CISNKY

• BBC – BBC One Programmes – Panorama, Tax Me if You Can
• Bape Store London Renewal
  The London store will be opening again soon.

• Record labels pressure Spotify to restrict service
  Such a great service, I knew it wouldn't take long for the record industry to have an issue.
• Twick Size – How big is your Twick?
  Another tweet stat tool. Not the greatest. Would love these tools to start showing data of value.
• Street Fighter HD Balance Articles
  In depth article on the changes to each character. Looks like Ryu got a rough deal.
• Did the BBC Just Get Punk’d?
  I think they did :)
• FLARToolKit + Away3D + WOW-Engine = AR Cloth Simulation
  More augmented reality but this time from Saqoosha the author of the FlarToolkit.
• Davos on Mobile
  Interesting panel hosted by Michael Arrington on mobile. Link from @biskero.
• Flash Lite Distributable Player eSeminar
  A chance to catch the eSeminar if you missed it. Main points; Distributable player release on Feb 16th and the security issue that effected performance of URL requests has been addressed.
• Adobe Mobile and Devices Usergroup UK
  For all the latest on Flash Lite and Flash on the mobile in the UK.
• Extended Task Manager
  Provides additional information on Windows process management. If you are not sure of a process, you can just right click and select search Google. This software even reports what program has caused a CPU spike. I need to get this on my Laptop.
• Papervision3D wormhole in your webcam.
  Some more extension on augmented reality with the FLARToolkit.
• Man Bra Keeps Your Moobs In Check
  Just hit the gym. This takes the Male/Female reverse too far.
• Laser-Etched Powerbook
  More etching originality.
• Flash on iPhone IS Coming, Up To Adobe To Clear Tech Hurdles
  Great news that Flash will eventually come to the iPhone but I can't help but wonder how locked down it will be.
• Which Phones Deliver The Real Web
  We all know that Apple have set the bar with their implementation and it's up to the others to match or top it.
• Three New Need for Speed Games Announced
  Good to hear they are developing a game focused with online. You can't just tag on the online features at the end of the development cycle.

Some great ads, just a shame Nokia phones are trailing behind. After some analysis I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve stuck with Nokia because of Flash Lite. This is no longer the case.

• Marc Ecko
  Quite a brand. Good to see a rich Flash site following standards and using the browser back/forward buttons.
• SWF2Go Professional 2.0
  New update now Available.
• Interview With Ashton Kutcher
  A new trend, celebrity start-ups. The show reminds me of South Park.
• Eurogamer Expo 2008
  I might go just to check out the new Street Fighter.
• New Basecamp feature: Attach files and post comments on to-dos and milestones
  Nice, I've started making use of Basecamp a lot more.
• Google Chrome: Google Chrome Fatal Flaw Discovered, Will Destroy Lives, Dignities
  :D rofl
• 10 AIR apps you can’t live without
  A good selection. You can live without some of them
• NFL, NBC Tap Adobe's Flash For Live Football
  Not time to rejoice yet. There's a market for both technologies.
• Morrisons begins half price sale
  Tae told me about this earlier. Not sure there is anything I currently want. Maybe pick up one of the rock games.
• Yahoo! Music API
  Access to the Yahoo Music catalog of artists, albums, tracks, videos, ratings and more.
• Aether
  Not worked out what to do in this game, but I've enjoyed all the floating. Beautifully coded game.
• The 20 Best WordPress plugins on the net
  Quite a list. I'm going to try out the All in One SEO Pack.
• On Performance
  What Flash is doing performance wise.
• Mobile phone users to be able to download BBC programmes
  iPlayer coming to the N96 first, a handset that is not even released. This download version first feels like deja vu.

Alessandro posted about the update to the N95 firmware yesterday, so I didn’t waste much time waiting to upgrade. The previous firmware was a bit of a disappointment and I had started looking into ways to downgrade (Didn’t have much joy). Anyway, the upgrade went smoothly but very time consuming, you don’t want to have to reset your machine twice!

In terms of Flash Lite, I’ve noticed that the issue with FLVs switching the phone to landscape has been addressed. I still need to investigate the security sandbox issue, but initial tests seem to show some improvement in terms of speed.

Another addition is automatic screen rotation made possible by the built-in accelerometer. You need to access the display settings to enable this feature. I’ve knocked up a quick example that uses the stage listener to detect when the screen has rotated and update the width and height on the screen.

You can access it directly using your barcode reader;

Or you can get the source here.

Another stellar update from the guys at Kuneri. These guys keep on opening those locked doors for Flash Lite.

New features:

• Ringtone plugin
• Autostart feature
• Improved memory management
• Brand new KuneriLite desktop interface

KuneriLite 0.9.7

Well that is what Mr Scoble thinks; Why Kyte.tv will kill Qik and Flixwagon in cell phone video space

I’m still yet to try out Kyte.tv and Flixwagon. I will do soon and report back on my experience.

Some of the points Scoble makes about the domination of Kyte.tv are easy fixers like video distribution and the chat features.

“Kyte.tv can play videos on an iPhone today”

Do you really want to film with a 2 mega-pixel camera? or upload via a edge network? (Don’t any of you fan boys mention 3G, because it’s not out at the moment.)

“Kyte.tv is way ahead of Qik and Kyte in getting real mainstream celebrities like 50 cent”

Is mainstream even ready for live streaming from your mobile? So far all of my qik videos start with an explanation of what is happening to the person being filmed and is always met with a yeah right!

I think what stands out for me is the funding; Qik $4m, Flixwagon $1m and Kyte.tv have $23.4M to play with, but I would like to know how much Kyte,tv have invested in their mobile streaming proposition.

I’ll keep an eye to see how this one plays out.

Firmware 21.0.016 for the N95 has been released. I was tempted not to bother doing the update, main reason being the age it takes to get your phone back to a customised usable state. Anyway after the update I thought I would try iPlayer to see if I would have more joy then I did with the PS3. Well it worked. Ok, it doesn’t scale to the screen size but you get a good view of the content.

Update.

Not all clips work. I got ‘The Curse of Steptoe and Son’ working straight away.

The latest version of KuneriLite is available for download.

- Improved User Interface and compilation process
- GPS plug-in
- External player launch option (for Flash Lite 2.1)
- Custom project installation directory
- Signing option for Basic version
- Various bug fixes

I’ve created a utility class for the download plugin (FlashLite 2.0, 2.1, 3.0). I’ve got a few methods to add and I need to tidy up and optimize before I release.