That was surprising. According to an article in a newspaper here in Switzerland (available online in German), the iPhone, or its name, can not be registered as a trademark in Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property has ruled, that the word “phone” is used in the English and French languages as a word […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Chrome Extensions Now Officially Available
In the shadow of launching the first official Google Chrome version for Mac OS X, Google has also unveiled the extensions for Chrome page. Get them while they are fresh! But don’t even think about it if you just installed Google Chrome for Mac. The extensions aren’t ready for it yet. Sh*t! But you can […]
Continue ReadingAmazon MP3 now available for Switzerland
Two years after launching Amazon MP3 in the United States and 8 months after launching in Germany, Amazon’s MP3 buying service is now open for Switzerland residents. In between the launch in the US and the Swiss launch a lot has changed in the music download market. iTunes allows to buy unprotected MP3 files. And […]
Continue ReadingBe A Secret Twitter Santa This Christmas
This must be a first. Swiss web-agencies Liip and frühjahr have created a secret santa “game” for Twitter. Yes, this Christmas you can do a secret santa on Twitter. And it is pretty simple. You just register with your Twitter account and the OAuth protocol and from December 1st until Christmas Eve you can give […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Gears not coming to Snow Leopard
According to a comment by Ian Fettec, Product Manager for Google Chrome, they are not planing to release Google Gears for Apple’s Snow Leopard/Safari. The reason for this is the fact, that developers should make use of HTML 5’s new features, that prior where only available in Gears. To bad because many sites are already […]
Continue Reading“New Moon” Trending Topic on Twitter
New Moon The next New Moon is tomorrow, November 16th. For a schedule of the moon cycles for the the rest of 2009, see the following website: http://www.new-age.co.uk/moon-dates.htm ^I really hope the person who wrote this is not serious. ^^ he isn’t haha Currently, “New Moon” is a trending topic on Twitter. And thanks to […]
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