Apple drops iPhone Video out

It looks like Apple dropped the video out functionality for the iPhone. Last week the iPhone was clearly marked as a supported device for both the component and composite cables, now neither cables have the iPhone logo and the descriptions look to have been edited.

This is just another thorn in Apple’s side with new cable backlash the “community” is expressing across the blogosphere. The issue is the switch to requires these “special” cables for all new iPods, the old cables aren’t compatible.…

Google Reader’s new UI

I’m really impressed with Google Reader right now. I’m so stoked all the sharing, tagging, folders, keyboard shortcuts and the UI is fantastic. I really hope they take this UI and implement it into GMail.

A few things I noticed while using it all day:

• While the keyboard shortcuts allow you to go to another folder or tag it doesn’t let you select it or it doesn’t automatically populate the reading pane. Wierd.
• On iDC under elsewhere you’ll notice I embedded the articles I…

aStore

Amazon’s aStore is pretty cool. I put a little one
together with just a few items and I’m impressed with the idea. I really like the affiliates program because I review a lot of gadgets and stuff but a store is cool to, especially if they add more functionality with embedding.