Wave: invitations have been coming out for users to test it while it is still in beta.
- Google's Fast Flip: Odd and Imperfect, but Useful
- Google Steps Where Many Have Stumbled: Sidewiki: I remember ThirdVoice working on this about ten years ago, maybe it was just before its time?
- First Look: Google Chrome 3.0 - PC World, Google unveils Chrome 3.0, touts 25% speed gain: I've been running the beta versions on Mac and Linux for a while now, so I have already previewed the new functionality - subtle changes, but nice.
- Google Stretches Its Search Box: at first I kept trying to reset the text size on all my browsers - finally I realized they increased the size!
- Add Sports Team Schedules, Birthday Reminders, And More To Google Calendars: the sports schedules are great, previously I had entered some events manually or gone to another site to import data - but it's great now that it is built-in.
- Gmail Outage Marks Sixth Downtime in Eight Months: I feel pretty lucky that I didn't need to look up some important information while Gmail was down - it just goes to show you how much importance is placed on web-based services these days.
- Google Chrome Turns One: A Few Questions and Answers: I can't believe it's only been one year, it feels like I've been using Chrome for so long already.
- Eleven Years of Google: A Look Back
- Google acquires ReCaptcha as book-scanning aid
Twitter
- Twitter Raising Massive, $100 Million Round At $1 Billion Valuation
- NFL bans tweeting before, during, after games: I'm still hoping for Chad OchoCinco to pull out an iPhone or BlackBerry after a touchdown to send a tweet.
- NBA dunks tweeting, social media during games
- Obama, Kanye West and the trouble with Twitter
Facebook
This Is In (New Laptops)
Upcoming
New Releases
- Apple released new iPods, iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1, and MMS support on the iPhone (see above)
- Google released Chrome 3.0 (see above)
- Hands on with The Beatles: Rock Band
- Global Monopoly Game Turns Google Maps into Game Board
- Microsoft Updates Bing with 'Visual Search' Feature
- CNN’s iPhone News App is Informative And Empowering
- The new Flickr iPhone app
- First look: Opera 10 faster with new features
Liquidation Events
- EBay to sell majority Skype stake for $2 billion
- Dell Acquires Services Company Perot Systems for $3.9 Billion
- Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8 billion
- Intuit to swallow Mint for $170 million: Really impressive, the start-up only launched two years ago.
- Google acquires ReCaptcha as book-scanning aid
- Nokia To Acquire UK Startup Dopplr
Deadpool
- Microsoft to Drop All Zunes Except for HD Model: call me old-fashioned, but I will miss having options for a cheap high-capacity media player - at least Apple is still continuing the iPod Classic for now.
- RIP Facebook Beacon (see above)
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