Thunk Different.

The Glorious world of Apple & “3gps technology”…

Jargon! Gotta love it. Apple inc’s WorldWide Developers Conference Held at the Moscone Center in San Fransisco, Califonia is being held this week, starting today with a keynote address from Apple founder, and CEO, Steven P. Jobs. Rumoured additions to the company are…

• A new 3g & perhaps GPS enable thinner/thicker iPhone with a video conference capability
• .mac could be re-named “mobileme” with more additons and a lower price tag (free i hope!)
• An update on OS X.6 operating sysyem, some calling it “snow leopard” it is allegedly simply going to address security and stability - no the this cat’s leap isn’t expected to be as big from 10.4 to 10.5 with added over 200 new upgrades including UNIX certification a dna 64-bit operating coating.

Any other ideas? Can’t wait!

*NOTE: THe WWDC is unlike MacWorld that it is closed to developers, and sold out for the first time this year. Check Apple.com for the full keynote and powerpoint address later today. Best!

See Macworld’s LIVE UPDATE: http://www.macworld.com/article/133798/2008/06/wwdckeynote.html

This is a letter from Billionaire shareholder who is absolutely upset and feels cheated by jerry Yang & the Yahoo board, which after reading this letter - makes you think - who is running the #2 search engine circa 2008? A bunch of Yahoos?

FULL LETTER BELOW:

Roy Bostock
Chairman
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Dear Mr. Bostock:

I have long been cynical about the effectiveness of many of the boards and CEOs in this country and as a result the inability of our companies to compete. I have constantly complained about how far CEOs and boards will go in order to retain their jobs, yet even I am amazed at the length Jerry Yang and the Yahoo board have gone to in order to entrench their positions and keep shareholders from deciding if they wished to sell to Microsoft. Read the rest of this entry »

Thirsty for more business during the worst slump in its history, Starbucks will try to lure more customers by offering two hours of free AT&T Wi-Fi a day.

read more | digg story

Apple’s .Mac (”dotmac”) service is a $99/year set of online tools that provides customers with email (@mac), web hosting, iDisk, backup and sync services. .Mac services are tightly integrated with Apple’s existing iLife suite, allowing you to publish content easily from iPhoto, iWeb and iMovie. Apple appears to be poised to rename and revamp this 6

read more | digg story

Please follow this link to 1994

Sources report that Facebook will open source its Platform this week.

read more | digg story

We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: sources close to the 3G iPhone launch have told Gizmodo that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th. The second-generation iPhone will be available worldwide right after the launch, and not at year’s end, as previously thought.

read more | digg story

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Sunday it has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc, rather than a full acquisition, in a move that could save the web pioneer from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn.

“Microsoft is considering and has raised with Yahoo an alternative that would involve a transaction with

Yahoo but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo,” the company said in a statement without clarifying what that alternative might be.

Microsoft emphasized it was not proposing to make a new bid to buy all of Yahoo, after recently being rebuffed, but could reconsider. >>>Video

No new info but it’s good to see the BBC covering open source software

read more | digg story