Tuesday Tech Talk #43

Hello folks, yes it is time for another edition of Triple T so lets see what is going on this week.

iPad 3G Shipping End of Month

Apple announced the iPad WiFi+3G will ship to pre-order customers starting April 30th. I’ve decided that this will be the model I will get as it just makes sense to have the 3G as an option.

FarmVille Headed to iPhone/iPad

Yes, for those that need to harvest their crops more frequently, soon you will be able to as Zynga the maker of the game is in the process of rewriting it into HTML5. One thing I learned is that FV now has 11 million users (Yes, I am one of them).

Facebook Making it Easier to Share Websites

So Facebook is making it easier to share your comments in news stories and things you like on other websites, with your friends. Quite obvious Facebook is using it’s 400 million customer base to challenge Google in this area.

Next Generation E Ink Preview

E Ink the display provider for the Kindle and Nook showed off their next generation display. It has nearly double the contrast rate and supports animation.

How the iPad is Changing the World

A few stories to share here. A TV station in Georgia is giving its anchors iPads in place of paper pads saving them $9600 a year. In Oregon a 99 year old woman with glaucoma is able to read again thanks to the iPad’s eReader. It is also her first computer ever. Finally Steven Sande of TUAW gives a 3 week review of the iPad and his experiences with it after 3 weeks of use.

The iPhone 4 Prototype Controversy

I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this story cause it has made the rounds enough over the past week. Needless to say, you probably shouldn’t drink a great German brew at a pub while in possession of the next iPhone because somethings you do stupid things when you drink...like leave said phone at the bar! Apparently Gizmodo bought the prototype from the person who found it for $5000 and now maybe in legal trouble over doing so. This story only gets better so stay tuned.

Well that is going to do it for this weeks Tuesday Tech Talk. See you all next week!