2011 Tech News: Edge-to-edge display could be coming to Apple iPhone 5

We love a good iPhone 5 rumour as much as the next tech site, but this latest is one we're not at all convinced about.
A spurious photo of an iPhone 5 'digitizer' (front casing) has been unearthed by a Chinese reseller, suggesting that the next Apple handset will feature an edge-to-edge display.
This would increase the screen size by eating into the bezel, without increasing the physical size of the handset.
Rumour mongers
Apple could very well be working on such a thing, but there's something a bit off about this image.
Not only do some of the lines look wonky – how un-Apple – this image would be so easy to whip up in Photoshop and print out on acetate.
One digital photo later and you've got yourself a ready-made Apple iPhone 5 rumour – and all the lovely traffic that such a thing can bring.
So, while we fully accept that the iPhone 5 could feature a larger screen and smaller bezel, there is nothing to indicate that this is a real Apple design.
We're sorry to disappoint the home-button lovers, but we heartily recommend you don't take this photo as confirmation of the key's continuing existence.

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Online Social Networking News: Why Facebook's Friends May Fade?

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This won't come as welcome news to the folks at Facebook, but its customer-satisfaction ratings aren't much to boast about.
Among its social-media peers, Facebook landed at the bottom of the keeping customers-happy list, according to the 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business Report. With a score of 66 out of 100, only airlines, subscription TV and newspapers fared less favorably with consumers.
If you're unfamiliar with it, the ACSI E-Business Report enables businesses to track customer satisfaction in three categories: social media, portals and search engines, and online news. And -- as in last year's report -- social media sites continue to be the redheaded stepchild when it comes to e-businesses that maintain consumer satisfaction rankings. The category earned a paltry 70 score out of 100.

While Facebook remains at the bottom of the heap, the social-networking utility did actually make a modest 3 percent gain over last year's score of 64. ACIS surmises that Facebook's size domination might be a factor in the improved figures. After all, Facebook is approaching one billion users. Wikipedia and YouTube scored 78 and 74 in the latest report, respectively.

So what does this mean for you and your business? 

In my experience, consumer dissatisfaction with e-businesses comes from user concerns about their privacy and security. They also appreciate when businesses understand the difference between social networking and social selling -- generally, consumers don't like hearing a sales pitch when they're not expecting it. 

Keeping these and other concerns you're aware of in mind when developing and executing your business-communications strategy is key. And it's more important now than ever. If you're old enough to remember when email first emerged and then evolved as a marketing tool, you'll recall that similar concerns surrounding spam, phishing, viruses and formatting plagued consumers right from the get-go. My thinking is that as email evolved to include certain protections and standards, so too will social media-related platforms, but only you -- the business owner -- can set the tone surrounding the proper mix of social networking and social selling.

Even though Facebook remains the dominant player in the social-media spectrum, the ACSI study does suggest that they may need to worry, as users have few other choices for social interaction. In particular, the recent launch of Google+, a social networking platform that boasts an enticing video-conferencing feature, among other things, is expected to give Facebook a run for its money.

And, since Google routinely scores at the top of the ACSI report in the search engine and portals category -- climbing to an astounding 83 rating in customer satisfaction this year -- a continued poor showing by Facebook could give Google the leverage it needs to topple the social-networking giant.

Google+ for iPhone hits the Apple Appstore. iOS version of the service announced

Google's new social network Google+ is now available for the iPhone, with the app finally getting approval from Apple.
While it isn't clear why the app wasn't released simultaneously with the Android version, it's now available on the App Store free of charge.
Sharing simpler
"Google+ for mobile makes sharing the right things with the right people a lot simpler," says the app's blurb.
"Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most. And no matter where you are, the stream lets you stay in the loop about what your friends are sharing and where they're checking in."
The app in its screenshots looks similar to the Android version but it is almost twice the size – the iPhone app weighs in at 5.3MB, while the Android version is 2.8MB.
Now that the app is available for iPhone, maybe the service will start to get the celebrity users Google seems to be courting.
The Google+ for iPhone app is available now for iPhone 3G, 3GS and runs on iPad in compatibility mode.

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Power user tips and trick: How to convert your normal SIM into Apple iPhone 4 Micro SIM card?

Despite the 3G version of the iPad being sold unlocked, both that and the iPhone 4 requires a whole new type of SIM card - the micro SIM.

Or does it? That's right, we've been trimming away the mystery of the new micro-SIM.

At first glance, the electronic contact area is no different to that of a conventional SIM, you know, the type that's small enough to fit into a tiny phone never mind the hulking iPad or iPhone 4.

As it turns out traditional SIMs measure 15 x 25mm and have that angled corner. The new micro-SIM is officially 12 x 15mm. That's effectively the size of just the normal SIM contact area.

Apple was just wanting to be clever or it just wanted everyone to be forced to buy new SIMs, either way it's a touch annoying, but with our mighty scissors we can cut them down to size and so can you. SIMples.

How to do it:

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1. Here's a traditional SIM and its measurements, the only working area is the metal contacts.

2. This is the same SIM with the micro-SIM specifications overlaid. You can use this to trim yours down to size.

3. Here we are cutting our SIM down to size...

4. ...and now it's ready to activate in our shiny new iPad or iPhone 4.

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