Facebook announced their new app for iPhone, version 3.0 with a hefty feature list. Missing in the list was video capture and upload. Joe Hewitt, a Facebook employee working on the iPhone app tweeted a day after, that video uploading has been implemented in the new Facebook iPhone app – but there’s a catch. You won’t be able to watch your friend’s Facebook videos yet on the iPhone because Facebook videos are encoded in a very high bit rate which the iPhone doesn’t play. This might change in the future though, either through updates to the iPhone OS, or changes made by Facebook to encode videos in an iPhone compatible bit rate.

Even without the playback, it’ll be great to use your iPhone 3G S to record and upload videos directly to Facebook. Expect the new app to appear in the App Store this summer.

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whos.amung.us, the best real time stats tracking service in my opinion, has provided some brilliant information on the live market share of various browsers. It’s focused on Firefox 3.5’s launch, but shows the usage of other browsers as well, which closely match the figures released by other stats tracking services. As posted by Neowin today, IE’s market share has fallen below 60%, it’s also somewhat evident in these live stats.

These numbers keep moving up and down though. At the time of posting, IE’s live market share was 62.37% and Firefox has a 30.71% market share. Chrome is third with 3.52%, Safari 2.85% and Opera has just 0.01% market share ( no wonder they complained to the EU! ). These figures are collected from 850,000 websites that use the whos.amung.us widget.

Check out the Live Market Share of Firefox 3.5

Thanks to Dovella for the tip

Microsoft has created a comparison chart between Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 based on business and enterprise features to help IT Professionals. The chart has 34 features compared ranging from file organization and search to security, remote access, management and deployment. The chart is available in a PDF from Microsoft Download Center, but I’ve snipped the image for convenience. Click on the image to see a larger version. Print it out and keep it close if you’re an IT professional, it might come in handy when trying to convince other people on Windows 7’s new and improved features for enterprise.

Paul from GeekSmack has gotten confirmation from sources close to Microsoft of the imminent official announcement of Windows 7 RTM on 13th July when Microsoft’s WPC09 (Worldwide Partner Conference) will take place in New Orleans. This means that Windows 7 code will be finalized and it’ll be the build that’ll ship to customers. It’ll start shipping to manufacturers before customers get their hands on it, hence Release To Manufacturers (RTM). This website might have a hand in the early completion of Windows 7 RTM.

Windows 7 has gained a lot of popularity, specially after the bad fame that Vista got due to its improvements, new features, customization and specially performance. A huge number of people are already using Windows 7 RC that was release some time ago. Windows 7 will ship along with the release of Office 2010 and Microsoft Security Essentials, a free and excellent antivirus + antimalware solution from Microsoft.

Not sure what Windows 7 offers over previous Windows versions? You might want to check reasons why you should move to Windows 7. Unsure about the price? check out the pricing plans. Microsoft will also be offering a Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack for installation on up to 3 computers at a discounted price.

Windows 7 is gearing up to be good release and the reception amongst customers is expected to be better than it was with Vista.

P.S. Stay tuned to this blog to win a free copy of Windows 7 soon.

Engadget has pounced on some rumors that Sony has signed manufacturing agreements with Foxconn and Pegatron to build the PS3 slim in time for July delivery. The screenshot above is one of the many photos that Engadget caught on camera of the rumored PS3 slim. They themselves believe that the PS3 slim, if real, won’t make an appearance before August, but then the claims for a July release are backed by credible reports. If the PS3 Slim with 120GB hard disk is released in the coming months, I expect a sharp rise in sales for Sony. But as long as there’s an official announcement, we can only dream.

[via Engadget]

bbPress is a simple and easy to use forum software created by the developers of WordPress. After many months of testing in alpha, beta and release candidate stages, the final version has been released today as bbPress 1.0. The bbPress administrative interface is very similar to WordPress and feels just like home for those accustomed to WordPress. One of the best things in bbPress is the single sign-on supprt between bbPress and WordPress, which means your users will need a single account to access both your WordPress installation as well as bbPress. Here’s a screenshot of bbPress 1.0 in action below.

Here’s the feature list of bbPress from the devs:

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The first ever iPhone 3G S Jailbreak application has finally been released by Geohot. It can be downloaded at http://purplera1n.com/. Keep in mind that it wont work in Vista or in Vista 64 bit either. You’ll have to change the compatibility settings to XP.

Here are the detailed instructions:

1. Download the application from http://purplera1n.com/. ( 394 KB app only )
2. Plug in your iPhone 3GS.
3. Execute the purplera1n application ( in XP mode if you are using Vista.)
4. Your iPhone 3G S will now reboot and show the purplera1n picture.
5. Run Freeze from your springboard, it will download and install Cydia.

If you don’t see Cydia, try rebooting your iPhone and you’ll see it now.

It’s a really simple and easy process. This jailbreak app wont free you from your current carrier and it’s not available for the Mac yet either.

Note: Don’t try this on your iPhone 3G, you might brick it. This guide is only applicable to iPhone 3G S running iPhone OS 3.0 software not iPhone OS 3.1 beta which was recently released to developers.