Most online users today have tried, or seen, Google Earth in action. You know, the one with the satellite images where you can almost see yourself sunbathe in the back yard. In Google Earth, 3D isn’t something new – it’s been around for some time now, but it has mostly been in low resolution and … Read more →
According to New York Times, the Chinese Hackers you might have read about, is said to have obtained access to one of the more important parts of Google – their password system which controls access for million of users, to all Google’s services, including Gmail and Google Apps. The system is called “Gaia” and has … Read more →
Yesterday Apple came out with their latest financial results for their 2nd quarter, which ended March 27th. Once again, a new record. Besides Christmas periods, this last quarter was the best ever, in Apple’s history. Compared to the same quarter last year, this year the profits were almost doubled, coming in at 3.06 billion dollars … Read more →
This is the coolest unpack/disassembly video I’ve ever seen. Well, at least that I can remember 🙂 It’s a stop-motion video created by TechRestore. Besides the cool sound effects, we also get to see the iPad deep inside. For instance, it has two built-in batteries with more than 5x as much capacity as the iPhone. … Read more →
This is a Gizmodo exclusive so I’m just going to post the highlights and let you head on over to Gizmodo to read all the juicy details – and there’s a lot of information to be found, though not too many technical details. This iPhone was reportedly found in a bar and came with a … Read more →
This is my post number 500 on TechPatio.com since June 2009. That’s an average of 50 posts per month, 1.6 posts per day. What do you think, is that an acceptable number for a technology blog like this one? Before you leave a comment below, let’s take a quick stroll down memory lane… My first … Read more →
“Recession? What recession?” – I bet that’s what the shareholders at Google are saying right now. Google increased their revenue with 23% in the 1st quarter of this fiscal year, compared to last year. The total revenue was 6.77 billion dollars in the first quarter, with a profit of 1.96 billion dollars, an increase of … Read more →
Pope Benedit XVI is in Malta this weekend, visiting during April 17-18th, 2010. He landed at Malta International Airport at around 5pm and after all the formal stuff was taken care of, he drove around in his Popemobile to greet people, on his way to other destinations. I figured, since I was only a walk … Read more →
It’s Friday and that calls for a new Friday Flick Find video. I figured, since the Pope (Benedict XVI) will be visiting Malta this weekend, that the video for today should be something about Malta. Just so we’re clear, this video has nothing to do with the Pope (I’m not going to have some crazy … Read more →
Just as I was starting to think Steve Jobs wasn’t going to let me buy a new iPhone this year, it has now come to light that Apple booked the same conference center in San Francisco for June 22nd, as they used to announce the previous three versions of iPhone. The media seems to think … Read more →
Tom’s Hardware is writing in an article today that Adobe might be gearing up to a lawsuit against Apple because of the whole Flash deal, more or less. While nothing is official yet, sources are citing that it could all happen within a few weeks. Earlier in the “iPhone vs Flash”-war, Adobe announced how their … Read more →
After selling 300,000 iPad’s on opening day and another 200,000 or so in the time there after, Apple has decided to delay the international launch by one month, going from end of April till end of May, due to “strong U.S. demand”. That’s too bad. I was looking forward to finding out more information about … Read more →
It took Apple 20 days, 8 hours and 31 minutes to approve Opera Mini in the App Store for iPhone, iPad Touch (and maybe iPad, in the future?), according to a countup timer on Opera’s website. I don’t think anybody – except Opera themselves – expected their browser to be approved, as Apple has previously … Read more →
In a blog post yesterday, Matt Cutts explains how Google is now incorporating site speed as one of the over 200 signals that they use to determine search rankings. Don’t panic! As Matt Cutts also explains, Google actually launched this already a few weeks back and nobody noticed anything. Fewer than 1% of search queries … Read more →
Just a quick tip on how to reduce your Thumbnails folder in Aperture 3 with around 50%, if you’ve been running Aperture 3 since it was first released. The latest update (3.0.2) fixed an issue with thumbnails being larger in filesize than actually needed and I concur – my thumbnails folder was almost 9GB for … Read more →
When the economy goes bad, like last year (and maybe still, for some), what do you do? Well, what can you do? Make sure you keep your job, which is not always something you decide or control. If the company you work for is in trouble, you might need to rely a little bit on … Read more →