Flash, HTML5, and Mobile Apps
About a year ago, I wrote a post about Apple's “blind spot” for Flash. I took more heat for that post than anything else I've written here other than political posts. It opened my eyes to the fact t...
Buy Now, Pay Later (Maybe With Your Allowance)
BUSINESSES don't let 13-year-olds pay for purchases with a promise. At least they didn't before last week. — A new payment option for anyone without a credit card or a debit card, no matter how you...
Internet down in Iran ahead of demos
Buzz up! — TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Sunday its Internet connections will remain slow this week due to technical problems, ahead of anticipated protests by opposition supporters. — Connections h...
Facebook Gifts Get Real
I sent my ex-girlfriend roses on Facebook. Not a photo or some cartoonish image of roses — these were the real deal, complete with glass vase, petals and thorny connotations. The whole thing cost pr...
Twitter Reactions Shows What the Twitterverse is Saying About That Web Page
Chrome: If you've ever wanted to see what people are saying about a web page you're visiting beyond the site's own comments, Chrome extension Twitter Reactions will show you the most recent tweets tha...
Roxio CinemaNow and the maturing market for downloadable movies
I was introduced to CinemaNow almost a decade ago by its first CEO, Curt Marvis, who briefed me on the downloadable movie service while I was working for the San Jose Mercury News. And after almost a...
'Don't Be Evil,' Meet ‘Spy on Everyone’: How the NSA Deal Could Kill Google
The company once known for its “don't be evil” motto is now in bed with the spy agency known for the mass surveillance of American citizens. — The National Security Agency is widely understood …
Still Pining For An “iTablet”? UK Company X2 Has Named Their Windows 7 Tablet Just That
How the hell did X2 think they could name their tablet PC the “iTablet,” and get away with it? Sure, Apple may not be using the name, but did X2 think we weren't paying attention to all those rumors?
Love and the Super Bowl
If you watched the Super Bowl this evening you'll have seen a video from Google called “Parisian Love”. In fact you might have watched it before, because it's been on YouTube for over three months. ...
Exclusive HTC Incredible Photos (Update: Video)
We were just handed some leaked photos of the upcoming Verizon HTC Incredible. The device is running on Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, and as our tipster confirms, it's running with a Snapdragon CPU (an...
Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers
A follow-up Retrevo Pulse study looking at consumer interest in buying the new Apple iPad indicates a failure to convince any new buyers to consider the iPad. Not only did Apple fail to convince new ...
“Enterprise software is entirely bereft of soul”
I was in a session last year with Dave Girouard of Google, when I asked him if he still believed in the statement he made 3 years prior about enterprise software. Without batting an eyelid, he asked ...