Saturday, June 12, 2010

The Yahoo Giveaway USB Hub We Want

How about an invite to your next event, Yahoo?
Reader "Peachy-Pie" sent in some snapshots of a giveaway she received from a recent Yahoo event. While she forgot to tell us what the event was about, her pictures of theYahoo building block USB hub are pretty awesome.



She even went through the effort of building the Yahoo logo from the pieces:
We're assuming the hub above conforms to the USB 2.0 standard. On the side are an operation light, a miniUSB port for connecting to another hub or a computer, and a DC port for additional power if needed.

No Porn for Windows Phone 7 Users Either

The App Store is pretty stringent when it comes to the "no boobies" rule and it looks like Microsoft is following suit with Windows Phone 7.

Apple made a huge splash when it pulled porn from the App Store. Whether folks were annoyed about the inconsistency (some apps were pulled while others were allowed to stay), or the fact that they just wanted to see some iBoobs,  there was plenty of annoyed iPhone users and developers.
Maybe that's why Microsoft decided to make things clear from the word go; Ars Technica reports that among the Marketplace rules announced earlier this week is a strict no porn policy. Microsoft's app requirement say no application containing porn or even sexually suggestive content will be allowed.