| Skype is Coming to More TVs via New Comcast Deal The video and voice calling service Skype is coming to a TV near you, thanks to a new partnership with Comcast, a leading provider of cable TV services here in the U.S. This morning, the two companies formerly announced a deal that will allow Comcast customers to use Skype's HD video calling on their HD television sets, made available through a Comcast-provided adapter box which works in conjunction with an HD video camera. Customer trials of the new service will begin in "the coming months," but no exact date was given for the service's wider launch, only that more details will be made available "later this year."
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Angry Birds Coming Soon Everywhere (Literally) Just when you thought Angry Birds had spread to every possible platform - iOS, Android, Facebook, Chrome - the game-maker Rovio is taking the stage here at the ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit to make a new announcement, one that will take Angry Birds to a whole new place. In fact, Angry Birds will soon be everywhere. Quite literally. With this new aspect - Angry Birds Magic, which will be rolling out in the coming weeks, the wildly successful puzzle game will become connected to the physical world.
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Apple Now Selling Unlocked iPhone 4 Apple is now selling an unlocked version of the iPhone 4 in its online store, confirming earlier rumors which hinted this would be the case. The new iPhone 4 is the GSM model, which means here in the U.S., AT&T or T-Mobile only. The phone works outside the U.S. on any other supported GSM network offering micro-SIM cards for the iPhone 4. Most importantly, the unlocked iPhone 4 is available contract-free.
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Report: Facebook Plans $100 Billion IPO Among Talk of Growth Slowdown According to a report from CNBC, Facebook is planning a Q1 2012 IPO which could be "pegged at north of $100 billion." The social networking company's IPO may be triggered by a section of the Securities and Exchange Act known as "the 500 rule" which states that a private company with over 500 investors must begin to release quarterly financial information to the SEC, just as public companies do, CNBC explains. This news comes alongside a second report, which states that Facebook's growth is slowing down in certain key markets, including the U.S.
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W3C Launches Community Groups to Help Create Web Standards The World Wide Web Consortium is trying to make it easier for developers and Internet stakeholders to create and define Web standards. Right now, the ability to define and create a Web standard is to create the standard and present it through a working group. Yet, when it comes to incubating new standards, the W3C does not have a mechanism to foster developers in coming up with new Internet standards. W3C is working to fix that. In late June or early July, the consortium will launch developer community groups. The community groups, headed by Harry Halpin, will give developers coaching and W3C infrastructure to create standards that will eventually prevail across the entire Web.
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9 Photos From Day 1 of the ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit Richard MacManus, ReadWriteWeb founder, and Mike McCue, Flipboard founder and CEO
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U.S. Hopes "Internet in a Suitcase" Will Offset Internet Censorship The U.S. government has created what it is calling an "Internet in a suitcase" to cheat the switches on the filtering regimes of repressive countries. A kit of hardware, the suitcase creates a "shadow Internet" within a country that allows users to communicate with each other and the outside world despite electronic censorship. The suitcase was funded by a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of State, according to the New York Times.
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China's Waterways Now RFID-Enabled China's inland and maritime rivers and canals are now part of the Internet of Things. The Chinese maritime authority has outfitted cargo and passenger ships with RFID chips and has placed RFID readers at strategic locations. Now, keeping track of the identify of ships, their speed and what they carry is automated, at least for a segment of the populous country's water traffic. Almost all waterways Grade IV and higher have been equipped, according to the People's Daily.
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Flipboard Will Develop for the iPhone Next, No Android App in Sight What is next for Flipboard? The startup is rapidly growing, hiring new employees and forging new partnerships with publishers to create dynamic new content platforms. The next step is to make a jump off the iPad and start monetizing the company. These are easier goals to say than to do, but CEO Mike McCue and does not want to jump too far too fast. As such, do not expect to see an Android version anytime soon as the iPhone is the next platform in store for Flipboard.
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Foursquare's Next Project: Surface More Mobile Location Data Where are you checking in? More importantly ... why are you checking in? In March, 16.7 million used location check-ins with services like Facebook Places, Foursquare and Gowalla, with 75% coming via mobile phones. In the next year, Foursquare is going to focus on mobile innovation and how to use all the capabilities of the smartphone to surface data to give users more utility with location services. Check out the live stream of Foursquare head of product Alex Rainert speaking with Dan Patterson from ABC News on the main stage at the ReadWriteWeb 2Way Summit after the jump.
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