Last July, we reported that the new company by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield had received a name, and was looking to hire. Tonight, Tiny Speck's first project has revealed itself to the world: Glitch.
So what is it? As we suspected, it's an online game in the vein of Game Neverending, the gaming project that eventually became Flickr (weird, I know). It's a Flash-based massively multiplayer game, that revolves around solving puzzles. While the game itself will be free, there will be some level of in-game purchases. Or as it's ...
Tiny Speck Gives Birth To Glitch, A New Flash-Based Massively Multiplayer Game
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 4:10Posted in category Uncategorized
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Last July, we reported that the new company by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield had received a name, and was looking to hire. Tonight, Tiny Speck's first project has revealed itself to the world: Glitch.
So what is it? As we suspected, it's an online game in the vein of Game Neverending, the gaming project that eventually became Flickr (weird, I know). It's a Flash-based massively multiplayer game, that revolves around solving puzzles. While the game itself will be free, there will be some level of in-game purchases. Or as it's ...
A Larger Fourth-Gen iPhone?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:10Posted in category Uncategorized
The iPhone repair site iResQ has purported received fourth-generation iPhone parts. Not too much information can be gleaned from the parts, assuming they are the real deal, except that the iPhone is now 1/4 in longer.iResQ also noted there is a reflective surface above the speaker, which they theorize is for the proximity sensor.
Some have wondered if anyone would recognize the size change in the device. I'd say, yeah!
What was great about the iPhone 3GS vs. the iPhone 3G was the lack of a change in ...
Gmail To Get More Social: WSJ
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:04Posted in category Uncategorized
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is set to release a new module for Gmail that will allow the popular webmail service to display a stream of status updates from your friends. Sound familiar? Yes, it sounds very similar to Facebook and Twitter, and to a similar feature added to Yahoo! Mail last year.Of course, those using Gmail can already update their status via the Gtalk chat feature, but that status, given the fact that Gtalk is really a chat client, acts like an "away message" in normal ...
Apple Open To iPad Price Cuts If Sales Disappoint
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:01Posted in category Uncategorized
In a research note to clients, Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope notes that Apple has plans to cut the price of the iPad if sales disappoint. The information was gleaned from a discussion with Apple executives. They were CFO Peter Oppenheimer, VP Eddy Cue, and SVP Ron Johnson. Shope wrote:"While it remains to be seen how much traction the iPad gets initially, management noted that it will remain nimble (pricing could change if the company is not attracting as many customers as anticipated)"This is an interesting statement, and one that ...