The much anticipated next generation iPhone has been announced by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.
The 3G device will come with location based GPS mobile services and new iPhone 2.0 software that runs hundreds of third party applications built with the iPhone SDK (Software Developers Kit).
Apple claims that the new 3G connection will be roughly 2.8 times as fast as the Edge wireless connection on the original iPhone. The company also suggested that the new iPhone would run faster than other 3G handsets, claiming that it outperformed the Nokia N95 and Treo 750 by some 36 per cent.
Apple plans to initially release the iPhone in 12 countries, included premieres in Hong Kong, India and Mexico. In later months, Apple plans to expand iPhone’s reach to some 70 countries.
The newly announced 3G iPhone will hit stores on 11 July for the knock down price of $199 (£100). [Source: vnunet.com & siliconrepublic.com]
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Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit health maintenance organization has teamed up with Microsoft to expand its HealthVault online medical records program.
The partnership was announced on Monday and they will be running a pilot project which will run until November. The pilot program aims to expand functionality to the personal e-health records of Kaiser Permanente employees (who are also Kaiser Permanente patients). Kaiser will offer 156,000 of its employees the opportunity to test the new program, which will combine Kaiser’s online health records with Microsoft’s applications for monitoring weight, allergies and other medical data, the companies said today in a statement.
Microsoft is battling it out with Google for this new market. One question is the security of health records. While Microsoft and Google both adhere to federal standards for data exchange and include lots of other protection, a single database with so much private info can be an awfully tempting target for a hacker. Microsoft’s success (as well as Google’s) will come down to how much people trust the company to secure their personal info. [Source: nytimes.com & informationweek.com]
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The Google Adsense Team announced that publishers located in Hungary and Hong Kong can now sign up to receive payments by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
With EFT, your earnings will be directly deposited into your bank account so you won’t need to wait for checks to arrive in the mail and clear at the bank. Signing-up for EFT is a simple process, and just involves entering your bank account information, then verifying a small test deposit. Please keep in mind that all EFT payments will be made in your local currency, and the exchange rate is determined at the time of payment.
Currently EFT is available only in a limited number of countries and Google is working on expanding their payment options.
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