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One thing I like about Android… media in the browser. Watch Android team members talk about their favorite features.

During the Mediapark Annual Conference (The Netherlands) I demonstrated Gerd Leonhard our 46″ xyZ 3D Display. This is an autostereoscopic 3D Display (no glassed needed) with high brightness and extreme 3D effect. Gerd was very enthusiastic about it! … “gerd leonhard” “media futurist” xyz “xyz 3d” “3d display” “3d monitor” “3d lcd” “3d tv” “3d media” 3d “zero creative”

Argus 3D LCD-TV waar geen bril voor nodig is

The Facebook app for the iPhone is pretty good but lacks many simple features available on the web version.  Joe Hewitt, co-founder of Facebook, posted what the upcoming Facebook 3.0 iPhone app will include.  I’m excited to finally be able to view “Pages” and notifications being linked to comments so it’s easier to reply.  Here is a full list of what is coming in the 3.0 update.

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1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

Hewitt says that he is about 98% finished with the app; he should be submitting it to Apple for approval soon.

According to Hewitt, everyone is asking for push notifications, but they will not be implimented in this 3.0 update, more likely a 3.1 update later this summer.  I’m not sure if I would want push notifications with Facebook.  If so, I would want to have a lot of control as to what pops up on my iPhone.  If every new comment or every time someone sent me a “keg” triggered a notification on my screen, I would never be able to get anything done on my iPhone.

Ten Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers:

1. Your bio is one of the first things people see. Your bio is displayed on most suggested Twitter user sites and people will pass you right over if you don’t have an interesting account of yourself.  Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much if they just pass right over your profile.

2. Retweet interesting tweets and explain to your followers what retweeting is. Most new users are not hip to the shorthand of Twitter such as RT, D, and # hastags.  If you help them understand they are all the more likely to retweet your tweets.  The more your @username gets out into the “Twitterverse” the more clicks back to your profile you will receive.  Keep track of your Twitter stats with a site like Twitteranalyzer.com

3. Link to your profile. Create linkbacks to your profile everywhere.  Link it on Facebook, LinkedIn, Digg, your blog, other blogs, anywhere it can be seen by someone.  Make sure you put your @username in all of your signatures.  Again, the more people that see your @username, the more hits on your profile you will get.

4. Use #hashtags. Tweet about interesting things in your life and make sure that people see them by using #hashtags.  #hashtags allow users a way to find tweets that interest them on Twitter.  Many people search Twitter trends for interesting tweets and if your tweets are included you have a better chance they will find you.

5. Ask people about Twitter. When you meet new people, ask them if they Twitter.  Ask for their @username and give them yours in return.  If they don’t know about Twitter, teach them.  Put your @username on your business cards and give them out so people don’t forget your name.

6. Share pictures. People love looking at pictures from around the world.  Pictures are one of the most retweeted items on Twitter.  Use apps for your camera phone to tweet and upload to sites like TwitPic and yfrog.

7. Interact with your followers. NYT tech columnnist David Pogue, @pogue, often asks off the wall questions that are fun to answer with witty responses such as, “I need a cure for hiccups… RIGHT NOW! Help?”  Instantly he receives replies such as, “check your 401K. That should scare the hiccups right out of ya!”  This always starts a plethora of conversation.

8. Follow the top twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.

9. Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. search.twitter.com lists the hot ‘trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation (see #4 for links to #hash instructions).

10. Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you’re adding per day and Qwitter will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet.

I hope this helps you in your Twitter experience.  If you find this interesting please follow me @Rotilda

Major League Baseball has provided streaming video clips of game highlights in their At Bat iPhone app for some time now, but beginning tomorrow an update to the app will allow users to watch live baseball games on the iPhone over 3G and Wifi networks.  This update will require the iPhone to be running the latest 3.0 firmware, which is due to release today.

As of tomorrow, only two games will be broadcast for the iPhone: Chicago Cubs-White Sox at 2:20 p.m. ET, and the Detroit Tigers-St. Louis Cardinals at 8:15 p.m.  MLB will deliver 2 out-of-market games per day via the iPhone but has plans to include all the games they provide via MLB.tv in the near future.  As stated, all broadcasts available will be out-of-market which means, if you live in the local market for the team you will not be able to watch it on your iPhone or iPod Touch.  Nationally broadcast games on FOX and ESPN will also be excluded from the iPhone stream.

The Business Insider