We reported a few weeks ago that Steve Jobs said an upcoming update would resolve slowdown issues in iOS 4 for iPhone 3G users. We assumed he was referring to Apple’s upcoming iOS 4.1 update, and indeed it looks to speed up iPhone 3G performance, according to this video comparison from Lifehacker.
The video demonstrates both operating systems performing the same ...
AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
PC World - Philips introduced the GoGear Connect, an Android-powered device that can play music and movies, take pictures and surf the web, during the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
Mashable - Apple makes computers, tablets, phones, portable media players, TV set-top-boxes, displays and a dozen other things, but to date, it hasn't made a wristwatch. Oh, wait, actually, it has! It's called "the new iPod nano."
Reuters - Craigslist.com has dropped its "adult services" listings, which have become the target of U.S. state attorneys general who say the much-visited online classified ad site is not doing enough to quash prostitution.
AFP - Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its "adult services" listings, replacing the section tab with a "censored" label after criticism it was facilitating prostitution.
AP - Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website Saturday, replacing it with a black bar that says "censored," just over a week after a group of state attorneys general said there weren't enough protections against blocking potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution.
Mashable - This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Evidently caving to pressure from law enforcement and politicians, online ad site Craigslist has taken down the Adult Services section of its site.
The adult services section has now been replaced by a black and white “censored” word, which cannot be clicked upon. Craigslist is evidently making its own comment by using that word, rather than just deleting the section altogether.
With ...
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories we published in the last seven days:
Reddit ‘excited’ about chance to eat Digg’s lunch — Realistically, what are social news aggregator Reddit’s chances of catching up to its more established competitor Digg? It may have just happened.
Digg freezes manual story submissions as user anger mounts — ...
PC World - Aiptek has introduced the i2, a pocket-sized twin lens camcorder that can record 3D video, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
AFP - The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether Internet giant Google manipulates search results.
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
Here’s the best way to value your startup – While traditional mergers and acquisitions are more science than art, determining the valuation of a startup before venture capital enters into the picture is a more complex beast. Attorney Scott Edward Walker details how best to find (and create) that value.
Freemium: A business model startups ...
AP - Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature to your liking.
Macworld.com - Apple held its annual iPod show this week and the Macalope’s here to give you the final take-away. Truth be told, he’s not even going to talk about Ping because he doesn’t get it, but you know how it is with nerds: we can’t pass up a chance to make a Monty Python reference.
Mashable - If you needed any more proof that Twitter has transformed how we absorb information and communicate, look no further than Kanye West.
PC World - Have you checked your work e-mail today? If you're like most employees in the United States and United Kingdom, the answer is yes despite the fact that it is not only the weekend, but an extended holiday weekend for most workers in the US. A day off is becoming an increasingly foreign concept as workers stay connected ...
PC World - Google on Friday said that the Texas Attorney General's Office is conducting an antitrust review of the search giant, following a similar investigation launched in Europe earlier this year.
The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv this week:
Quantum Imaging: Scattered Observations On "Copenhagen"
Classifieds listing service Oodle has raised $1.5 million of an expected $3 million from Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures, according to a filing with the SEC. The San Mateo, Calif. company operates its own online classifieds network and powers the marketplace on Facebook.
Oodle aggregates listings from across the Web and has more than 15 million unique monthly users. The company ...