Hey everyone, I’m Geoff, and I’m taking over this edition of “The Roundup”!

Keith is still away, but he will be back next week. So, I’m talking about the increase in mobile uploads to YouTube since the release of the iPhone 3G S, HTC’s Sense UI not coming to “Google” branded phones, and IBM’s attempt to increase to battery life. Take a look, after the jump.

This week I have three stories for you. Let’s get started.

1: From : Ars Technica
Mobile uploads to YouTube up 400% after iPhone 3GS launch
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Since the release of the iPhone 3GS, YouTube has seen an increase in mobile video uploads by 400%, as Google announced. We have all been waiting for the ability to take video and upload them to YouTube to arrive since the release of the first iPhone and now that we are given the capability, it seems the public has used this opportunity to the fullest.

2: From : Engadget
HTC’s Sense UI not coming to any “Google” branded phones
Thursday, June 25, 2009

HTC has given all you HTC phone holders a gift by beginning to find a way to bring its Sense UI to its phone users, unless your phone runs Android. That’s right, for the same reason that prevented Microsoft Exchange clients from “Google” branded phones, HTC will not be able to place its Sense UI on these phones. But don’t get to excited HTC users, cause even though this has been announced, it has yet to be guaranteed.

3: From : Business Week
IBM Aims for a Battery Breakthrough
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Well if you have ever been one to complain about battery life (as I sit here with 26 min left on my computer), IBM is looking to fix all your troubles. The company has started a multiyear project to create a battery that will increase battery life by 10 times that of todays standards. Instead of using the lithium-ion mixture of todays batteries, IBM is looking into a mixture of lithium and oxygen. The goal is to make it possible for electronic cars to travel 300-500 miles on a single charge compared to the average of 50-100 miles of vehicles of present day standards.

That’s it for this week’s Roundup, Keith will be back next week, right here at The iLife.

–Geoffrey Kaicher