According to the Wall Street Journal report, Microsoft is close to a deal to purchase Skype, the Internet’s site with the most members. Think Facebook has the most members? Nope. Skype does, and Microsoft is thinking about buying it for $7 billion to $8.5 billion dollars. Why would Microsoft want Skype? Actually my estimation, it [...]
I know this isn’t necessarily a search blog, which is why I deemed it necessary to post about the Google vs Bing so maybe those who are out of the loop can join in on the discussion! Let’s start with why I’m writing a post on how Google and Bing got beef, because you’re probable [...]
I was doing some research yesterday on local intent via mobile phones, and I ran across this tweet from Greg Sterling, who is an internet analyst and great thought leader at http://screenwerk.com.
Watching the search landscape evolve these days, I can’t help but think of the real estate agents’ mantra: “It’s all about location, location, location!” The emergence of location-based services, such as Facebook Places, Twitter Places, and Foursquare, is clearly a game-changer on the web. Social networking sites are more locally focused. Online media are now [...]
D8. All Things Digital, the an annual conference where the worlds top tech gurus come to discuss the state of the digital world was created by the Wall Street Journal’s renowned tech journalist, Walter Mossberg, and his colleague-in-crime, Kara Swisher. This year the conference is in it’s 8th year, first year at the new location, [...]
The iPhad empire. Only two or maybe three operating systems can hang with the top dog. Ok, maximum five are possibly real iPad competitors. Six then. That’s it! 2010 is shaping up to be the year of the tablet/pad/slates.
Read on for the major comparisons.
Microsoft has just opened its next Home Server OS to public beta. Microsoft says that the Vail beta only works on 64-bit systems, with the minimum requirements being “a 1.4 GHz x64 processor, 1 GB RAM, and at least one 160 GB hard drive.”
Snipping Tool captures a screen shot of anything on your desktop, like a picture or a section of webpage. Snip a whole window, a rectangular section of the screen, or draw a freehand outline with your mouse or tablet pen (or your finger, if you’re using a PC with a touchscreen). Then you can annotate, [...]
Microsoft has just pulled a “controversial” ad for the new Kin phones, citing complaints that the ad encouraged sexting. There were also furries in it so that could also be the reason.
Great deals on brand-name coffee, an evil designer keyboard, and even on the mythical MacBook Air.
Bing has a pretty amazing mapping system in development. Time travel views, augmented reality views, indoor views, live views from 4G cams (see HTC Evo), Flicker geo-registered imagery, worldwide telescope and actual 3D geometry. Bing maps makes Google maps look like Mad Men’s office politics. Antiquated.
The Pink Phone is now the Kin. Let the name hate begin.
Google is slowing catching up to Apple in the smartphone market.
By the end of 2012, smartphones will outnumber computers 491.9 million to 443.1 million.
Adobe states that one “can start selling your AIR applications with a try & buy licensing model” with their new Shibuya app store.
Giz dropped a note about the upcoming HP Slate. Looks like Adobe wants you to know that Flash isn’t going anywhere. Of course it should run Flash, considering that the O/S is Windows 7. The original HP sneak peak. Adobe’s message to consumers about Flash on the HP Slate.
Microsoft announced today that sexual orientation will now be permitted in gamertags on Xbox Live. This seemed enevitable considering the direction the games themsleves have taken over the past couple years. Sites like GayGamer have been around for a while and have quite the sizable following. Rockstar created an entire extension of their popular Grand Theft [...]
Gizmodo put together a great compilation of article links for news, analysis, and other extras for all of their iPad & Windows Phone 7 Series coverage.
This is what it looks like when the Bing servers crash.
US And EU Regulators OK Yahoo! And Microsoft Search Deal.
Is it just me, or shouldn’t Symbian be in there too? “Windows Phone Series 7 is here, and it’s like nothing we’ve seen from Microsoft—or anyone else—before. But how does it measure up? And where does every other smartphone OS stand?” Image and article courtesy Gizmodo.
Gizmodohas a nice feature hands on article about the New Microsoft Zune Phone. And according to resident Apple fanboi Jesus Diaz, Microsoft has out appled Apple. Pics of the Windows 7 Series mobile phone O/S after the jump. It’s a little snazier than the humorous Youtube video made a couple years ago. Images courtesy Cnet.
The Zune Phone will be an absymal failure. I hold fast to this belief even though I have never used or even seen a ZunePhone. Additionally, I haven’t read any articles on the ZunePhone – not even blog posts. I have no proof of this or any experience in the telecom, computer, or consumer electronics [...]
The Wallstreet Journal is reporting that Microsoft is about to show the Zune Phone on Monday. As seen on Gizmodo. Microsoft Corp. plans to introduce long-awaited new software for powering cellphones on Monday, as the company seeks to regain a technology edge in the market against rivals like Apple Inc. and Google Inc. At a wireless [...]
Adobe is pressing forward with Flash 10.1 for Android devices as well as WebOS, & Windows Mobile. Sorry iPhone/iPad. As far as Android is concerned, Flash 10.1 will only work with the 2.1 O/S, which means only Droid and the Nexus One users can enjoy Flash content in their web browsers, unless you are using [...]
Something to consider for every person who is going to buy a phone. There are four real smartphone platforms that are worth even considering. Sorry, Windows Mobile, but you aren’t one of them. In the fourth quarter of 2009, a developer could reach 75% of the worldwide smartphones sold in that quarter by supporting just three platforms, Nokia/Symbian, RIM OS [...]
Project Pink To Stop Being Vapor And Start Being Real.
iPad. Now super-absorbant.
Get the jokes out of your system because, as names go, it could have been worse. Whether it’s a name associated with genitalia or one that is associated with failure. Here are five other names that would make Don Draper vomit in shame.
