Apple believes in innovation and they do end up launching something which is often attractive enough to create waves around the planet. Be it the iPhones, the iPods or the iPads; all have been successful enough for people to dream about owing one of them (or even all three). Now (as expected) its time for iTV, speculation is currently booming that Apple TV might be coming to an end and iTV is what might be replacing it. The only difference this time will be that such televisions have already hit the market in plenty. TV sets with apps that make the idiot box a lot more than TV is just awesome. Samsung has Android based TVs and so has Google.

Considering the fact that people out their have already seen so many of these app based TVs it just won’t be easy for Apple to come up with something which is totally unique but at the end of the day it is the brand which matters or is it?

Apple ended up selling around 3 million iPads in just around a month but that was a device which was highly attractive and people had so much to do with it. We are pretty sure that iTV (if this is what Apple calls it) will surely be attractive enough but televisions cover such a huge area that you just cannot think about all the requirements in just one box. It will be interesting to see what Steve’s army does with their format of TV.

It seems that Facebook is working on something big according to the latest leaked screenshot that shows us a ‘Call’ button within Facebook’s messaging system.

We didn’t hear any rumours about voice calls within Facebook, so this latest leaked screenshot is quite a shock to many. As you can see from the screenshot, the new Call button is placed in the top right corner, right next to the chat and send message buttons. So does this button work? Well according to the screenshot, it seems that the person who made this screenshot is trying to find out that as well. Sadly, this button has been removed from the menu, we’re thinking that this is somehow related to Skype, because Skype and Facebook have been working together for a while, but that’s just our guess.

If you cannot beat them, join them is the policy that folks at Yahoo are following. Since Yahoo is slowly losing their popularity and influence on the internet, the company’s decided to team up with its competitors, Google and Facebook.

Speaking of future and gadgets, it’s certain that we’ll see two things in the future: more USB devices and more AA batteries (for non-USB gadgets!), so why don’t we combine both these into a single solution? Well, this concept tries to do that, so let’s see how it looks like.

 

We assume that you have a USB drive that you use often and that you keep in your computer’s USB port most of the time. Since you keep your USB docked to your computer most at the time wouldn’t it be useful that you could recharge that USB and use it as a battery? This is what Wonchul Hwang thought of when he designed this USB/AA battery. In order to use this device as a USB you just need to twist the battery and USB connector pops out, and then you just need to twist it again in the opposite direction and you can use it as a battery.

You might have heard the stories that Facebook is shutting down and in order to prevent these rumors from spreading any further Facebook has officially responded.

 

According to the rumors, Facebook is shutting down on March 15 2011, and the main reason for Facebook’s shutdown is the fact that Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is tired of it. Rumors say that Zuckerberg is tired of this social networking business and that he wants to live a normal life once again. We’re hoping that you didn’t believe in this, because it’s not true, and in order to prove that these rumors aren’t true Facebook has posted a tweet saying: “We didn’t get the memo about shutting down, so we’ll keep working anyway. We aren’t going anywhere; we’re just getting started.”

In the CES 2011, SanDisk today announced the first product in a new category of embedded solid state drives (SSD), that are the world’s smallest solid state drives so far. 

 

The SSD is smaller than a postage stamp and offer higher capacities and performance than existing storage solutions. The SanDisk® integrated SSD (iSSD), the first high-capacity product within this new category, is designed for use in fast-growing mobile computing platforms such as tablet PCs and ultra-thin notebooks. It is the first flash SSD device to support the industry standard SATA interface in a small BGA (Ball Grid Array) package that can be soldered onto any motherboard, and for use with advanced operating systems in mobile computing platforms.

We know that iPad is one amazing device that can do all sorts of things, and one of those things is gaming. Since iPad doesn’t have an input controller, except the multitouch display, gaming does feel abit uncomfortable for some gamers. If you’re one of them, the Fling Joystick might be a solution for you.

Playing games on the iPad with your fingers can sometimes be difficult, especially if you’re used to other gaming platforms that have controllers. If you’re used to controllers and joysticks, you can enjoy games on your iPad with Fling Joystick as well. In order to play the games with this joystick, you just need to place it on your screen, right over the directional pad of your game, and that’s it.

Fling Game Controller for iPad sounds like a potential solution, but so far, it only works with certain number of games. As for the price, you can pre-order the Fling Joystick for $25.

 Video piracy has become a serious issue nowadays and researchers at Tel aviv university have found a way how to protect original video's and preventing video piracy that way. They have made a video technology that prevents video players from playing pirated videos. It should be quite useful because as it scans and analyzes the footage in grids to see if the footage elements are there. In that way the DNA of the video is being analyzed and scanned and if there's a DNA mismatch the video player wont play the copyrighted videos.

This might be the ending of those people making a living of selling pirated and copyrighted videos. But so fat it hasn't been implemented,but will it be successful?