Google acquires BumpTop: Will Android get a 3D facelift?
Google is acquiring BumpTop, a startup that aimed to improve the interface of your computer desktop. — BumpTop launched its first product about a year ago. The idea, as founder and chief executive ...
Jailbroken iPad 3G Can Send SMS Text Messages [Video]
Wow! There is some great work being done in the jailbreaking community for the newly released iPad 3G. The infamous iPhone Dev Team has managed to send SMS text messages from iPad 3G using command l...
Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two Available for Pre-Order May 6 and Launching May 13th
As we look back to the beginning of April, we see Microsoft launching their socially-connected handsets: the Kin One and Kin Two. Two very different, distinct devices in of themselves, they are eithe...
Adobe CEO, Ex-Adobe Engineers Weigh In on Jobs' Flash Attack
In an open letter published Thursday, Steve Jobs outlined a half dozen reasons why Apple is not supporting Flash on its mobile platform. Adobe's CEO has defended Flash in response to Jobs, but some e...
How Wired.com Tracked the iPhone Finder
In response to Wired.com's scoop identifying the finder of the lost iPhone prototype, many have asked me how we did it. The process of uncovering digital footprints to identify Brian Hogan was indeed...
Facebook, The App Store, And The Sound Of Inevitability
“That is the sound of inevitability...” — I'm reminded of this quote from The Matrix as I read headline after headline around the blogosphere about how Facebook and Apple and their (at least relativ...
iPad 3G Streaming Restrictions Explained
Alright, so you went with the iPad 3G for that ubiquitous Internet connection? Well, it's there now, but there are some limitations. For example, while Netflix and Youtube will work over 3G (in low ...
Why Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the MPEG-LA
We've all heard how the h.264 is rolled over on patents and royalties. Even with these facts, I kept supporting the best-performing “delivery” codec in the market, which is h.264. “Let the best win”...