KOKO’S WORLD

So…..Digg creator Kevin Rose says he knows many details of Apple’s iPod revisions for September, including what appears to be a photo of the fourth-generation iPod nano and a teaser for information of iTunes 8.0.

If you want higher quality, visit the Virgin Canada site. 

Beijing Olympics Stadium, about 30 minutes before the the men’s 100m final. A 360-degree view (including overhead) from the stands by Finnish photographer Kari Kuukka. 

CityFlitz, Toronto’s newest auto-sharing company, showcased its $1 a day rental program in Toronto at Yonge-Dundas Square yesterday.

Its premise is simple: Drive around the city at least 30 kilometers a day in a car plastered with advertising, which heavily subsidizes the cost of the rental. They have rental cars at parking lots around the city nearby subway stations.

Cool: Wi-Fi high speed internet. This is really handy for iPhone users and anyone with a laptop who gets lost and needs to quickly look up Google Maps. Or if you’re a bored blogger stuck in gridlocked traffic.

Drawback: You are driving around in a mobile billboard (if you don’t mind). Also, each CityFlitz car in the fleet has a built-in GPS tracking system, this enables advertisers to have real-time information about the use of the car. Aside from the 30 km minimum use per day, CityFlitz members are allowed unlimited mileage within the city after that. And CityFlitzers are responsible for topping up the gas upon completion of the rental.

Vijay Nagarajan explains the different 3G chip-makers.

There are lots of people reporting on the spotty iPhone 3G reception issues and according to Barron’s it looks like the BlackBerry Bold may be experiencing those same 3G reception issues.

An Alabama woman filed a lawsuit yesterday against Apple claiming that the company’s iPhone 3G drops calls, has trouble connecting to AT&T’s network and is slower than advertised. Apple’s advertising blitz was misleading, the lawsuit claims. “Defendant intended for customers to believe its statements and representations about the Defective iPhone 3Gs, and to trust that the device was ‘twice as fast at half the price,’” the lawsuit said.

An AppleInsider reader has received one of Steve Jobs’ characteristically brief and rare personal responses, assuring them that his company is aware of the problem and has a solution.

“This is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September,” reads the one-line message from the Apple co-founder.

The news is out and Jerry Seinfeld is going to try to improve Microsoft’s brand. Microsoft has set aside $300 million for an ad campaign featuring once-funny comedian Jerry Seinfeld in a series of advertisements targeting Apple.

What’s funny about this is that in all the episodes of Seinfeld, Jerry always has a Mac on his computer desk. If you google Seinfled + Apple you’ll be directed to Youtube where you’ll see one of Apple’s “Think Different” ads produced a while ago featuring among others Ghandi, Jim Henson, John Lennon and numerous other luminaries and also a young Jerry Seinfeld.

Hahahahahaha….So Hilarioussss!

I was reading some blogs and came across the guy in charge of MobileMe - (John Martin). Rumour has it that he lost his job last Friday. But the kicker is that he came from Microsoft and brought several of his Redmond buddies to Apple. Do I smell sabotage??!!

Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G’s reception issues, confirming that the iPhone 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems.

But, it’s not clear whether all of the problems have actually been fixed. I still have the problem where it occasionally drops from 3G to Edge on the Rogers network. I have read many reports (from US bloggers) where people have reported that the update did improve their reception.

However, I was reading Chuq Von Rospach’s blog (a former Apple employee) who reported earlier this week that Apple will take several months for a fix to be developed by Infineon, believed to be the source of the reception problems. Perhaps the 2.0.2 update isn’t the complete fix, but a starting point for putting the reception issues to rest.“What I was told was that 90% of the disconnects are initiated inside the phone, which would exonerate AT&T. Most of the disconnects are being generated by crashes in the driver code for the 3G chip, which comes from the chip vendor, not something Apple written and outside of Apple’s direct control.”

This iPhone case looks identical to my iPhone case (minus the peeling).

The GrooveShield Form is very straightforward: it’s shaped in such a way that it hugs your iPhone 3G perfectly and protects the back, corners, and edges from scratches and general wear and tear.

Because of its thinness, the GrooveShield Form almost looks like it’s part of the case, and in fact many people who’ve seen ours thought we had some special-edition ninja iPhone–which is exactly what you want a case to look like.

Read this article from the National Post to get a better understanding between Retirement and Financial Independence. The distinction is a very important one!!!

According to some condo market analysts, things will certainly be taking a downturn, but not necessarily crash.

Some say Toronto’s housing market is slowing down due to the city’s new land-transfer tax??!

Soo lame but my type of movie production! LOL!

Warner Brothers announced that they were pushing back the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from November 21st, 2008 to July 17th, 2009, a full 8 months later.

They ruined Sami’s birthday present in advance. Thx a lot f**** Warner Brothers!!! >:(

I’m pretty damn sure its fake, but it looks impressive