Monthly Archives: April 2010

Volcanic Ash and Airplanes

All airline services have been cancelled over the most of the European airspace today due to an eruption of a volcano under the Eyjafjallajökull Glacier in Iceland. As the molten lave goes through the ice of the glacier, it quickly cools down and forms small glass shards. These shards practically sandblast any aircraft through them and can cause anything from engine failures to windscreens becoming opaque. A Wikipedia article regarding the British Airways Flight 9 …

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No iPad apps allowed in German AppStore

I just got my iPad thanks to I friend living in New York. In general it is an interesting device but in my case it is severely limited by the fact that Apple does not allow customers with non-US iTunes accounts, for instance Germany in my case, to download and install iPad apps. Other than that the keyboard is HUGE and needs some getting used to after the iPhone keyboard. Two-thumb typing is barely possible …

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iPhone OS 4.0…

This is huge. iAds is definitely a game changer for free app developers. I can’t wait to take advantage of this. Multitasking seems cool, too. I wonder how it’ll fare on an iPhone 3G, though, let alone an original iPhone. My iPhone 3G is slow as it is without multitasking. Exciting times, we live in…

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