Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes interview

CNBC Video: Warren Buffet on how to end the debt problem. Says if these guys can't get it done then let someone else get it done.

“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.” 

Yes, Apple will survive without Steve Jobs

Many people look to history to predict the future. This is why rumors have been circulating that Apple would not survive without Steve Jobs. Before Steve Jobs returned to Apple, almost all of the Apple CEOs were failures.

What is the difference now, a whole lot. Apple has now taken control of much of the smartphone and tablet market. Customers have already purchased plenty of applications that they don't want to give up. Older folks have now learned new technology that they don't want to relearn.

Frankly, Apple culture has become too big and even with 0 new innovations, it could take years for it to go out of style.

- Posted from my iPad2

Windows Mango phone vs Blackberry vs iPhone vs Android Speed

Internet Explorer 9 mobile browser speed. Comparison of the new Windows Mobile Mango vs the competition. Fastest with 27 fps.

Skype iPad app release date

A few weeks ago many sites claimed Skype had submitted a native iPad app (currently the app in the store is the iPhone version only) due to be approved in the first week of July, 2011. Unfortunately, I just checked again today with no sign of this app appearing. Could it be that Apple denied the app for inclusion in the store as it directly competes with it's FaceTime app? We have yet to see.

iPad iOS5 shows double resolution with Retina display!

Just bought a iPad2? Too bad because it is rumored that iPad soon will have double resolution+ with a new Retina display. This means better quality of images.

Many have been testing the bets of iOS5 for iPad and noticed the higher resolution in the Settings. See image below:

GoDaddy Renewal Code 6/2011

The latest renewal code I tried that works for renewals is CJC795DOM. Last tried on 6/26/2011 successfully.

How to get a Google Music invite and how long does it take?

Google music lets you store your music on the cloud (similar to Apple service).

1. Browse to http://music.google.com/about/

2. Click on get invite

3. Wait almost 3 weeks for your invitation. Almost all users have reported they have had to wait 3 weeks for an invitation. There is no way around this as of now.

iPad users get more spam because of missing feature

The best SPAM scam has been to do the following:
1. Spammers put together randomly generated email addresses. For example johnsmith@gmail.com may be a legitimate email because the chances someone has that email address will be high.

Spammers are able to put together mass email names and domain combination's that will yield real email addresses.

Examples is they will try john@yourdomain.com, john@yahoo.com, joe@yourdomain.com, etc. They can generate millions of combination's of email addresses.

To figure out if the randomly generated email address is legitimate the spammer puts a image link with a unique URL in a mass email and sends it out.

2. When the user opens the email they will also open the image. At that point he SPAM marketer knows that they have reached a legitimate email because they have unique tracking on that specific URL which maps to the email address.

Most all email services are now blocking these images until the user clicks a button to download the images. (Yahoo, Gmail, hotmail, live.com, etc.)

Unfortunately, the iPad does not have a good way to deal with this. We have gone through the settings and one can only either completely turn off images in email or turn it on. There is no way to only download images for each email.

This problem has been pointed out in several message boards.

We suggest all iPad users to create a feedback on Apple's website so they change this. Enough feedback will force them to make some changes. I have already sent them several emails and have been ignored.

As I have used my iPad, I have noticed more and more SPAM starting to come in as spammers are harvesting my email address by sending me fake emails.

iPad Smartcover Review Small Profile, Portrait / Landscape

I purchased a Apple genuine smartcover in blue a few days ago. Here is my review:

Pros:
Magnetic connector - Connects the iPad2 from the side to the Smartcover. Very low profile and nice.
Magnetic screen - Don't have to press the on/off button a million times to turn it on and off
Small profile - This is thin and small.

Cons:
Folding part: The folding part is starting to already wear out after a week and it looks very used.
Dirty: It gets dirty fast as when I flip it over to use it, it absorbes the dirt from the back
Stand: The stand has two problems. One is that since its so light my iPad has already fallen 3 times when I came to touch the screen while standing it up landscape. I used to have a better stand for my iPad 1 which never fell over.
The second problem is that there is no way to stand up the iPad in portrait mode. It will fall over right away.
Back: The back of my iPad2 is not protected. I ended up getting a little bag to put it in when I carry it around.

Conclusion:
As soon as someone else makes a smart cover that does the following I am going to get rid of this:
1. Auto on/off cover with magnet
2. Stand landscape/portrait
3. Cover the back.

All we asked for is a good case & cover. “If they had made a case, I think we would have gotten killed,” said Tim Hickman, the founder and chief executive of Hard Candy Cases.

Apple iPhone Joke

How many Apple iPhone/iPad programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?

None, the lightbulb changing feature is blocked. Changing a lightbulb is a feature that will come in the next version which is only available if you buy a new device. Steve Jobs will charge a fee for this feature and no outside programmers will be able to make a lightbulb changing application as may compete with Apples internal iTunes lightbulb changing application which is an additional fee.