Apple iPhone ad banned over Internet claims

The latest iPhone ad has been banned in the UK because of misleading Internet claims. The ad showed the iPhone's Internet capabilities, zooming into a weather forecast for Cape Town and a map of how to get to Heathrow airport.

"You never know which part of the Internet you'll need ... which is why all the parts of the Internet are on the iPhone," ran a voiceover.

It was banned because two complaints were received, stating that the claim was misleading because the iPhone does not support Flash or Java, which are of utmost importance to many web pages.

Apple said the claim was to highlight how the iPhone can offer any web page to the user, while other handsets can only offer WAP versions of sites.

Apple added that they couldn't ensure compatibility every third party application in the marketplace, and that the line "all parts of the Internet" meant that the page is always available,
"not every aspect of functionality".

The ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) then banned the ad because it had not explained the
limitations of the iPhone, and gave a misleading impression of the Internet capabilities of the device.

What do you think? Comment your thoughts on the ad here.

iPhone Made Available in 22 More Countries

The Apple iPhone was made available in 22 more countries today. The countries included Argentina, Poland, Greece, Brazil, India, South Africa and the Philippines. Unlocked iPhones in Greece are on sale for 459 euro (679$ USD).
With the addition of the 22 countries Apple has almost doubled its potential market to a total of 660 million potential subscribers. If only a small percentage of those potential subscribers actually opt for the iPhone Apple could easily exceed its own sales expectations. Good news for people worldwide, and for Apple.

The PageRank 10 Experiment

Recently, while searching the net for some good sites, I came across this: 10PageRank, an experimental website to see if serious linking back can make your website have a PR 10. The website is currently on PR 4, and needs even more support if it is to fulfill its mission of obtaining a PageRank of 10. Try it out.
http://www.10pagerank.com/
http://www.google.com/

Facebook Grows in Visitors by 153 per cent.

Facebook has had the biggest growth in visitors this year compared to any other social networking website. In April it overtook MySpace to become the world's largest social network. It has grown by 153 per cent in unique visitors this year. MySpace only grew by 3 per cent. In fact, social networking has grown by 25% this year. In June Facebook logged 132.1 million unique visitors, MySpace had 117.6.
Other networks: Hi5: 100% growth
Friendster: 50% growth
Orkut: 41% growth
Bebo: 32% growth
What do you think about Facebook's growth? Please comment.

The Hotmail Chain

Hello again. Yesterday I talked about the best e-mail clients. Now here is a chain letter that thousands of people have sent and been fooled by when using Hotmail. I'll tell you what it is, and how to stop your friends sending it. The e-mail is as followed:
Hey it is tara and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption but
msn is closing down. this is because too many inconsiderate people are
taking up all the name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just one
person), we only have 578 names left. If you would like to close your
account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. If you would like to keep your
account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. This is no
joke, we will be shutting down the servers. Send it on, thanks. WHO EVER
DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST
10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. NOW YOU
KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE WHOLE EMAIL.
GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION. It's no joke if you don't believe me then go to the site
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm ) and see for yourself.
Anyways once you've sent this message to at least 18 contacts, your msn dude
will become blue. please copy and paste don't forward
That is the exact message which was sent. It is a fake. People claiming they are the directors at MSN and saying that they will close down all accounts if you don't send this message on. It is obviously a chain, but some people don't realise that. And by some I mean thousands.
Do not be fooled into sending the letter. That is just what they want you to do. By doing this you are wasting your own and other peoples time. No accounts are going to be deleted.
Click on the link they give you in the message. It shows a BBC news story about MSN. It says MSN are going to charge people for accounts. Look at the date over the story. It says it was written in 2001. Proof that the letter is a chain taking advantage about a story written several years ago.
Some people are now satisfied that the letter is a chain, and that they won't need to pay for there account and that there account won't be deleted. But for those who aren't, check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4778046.stm
This is the definitive proof. At the top of the story on this link, you'll see that the story was written in 2006. It seems a reemergence of the letter has happened recently. I got it of a friend a week ago.
As I said, don't fall for it. Don't send it. Send the link I gave you above to your friends as proof.
Thank you, and if you were tricked by it, don't hesitate to write it down in the comments.
FJ

E-mail: Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo?

Recently I tried to find the best e-mail client. I know there are a lot, but I tried the three main search engines e-mail product. In order:
1:Yahoo! Mail
Why? Well Yahoo! actually impressed me. It had an easy to use interface, with tabs. Tabs! What a great idea! Plus an unlimited memory for e-mails, so you never have to delete an e-mail again. It's a big improvement from their last version.
2:Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail is an absolute enormous improvement from MSN. It is really popular now, and is another good service from Windows Live. Nice interface but no tabs. Has 5GB of memory, but that should do you unless you are into business or something. I've had it for months now and I've still only used up 1% of it. Quite impressive.
3:Gmail
Gmail isn't that bad. In fact, it's pretty good. You could actually try any of these e-mail services and they would do you. Gmail is quite like Yahoo!, but not as good as it. The only fault is the bland and boring interface, but it is still a good client.
Don't just choose on the way I have these services lined up. I would recommend all off them, it's a matter of choice really. I'd just about go for Yahoo!.
Thanks, and hope this helped.
FJ Blog.

Blogger is Brilliant

Hello guys. I am lovin' Blogger. I have a LiveJournal account as well, but I prefer this. More choice, and more well known. Still, don't hesitate to check out my LiveJournal too.
http://ultrablogger.livejournal.com
Well, I hope to get back to you soon with technology news and other stuff, but for now: Welcome to the FJ Blog!
Yours,
FJ