Good idea but keep trying. How about a cube?…..♥

Aww, that’s right rectangles are trademarked by Apple right?

*Update:* Amazon has accepted the Kayol Hope Live! app into the Amazon Android App Store and should be live soon! Only took about a week to complete the submit and review process.

Sweet! according to the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Program - https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html the $99 per year fee (at least for the first year has been waived)

This will be create for marketing if my Kayol Hope Live! Android App gets approved. Perhaps development for Windows Phone and Apple’s App Store are next!? 

cnet:

Media streaming standoff: Roku vs. Apple TV vs. Nexus Q!

Google’s Nexus Q is the newest kid on the streaming block. CNET puts it head-to-head our favorite tried-and-true stalwarts, the Apple TV and the Roku.

No matter who wins, traditional cable loses.

cnet:

MacBook Melee: The biggest Air takes on the littlest Pro:

The updated versions of both the 13” MacBook Air and the 13” MacBook Pro cost $1,199. So how do they stack up against each other?

Read our full comparison

cnet:

Apple files patent for iPhone with changeable lenses: 

The patent would cover for a portable electronic device, such as a mobile phone, and would make the device’s back panel removable, allowing users to switch to a different lenses.

In design terms, this would mark a significant departure for the iPhone, since Apple has always shipped its signature device completely sealed.

Instead of switching out the lens, iPhone photography aficionados currently use add-ons to get around the limitation.

The patent may have been part of the late Steve Jobs’ grand plans for making iPhone cameras even more appealing to photographers. Jobs, who was interested in photography himself, envisioned an improved camera in a meeting with Ren Ng, CEO of the photography company Lytro, last year.

Read more

cnet:

Wrapping up Apple’s WWDC Keynote:

First Take: Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display
Apple: 30B apps downloaded, 400M App Store accounts set up
Apple’s Mac base hits 66M users, 40 percent on Lion
Siri gets smarter, can launch apps
Apple: 365 million iOS devices sold; 80 percent running iOS 5
Apple unveils iOS 6 with 200 new features, Siri gets update
Apple’s Power Nap lets Macs update while asleep
Apple talks up Facebook integration for iOS 6
Apple shows some love for photo and video pro

8bitfuture:

Google to unveil their ‘next dimension of maps’.

The big announcement is due this Wednesday morning, where Google will unveil their next moves for Google Maps, ahead of an anticipated announcement by Apple that they will soon be dropping Google Maps on iOS in favour of their own software. Apple’s offering is likely to use the 3D technology acquired in their purchase of C3 technologies last year - an announcement on that is due at the Apple WWDC on June 11.

At this invitation-only press gathering, Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps and Google Earth, will give you a behind-the-scenes look at Google Maps and share our vision. We’ll also demo some of the newest technology and provide a sneak peek at upcoming features that will help people get where they want to go – both physically and virtually. We hope to see you there.

Apple and Samsung both agree to drop lots of patent-infringement claims

xstex:

Apple and Samsung have dramatically reduced the number of patent-infringement claims they have filed against each other. Following judge’s orders, Apple said it will narrow down its claims against Samsung, cutting them in half. While Samsung has agreed to drop five of the 12 patents it has set against Apple, reducing claims by 80 percent. Both […] http://dlvr.it/1XbZy6