August 2010
3 posts
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"Few Consumers Interested in Tablet PCs" via... →
Only 11% of global online consumers currently own or have interest in tablet PCs, although the Middle East shows far greater interest, according to a new study from The Nielsen Company.
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"Tuesday Mornings the Best Time to Send a Press... →
Tuesday mornings are the best time to send a press release, according to 215 professional communicators surveyed in our latest PR Peeps poll.
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"By The Numbers: Our Very Connected, Always-On... →
Our world is getting smaller and smaller, thanks to the increasing number of folks connecting to the Internet. Our world is getting faster, thanks to us being connected everywhere. Our world is getting more connected and that in itself is changing the way we live, work, communicate and share. Here is a visual representation of our connected planet, by the numbers.
July 2010
9 posts
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"White House proposal would ease FBI access to... →
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
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"Analysis: What are the Web's Top Sources of... →
Title says it all. Nothing surprise other than the StumbledUpon stats.
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"Intel demos chips that can transfer an HD movie... →
In another life, I once had a client working on creating a photonic chip, but they were never able to produce a polymer that could handle the heat. Looks like Intel beat them to it.
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"Fact: Most People Have Never Heard of... →
Amid all the attention that location-based services have been getting — particularly Foursquare, which recently crossed 2 million users and landed a substantial round of venture capital financing — it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that most people have never used them, and in many cases may not even realize that they exist.
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"Foursquare Checkins Now Part of Customer Loyalty... →
Interesting…
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"Fred Wilson: Apple is evil and Facebook is just a... →
Any time Fred talks publicly, be it on AVC or at an event, I’ll listen.
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"Times loses almost 90% of online readership" via... →
Less than three weeks after the Times paywall went up, data shows a massive decline in web traffic
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"Apple Studies User Downloads to Fine-Tune Mobile... →
Apple Inc., with a storehouse of billions of music, movie and software downloads, is studying the buying habits of many of its 150 million iTunes users to show more appealing mobile ads and fuel competition with Google Inc.
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"Woot To The AP: Nice Story About Our Sale — You... →
Gotta love those guys at Woot. They just sold to Amazon for $110 million, but that’s not stopping them from calling anyone out as they see fit. In this case, we particularly love it because they’re calling out the AP — and they’re doing so right on their highly trafficked homepage.
June 2010
27 posts
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"Google’s mismanagement of the Android Market" via... →
I was shocked when my buddy came over to my apt. with his Droid and showed me an app that allowed him to download MP3s for free. His exact words were, “Dude, it’s like Napster for your phone.”
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"The Mobile Web Lights Up Between 8 PM And... →
So people are using their mobile devices to check the web while in bed? Sounds about right to me.
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"Where Gmail Is Going" via MIT Technology Review →
A Google staff engineer outlines a few of the Web application’s next steps.
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"HoodieBuddie is a hoodie with earbuds instead of... →
Umm, I want one of these. And you can machine wash it too!!!!
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"iPad magazines: Don't believe the hype" via... →
Pete nails it in his CNN weekly post.
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"Report: A fifth of Android apps expose private... →
About 20 percent of the 48,000 apps in the Android marketplace allow a third-party application access to sensitive or private information, according to a report released on Tuesday.
"Bill Gates' very full life after Microsoft" via... →
A little fluffy, but a good profile on Bill Gates.
(via Instapaper)
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"The Big Shift: The Rise of Cloud Computing" via... →
Great chart.
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"Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users' precise... →
If Apple is tracking our every move and providing it to “partners and licensees” should Find My iPhone be a free service and not need MobileMe?
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"Seven ways AT&T is failing its mobile customers"... →
Hands down, AT&T is the worst cell phone service provider. I mean I couldn’t make calls with T-Mobile either, but at least their fees were way cheaper. AT&T, I hate you.
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"App Creep and the Case for the Mobile Browser"... →
I was just talking to my boss about this earlier in the week. I got an iPad on Wednesday and loaded it up with a ton of apps. By Thursday night I had deleted 95% of them. Any that just repackaged annews site or blog was removed. Unless there is extra utiltiy or content developed for apps on the iPad, I think people are going to figure out the browser is the best way to access the web. They just...
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"YouTube Video Editor" via the Google System Blog →
I wonder how well this works. Is this the first attempt at cloud-based video editing and hence a proof point for the Chrome OS?
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"AT&T, Will You Please Sell Us Your Rip-Off Box To... →
Just when you thought AT&T wasn’t bad enough….
AT&T: Will you please give us your damn rip-off fix-it box? Sorry, did I say “give us”? Silly me. I meant: Will you please sell us your damn rip-off fix-it box? We promise not to take the thing on a cross-country tour giving actual AT&T coverage to those already paying for it. We just want to make some damn calls. In our...
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"Internet Is Set to Overtake Newspapers in Ad... →
The Internet is poised to overtake newspapers as the second-largest U.S. advertising medium by revenue behind television, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2010 to 2014.
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"Motorola And RIM Make Peace, End All Outstanding... →
It’s nice to see some big boys play nice. Apple? Google?
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"Does Apple's iPhone 4 Signal The Death of the... →
Is Apple ignoring its signature line of computers and laptops? Yup.
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"AT&T Learns Exactly The Wrong Thing About Data... →
Great article.
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"An Android User’s Take On Yesterday’s iPhone... →
Sums it up.
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"iPhone 4 Impressions and Observations" via Daring... →
Gruber’s take after playing with the iPhone 4.
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"By The Numbers: The iPhone 4 vs EVO 4G" via... →
Not sure how I feel about re-upping my contract with AT&T again for the new iPhone.
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"Why I Sold Zappos" via Inc. →
Tony Hsieh built his online shoe retailer into an e-commerce powerhouse. But with credit tightening and investors eyeing the exits, Hsieh was forced to ask: Was selling Zappos really the only way to save it?
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"Wired Explains: Everything You Need to Know About... →
The title pretty much says it all.
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"AT&T’s cynical act" via BuzzMachine →
Again, Jarvis nails it.
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"Verizon Wireless currently testing Apple iPads"... →
Yep.
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"Steve Jobs live from D8" via Engadget →
Engadget live-blogged Steve’s D8 conversation with Walt and Kara. Lot of interesting stuff here.
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"The State of Mobile Apps" via Nielsen →
There’s an app for that” is Apple’s catch phrase to promote the literally thousands of applications that can be downloaded to an iPhone. Whether you want to check the weather or traffic, bide time playing a game, or study a new language, there is likely a free or paid application that you can access. While Apple may be best known for mobile apps, BlackBerry, Android and other devices also have a...
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"Four Squared Signs You Are a Foursquare Addict"... →
While I am enjoying myself with my nonsense checkin stream, there are some surefire ways to tell people are taking location apps far too seriously. Here are 16 ways (Four squared, get it?) that I know you’ve got a problem.
"Google ditches Windows on security concerns" via... →
Interesting…
May 2010
27 posts
"4G wireless: It's fast, but outstripped by hype"... →
Cell phone companies are about to barrage consumers with advertising for the next advance in wireless network technology: “4G” access. The companies are promising faster speeds and the thrill of being the first on the block to use a new acronym.
But there’s less to 4G than meets the eye, and there’s little reason for people to scramble for it, at least for the next few...
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"HTC EVO 4G to Get Video Calling… For a Price" via... →
There’s good news and bad news for future HTC EVO 4G owners: Skype should come to the smartphone before the end of the year, as will mobile video app Qik — but you’re going to have to shell out $5 per month for the latter if you want to take advantage of its video chat functionality.
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"I don't like wires but I do like ports" via... →
I’ve said it before and it’s worth saying again. Apple is building the Disney computer network. All the streets are clean, and the entertainment too. There’s no porn here, and as long as there are no ports it’ll stay that way. But computers are meant to be more than DisneyLand, they are meant to solve societal problems and help our species evolve. That means we must...
"Tynt, the Copy/Paste Jerks" via Daring Fireball →
Thanks John. This has been driving me nuts as well.
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"NBC and Time Warner inform Apple they'll be... →
Ok, am I the only person to notice that NBC took down their full episodes for streaming on the iPhone? You used to be able to stream full NBC episodes on your iPhone straight from Safari. You can’t anymore. This isn’t NBC saying they’re sticking with Flash, because obviously the videos were already encoded to play on the iPhone. This is NBC saying you have to pay now for our...
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"Google TV: everything you ever wanted to know"... →
Google made some waves yesterday when it announced the new Google TV platform, backed by major players like Sony, Logitech, Intel, Dish Network, and oogl Buy. Built on Android and featuring the Chrome browser with a full version of Flash Player 10.1, Google TV is supposed to bring “the web to your TV and your TV to the web,” in Google’s words. It’s a lofty goal that many...
"Post-I/O Thoughts" via Daring Fireball →
More Google v. Apple
(via Instapaper)
"Google, Apple, Jacob, And The Man In Black" via... →
Even if you don’t watch Lost, this is still a good read.
(via Instapaper)
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"Mobile Done Right? How National Public Radio... →
Branching out into the mobile space can have big rewards for media organizations that take the time to do it right. However, recognizing the right moments, investing in the right technology, and marketing to the right audience are tough to do. To learn how one mainstream media organization is doing it we called Robert Spier, Director of Content Development for NPR Digital Media, to talk...
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"Seesmic and Evernote bring social memory to your... →
Maybe I’ll give Evernote a try again.