This week, Dunkin’ Donuts launched an application for the iPhone and Web that helps organize and automate group orders.

Using their computers and mobile devices, customers can initiate orders through ‘Dunkin’ Run’ and alert friends and colleagues that they are willing to be the “Runner.”

Each member of the group can add their order to the list and then the Runner can print the choices or use the iPhone to create a checklist so that when they get to the store, they don’t miss anyone’s order. The app doesn’t yet transmit the order to the local donut shop.

“We conceived of Dunkin’ Run as a social application that helps hard-working Americans stay slightly more productive,” said Baba Shetty, Hill Holliday’s Chief Media Officer. “It’s based on the idea of reciprocity — I’ll get your coffee today and hopefully you’ll get mine tomorrow — in a way that perfectly complements the ‘we’re in it together’ ethos of the Dunkin’ Donuts brand.”

Adobe is set to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems later this year, including Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, and Palm WebOS.

Adobe’s CEO Shantanu Narayen said during a recent earnings call that multiple partners of the company have already received an early version of Flash Player 10. Developers will be able to get their hands on a beta version of Flash Player 10 mobile later this year, at Adobe’s Max conference in October.

Flash Player 10 will enable smartphones running on the above-mentioned operating systems to benefit from a richer Internet browsing experience, including watching videos embedded on some websites. Web-based applications can also be built on this platform, theoretically freeing developers from any applications stores.

T-Mobile announces a mea culpa Monday in the form of the myTouch, a new Android phone that addresses the most common complaints. The myTouch will be available to T-Mobile subscribers at the end of July, the company said.

Not that T-Mobile is throwing the G1 under the bus. It has sold a million G1 phones, enough to qualify it as a hit, they say, with a crowd they call “tech seekers.” But that is a comparatively small crowd.

To reach to the less tech savvy customer the new myTouch has been given a friendlier look. It’s thinner than the G1, and available in black, white and maroon. It is missing the curved “chin” of the G1, which made the phone pop a wheelie if the phone was on a flat surface when the track ball was used. The buttons stand higher than the face of the phone than on the G1, making them easier to press.

In case you didn’t like the Mondrian-style ZEN Mosaic, Creative has announced a new option: the ZEN Mosaic EZ300. It’s the same 1.8-inch player but this time, the entire PMP is of one shade of Black or Pink. It plays MP3, WMA, WAV, Audible 4 music files and will have 4GB or 8GB of storage. Price is 49.99 pounds ($81 $59.99) for the 4GB and $79.99 for the 8GB.

I have to agree that the Mosaic EZ300 is much easier for the eyes compared to the original mosaic, but believe me, cheap MP3 players are available with more features.

Going the complete opposite way of the mini projector trend, JVC announced that it will soon ship a 370-pound projector. Obviously, the D-ILA 3 8K and 4K aren’t about dinky pictures, beaming out 35-megapixel pictures, in resolutions of up to 8192 x 4320. They also feature brightness of 10,000 lumens, a 5,500:1 contrast ratio. These monstrosities use a 3,000 W bulb and a special fiber optic interface, though there’s also HDMI connections on board. But what would you use it with? Perhaps JVC’s 4K camera, which is in the prototype stage now. A 1.25-inch CMOS sensor allows for resolutions of 3840 x 2160and 60 frames per second in RAW mode. The camera head also has a fiber optic interface, which sends the signal to a remote 4K2K signal processor. No word on pricing, which is to say it probably won’t be cheap. [via Electronista]

Craigslist has been working hard to fend off criticism that it facilitates prostitution by implementing numerous measures to help curb Erotic Services listings. In November of 2008, Craigslist came to an agreement with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the Attorneys General of more than 40 states to reduce prostitution on the site. In addition to a new phone verification system launched in March 2008, Craigslist began requiring credit card verification for each listing in the Erotic Services section. These two measures were meant to make posters more accountable for their listings, as Craigslist could blacklist phone numbers or credit cards that had posted “inappropriate” ads in the past. As a result, the company has apparently seen a 90 percent drop in Erotic Services listings, which, of course, was the goal.

Considering that multimedia e-dictionaries, which are all the rage in Korea, have started to become more advanced with WinCE 5.0 cores, WiFi, and Bluetooth (e.g., Udea Expert 300W), it was really only a matter of time before one of them got outfitted with Windows XP and an Intel Atom CPU.

Say hello to the UMID mbook M1D (M1D-101KWA), little sister of the mbook M1 MID. I realize that “M1D” could be mistaken for a typo of “MID,” but don’t be fooled. The M1D differentiates itself from the original M1 by doubling as one of those regular e-dictionaries with preinstalled multi-language software content provided by Doosan. It also has only a 1.1GHz Intel Atom processor (rather than the 1.3GHz chip in higher spec’d M1 units) and does not include a webcam or the DMB module found in Korean M1 models.

We read with great interest Wednesday’s news about the record $1.45 billion fine levied against Intel by the European Commission for violating antitrust legislation. By giving rebates to PC makers buying Intel chips and urging them to drop products using other CPU brands, Intel maintained an unfair competitive advantage over the competition (namely AMD), according to regulators.

Years of appeals are doubtlessly ahead, but even if Intel ends up with a worst-case scenario, the company at least has booming Netbook CPU sales to fall back on, thanks to the popular Atom processor.

Doing a little back-of-the-envelope math, we figured out how many Atom-powered Netbooks it would take to cover this billion-plus fine.

Microsoft has been eating at Apple for a while with their Microsoft Laptop Hunters adverts, and well it was only a matter of time before Apple retaliated, and today we have the first counterattack from Apple as they take off the gloves against the Microsoft Laptop Hunters.

Yes Apple has made a video whereby they say that the only computer that doesn’t crash, get viruses or gives the user headaches is an Apple Mac.

They use people in the video rather than actual computers and well it does get the point across rather nicely. So a good strike against the Microsoft Laptop Hunters, let’s see how they retaliate. Video it below for your viewing pleasure.

Just one week after Verizon Wireless made its announcement, Sprint said on Wednesday that it will also offer the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 mobile hot spot device starting the first week of June.

The MiFi frees you from having to search out a Wi-Fi hot spot by providing instant wireless access using Sprint’s EV-DO EV-DO Revision A network. It supports up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices (laptops, MP3 players, gaming devices, etc.), and unlike the Verizon version, Sprint’s model supports the MiFi’s GPS capabilities so you can use it with location and mapping applications. The MiFi also includes WPA2-PSK, WEP, and SPI Firewall security features.

Sporting a brushed aluminum finish, the MiFi measures 3.5 inches wide by 2.3 inches tall by 0.3 inch thick and weighs 2 ounces, so you’ll have no problem slipping this into a coat pocket or bag. The device is battery-powered, with claims of 4 hours of user time and 40 hours standby on a single charge.