Foursquare Raises $20 Million, now its worth $95 Million.

According to AllThingsD, the funding totals $20 million and values the company at $95 million.

This news has been anticipated for some time, especially following a tweet from Co-founder Dennis Crowley late last week that included a link to Flickr photos of Foursquare’s soon-to-be upgraded New York office space.

This news puts to rest rumors that Foursquare would be acquired by Facebook or Yahoo.

Foursquare Raises $20 Million, now its worth $95 Million.

Creative manager mock at twitter failure, come with his creativity.

Nadav Yaron created this rather rad animation (rendered in Flash) depicting the twitter birds able to lift the huge wale.

Creative manager mock at twitter failure, come with his creativity.

First Look: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

The first full-length trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, one of the most hotly anticipated movies of both 2010 and 2011, has finally made its debut on YouTube and the web.

The Harry Potter series has already proven itself a social media phenomenon. Last year’s release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored more Facebook, Twitter and YouTube than almost any other film of 2009.

First Look: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Hits the Web [VIDEO]

Atlast, Verizon gets its hand on iPhone.

Verizon Wireless will start selling the iPhone in January of next year, according to a report from Bloomberg. While this is hardly the first Verizon iPhone rumor.

Bloomberg is citing two people familiar with the matter

Atlast, Verizon gets its hand on iPhone.

How to Use Apple’s iPad (Wacky a.k.a Unusual ways) [VIDEOS]

How to Use Apple’s iPad (Wacky a.k.a Unusual ways) [VIDEOS]

Samsung Vibrant to come with copy of 'Avatar' and 'SIMS 3'

Samsung Android Vibrant (a variant of the Galaxy S) launches on T-Mobile July 21. Each handset will come pre-loaded with a copy of Avatar and the mobile game The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition.

This is good news as you might be able to able to see Avatar on AMOLED Screen.

Samsung Vibrant to come with copy of 'Avatar' and 'SIMS 3'

Apple May Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPhone 4.

The iPhone 4’s much-discussed reception and antenna issues just might spawn a class-action lawsuit.

Law firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff is issuing a call for disgruntled users as part of their investigations of “potential problems with the release of iPhone 4.”

The lawyers write, “If you recently purchased the new iPhone and have experienced poor reception quality, dropped calls and weak signals, we would like to hear from you.”

Last fall, the same firm Facebook, Zynga, MySpace, RockYou and others for advertising scams and allegedly unauthorized charges to users’ Mafia Wars and FarmVille accounts.

Src: [mashable]

Apple May Face Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPhone 4.

All Nexus One Devices now to come with Andriod 2.2 code named FroYo

The Android 2.2 is finally out, starting with Google’s flagship phone, the Nexus One.

Android (Android) 2.2, codename “FroYo,” was revealed last month at the Google (Google) I/O conference in San Francisco. Featuring major speed upgrades, Wi-Fi hotspot and tethering functionality, cloud-to-device integrations and Adobe Flash 10.1.

While the newest version of the Google-build OS has been available for a short while now, today marks the official rollout of Android 2.2 to the masses. Most Nexus One owners can expect an over-the-air update sometime later today.

All Nexus One Devices now to come with Andriod 2.2 code named FroYo

iMovie Hacked to Work on iPhone 3GS[VIDEO]

Popular Video Editing app and apple's official meant to support Apple 4 can now be hacked to work on iPhone 3GS.

The hack requires a jailbroken iPhone 3GS and a couple of simple edits to Apple’s .ipa file for iMovie. The instructions for the hack were originally published (but then retracted, as it breaks Apple’s TOS) by Redmond Pie.

iMovie Hacked to Work on iPhone 3GS[VIDEO]

iPhone 4 parts are very costly.

The iPhone 4 went on sale June 24. After taking this latest Apple gadget apart and identifying the components, iSuppli estimated the cost of the parts totals $187.51. That's more than the $170.80 iSuppli estimates for the cost of the materials inside the iPhone 3GS, Apple's last-generation smart phone.

The estimates don't include manufacturing, software, marketing and other costs.

The priciest part of the iPhone 4 is the new, higher-resolution LCD screen, which iSuppli estimates carries a cost of $28.50. Flash memory, which has been in short supply, costs $27. Apple's processor, which was manufactured by Samsung, according to iSuppli, costs $10.75, and the capacitive touch screen costs $10.

iPhone 4 parts are very costly.

Master Blaster Sachin at Wimbledon 2010[PICS]

Sachin wavin to Crowd.

Master Blaster Sachin at Wimbledon 2010[PICS]

Twitter to gives updates of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's visit to the US.

Saudi Arabia's Washington Embassy will use popular social networking site 'Twitter', to give updates during King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's visit to the US.

Tweets from '@SaudiEmbassyUSA' will highlight Saudi Arabia's involvement in the G-20 Summit, as well as items of interest about the long-standing Saudi-US relationship, the embassy has said in a statement.

In addition to Twitter, the embassy has expanded its social media content to YouTube, www.youtube.com/saudiembassyusa.

Press conferences and video related to Saudi Arabia, as well as third-party speeches and interviews will be posted on the website.

Twitter to gives updates of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's visit to the US.

Sepp Blatter apologises to England, Mexico for Referee Mistakes.

(AP) With pressure for video replay mounting after two blatant missed calls at the World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said soccer's governing body will reopen the issue after the tournament.

Blatter said Tuesday that FIFA deplores ``when you see the evidence of refereeing mistakes.'' It would be ``a nonsense'' not to consider changes, he said.

The referee at England's second-round match with Germany on Sunday missed a clear English goal that would have tied the score 2-2. Germany went on to win 4-1. Hours later, a referee awarded a goal to Argentina on a play in which goal-scorer Carlos Tevez was obviously offside. Argentina went on to beat Mexico 3-1.

Sepp Blatter apologises to England, Mexico for Referee Mistakes.

Man kills girl for crying during WC match on TV

A man beat his two-year-old stepdaughter then suffocated her to death in an American town for crying during a World Cup football match between the US and Ghana which the latter won. To make the killing look accidental, he jammed a screw down her throat.

Hector Castro, 28, has been arrested for murdering in McAllen city in Texas Saturday. Ghana beat the US 2-1.

The Monitor quoted McAllen police chief Victor Rodriguez as saying: "There are no words for this. It makes you want to think about doing lots of things to this guy, but he will face the criminal justice system just like everybody else."

Man kills girl for crying during WC match on TV

Symbol of Good Fortune and Power-'White Elephant' Captured in Burma.

A rare "white elephant", a traditional symbol of good fortune and power in south-east Asia, has been captured in Burma, state media reports.

Reports say the 2m (6.5ft) female elephant was tracked down in Maungdaw in the west of the country.

White elephants are only nominally white - they often look reddish-brown in the sun, and light pink when wet.

Analysts say the animal is likely to be brought to the capital, Naypyidaw, for the military ruler, General Than Shwe.

Symbol of Good Fortune and Power-'White Elephant' Captured in Burma.

Earth's gravity in high definition

This colourful new map traces the subtle but all pervasive influence the pull of gravity has across the globe.

Known as a geoid, it essentially defines where the level surface is on our planet; it tells us which way is "up" and which way is "down".

It is drawn from delicate measurements made by Europe's Goce satellite, which flies so low it comes perilously close to falling out of the sky.

Scientists say the data gathered by the spacecraft will have numerous applications.

Earth's gravity in high definition

Founders of File Sharing Site Piratebay Splits

Marcin de Kaminski, a founder of Piratbyran, which means "piracy bureau" in English, told BBC News "we don't feel we are needed" any more.

But the group also decided to close following the death of a co-founder.

A spokesperson for the Swedish computer games industry said the decision showed "the discussion has moved on".

Piratbyran first emerged in 2003, as a response to the Swedish body Antipiratbyran (anti-piracy bureau), which works to counter the sharing of copyrighted materials on-line.

Founders of File Sharing Site Piratebay Splits

Google to Rival Facebook with a New Social Networking Site?[RUMOUR]

Citing a "very credible source," Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted that Google is readying "Google Me," a social service intended to compete with Facebook.

Although Google tried to foray in Social Networking with its Buzz but it was a complete failure. 

Google to Rival Facebook with a New Social Networking Site?[RUMOUR]

Microsoft say I am the Boss.

Apple Inc might be giving a hard time to Microsoft, but it wanna shows that it is still the Boss.

So Microsoft revealed some numbers to serve as a reminder:

• 150 million Windows 7 licenses sold

• 7.1 million projected iPad sales in 2010

• 58 million projected netbook sales in 2010

• 355 million projected PC sales in 2010

• less than 10% of US netbooks ran Windows in 2008

• 96% of US netbooks ran Windows in 2009

• 16 million subscribers to the largest 25 US daily newspapers

• 14 million Netflix subscribers

• 23 million Xbox live subscribers

• 173 million Gmail users

• 284 million Yahoo Mail users

• 360 million Windows Live Hotmail users

• $5.7 billion Apple net income for fiscal year ending in Sept 2009

• $6.5 billion Google net income for fiscal year ending in Dec 2009

• $14.5 billion Microsoft net income for fiscal year ending in June 2009

Src: [microsoft_blog]

Microsoft say I am the Boss.

Fake Steve Jobs says, iPhone may be recalled.

After the launch of iPhone 4, due to some i mean annoying technical glitches, many were expecting that the iPhone 4 soon will be recalled. And the Rumors are doing the round as well.

The Daily Mail reported this morning than an iPhone 4 recall is underway, but don’t believe it; the UK publication’s source was a tweet from a fake Steve Jobs Twitter account.

Apple hasn’t announced any plans to recall its new phone.

The Twitter account @ceoSteveJobs is a fake account and its Bio says, "I don't care what you think of me. You care what I think of you. Of course this is a parody account."

We may have to recall the new iPhone. This, I did not expect.Sat Jun 26 23:17:35 via Twitter for iPhoneSteve Jobs
ceoSteveJobs

But if the complains grown and customers express their dissatisfaction then the apple will have no other choice but to recall it but its gonna be giant headache to steve :(

Fake Steve Jobs says, iPhone may be recalled.