Author: Aulia Masna

Former tech journo, used to write for Macworld, DailySocial, e27. Ex , ran a national startup initiative program in Indonesia. Very much into the news.

So this was announced earlier today in Singapore. Nokia’s upcoming N9, powered by a combination of MeeGo and Maemo software projects that mostly got canned on the company’s way to embrace Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform. Unfortunately the phone is not yet available to test or preview, let alone to buy.

I think a lot of people would be interested in this. Time will tell if the final product will be as smooth and seamless as Apple’s iPhone with iOS or if it will be stuttery and clunky like the current Symbian on the N8. At a glance the interface reminds me of Windows Phone 7 mixed with Android, and that’s not a bad thing.Being a fan of Windows Phone 7, I can’t wait to see how this compares with Nokia’s upcoming WP7 phones.

You can check out a more detailed look at This Is My Next. 

This has been up for two weeks but I haven’t got around to posting it. Here’s Steve Jobs presenting Apple’s proposal for a new campus in Cupertino to the city council. The campus would be notable not only for its spaceship-like architecture but for its size, features (fits 12 thousand people, adds more than 2000 new trees, removes 90% ground level parking, self generated electrcity, etc) and impact to the city of Cupertino and its neighboring cities of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Think about the traffic flow, housing arrangements, electricity consumption, business, economy, ecology, air quality, level of interest, and so on.

Here’s the proposed location on Google Maps.

More and more tweets from iPhone or Android apps in my timeline. Last year almost all comes from Blackberry apps. Shift happens, RIM.

@rayafahreza

Buskers: Independent musicians using crowd funding as means to finance their start up business.

@aldy

Apple could buy nearly all of its phone competitors in cash

Indeed, a time may soon come when Apple’s cash will be worth more than the entire phone industry.

Apple could buy nearly all of its phone competitors in cash

Regarding this post earlier, access to torrents have been restored by First Media, four hours after the official response and thousands of complaints and threats to unsubscribe to the service on Twitter.

Jakarta’s major cable provider, First Media, is blocking torrents, claims to support some government program.

Four things we’d like to see in the next iOS

Widgets: I’m not too hot on this, not a big fan of widgets getting in the way on the homescreens. Prefer to see Dashboard style widgets where you double tap the homescreen to see the activity dock and you find widgets on the unused space above it. And you can swipe that unused space sideways to see more screens.

Settings: This is smart. Shortcuts for the most used Settings item acting like folders to reveal the options available for it.

Notifications: Nice. Could work with my widgets idea, combined to increase the use of the two layers of screens. The thumbnail view of the app would be a cool option to have but it certainly would eat up more processor cycle and memory. There’s Mobile Notifier for jailbroken iPhones and its developer was recently picked up by Apple to work in Cupertino.

Favorite Friends: Useless as far as my usage is concerned. I don’t contact people through their phone numbers that often so the phone app is one of my least used app. Hardly ever text them either. For those who still use the iPhone the traditional way though, it could be useful. Reminds me of Matt Gemmell’s Favorites app.

BBC News – Entrepreneurs ‘most supported’ in Indonesia

Surprised to see Indonesia on top. I have my reservations about the results but I’ll probably elaborate on DailySocial soon.

BBC News – Entrepreneurs ‘most supported’ in Indonesia

Groupon’s IPO will be mailed out to daily email subscribers once it ruthlessly negotiates 50-90% off its own initial share price.

@phillryu