Linked List: June 5, 2009

Friday, 5 June 2009

Google Chrome Developer Betas for Mac and Linux ★

Speaking of beta web browsers, Google Chrome for Mac is now available as a very early beta.

Rob Griffiths on the Opera 10 Beta ★

The first version showing the work of UI designer Jon Hicks. Fascinating new design for the tabs — a combination of “regular” tabs and thumbnail previews.

TOSBack: The Terms-of-Service Tracker ★

Great idea from the EFF:

TOSBack keeps an eye on 44 website policies. Every time one of them changes, you’ll see an update here.

Sprint CEO Says Pre Exclusivity Deal Is Longer Than Six Months ★

CNet:

Verizon Wireless’s claims that it will be offering the Palm Pre within six months are not accurate, says Sprint Nextel’s CEO Dan Hesse.

“They need to check their facts,” Hesse said in an interview at a press event here to launch the Palm Pre. “That just is not the case. Both Palm and Sprint have agreed not to discuss the length of the exclusivity deal. But I can tell you it’s not six months.”

SimplyTweet ★

My thanks to MotionObj for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote SimplyTweet, an advanced feature-filled iPhone Twitter client. SimplyTweet is available in two versions: a $4 full version, and a free of charge (and ad-free) version. Both versions offer advanced features such as conversation threading, Instapaper support, saved drafts, and more. The paid version adds features like saved views (for client-side grouping) and support for multiple accounts.

Rich Mogull: ‘Five Ways Apple Can Improve Mac and iPhone Security’ ★

A thoughtful, reasonable list of suggestions, but #1 on his list is never going to happen. Apple’s hierarchy is structured around products, not abstractions.

Jackass of the Week: Tim Langdell ★

Derek Yu:

Mobigame’s award-winning iPhone game Edge has been removed from the App Store, pending a legal battle with Tim Langdell (pictured at right) over the trademark “Edge.” What’s troubling is that, according to a GameSetWatch article by Simon Carless, Langdell, who founded and owns the company Edge Games, has had a history of using his trademark to cause creators grief and to link himself with various high-profile media projects, including, but not limited to, games.

Edge, the iPhone game from Mobigame, is apparently really good; you can see it in action here. (I hadn’t heard of it until after it was removed from the App Store, alas.) This Langdell fellow apparently believes he owns the rights to the English word “edge”.

Twitterbelle ★

What a great idea from Poeks: enter someone’s Twitter username (careful, case sensitive) and Twitterbelle will list the users that person favorites the most. Perfect as a recommendation service for finding new people to follow. Here’s the listing for me.

Financial Times: ‘Apple to Launch Cut-Price Version of iPhone’ ★

Joseph Menn, reporting for The Financial Times:

Apple plans to introduce a cheaper version of its popular iPhone as soon as Monday, in a move that could dramatically increase the company’s share of the market for web-surfing devices, people familiar with the initiative said on Thursday.