On The Future of iOS and Android
We've entered the age of iOS and Android penetrating beyond mobile, and there's a lot happening with respect to how the entire ecosystem is developing. Mobile advancements / investments are now drivi...
How BlackBerry Fell
Shares in the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones peaked in August of 2007, at two hundred and thirty-six dollars. In retrospect, the company was facing an inflection point and was completely un...
Amazon's AWS Now Offers A Push Notification Service For iOS
Amazon continues to “push” further into the space of becoming a one-stop shop for mobile developers looking to make, host and distribute apps …
Norway blocks Apple map flights
Oslo (left) is visible in 2D on Apple's map but Danish capital Copenhagen (right) is in 3D — Norway's government is refusing to let Apple take aerial photography of the capital city Oslo to create 3...
Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning “Servers”
In a Wired piece published recently, Ryan Singel assails Google's newfound hypocrisy when it comes to net neutrality. And he's right. Having spent many years fighting to stop Internet Service Provid...
Telefonica pens deal with Evernote, gives global customers one year's free premium access
You've got to hand it to Evernote, it's taking the initiative when it comes to getting its popular productivity tools into as many hands as possible. We've already seen Deutsche Telekom customers get...
Stop Thinking That Tech Hacks Are the Solution to Our Surveillance Woes
That's it, I'm calling it early: this is officially the “summer of surveillance.” Especially with the latest news that due to this surveillance, not one, but two, separate companies announced they we...
Microsoft Bing-bang-bungles local search
Talk about having things both ways! A few months ago in its “Scroogled” ad campaign, Microsoft was complaining about how Google uses your search terms and Gmail contents to deliver targeted ads. Now...
Microsoft unveils wrist-friendly Sculpt Ergonomic and Sculpt Comfort Desktops
Microsoft has pursued ever more exotic shapes in the name of comfort. Its new Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop might just take the cake, however. The all-wireless bundle's centerpiece, the Sculpt Ergonomic ...
Windows Azure Adds New Features, Including SQL Server Support General Availability And New Push Features
Microsoft introduced a laundry list of new features today for Windows Azure, including general availability of SQL Server AlwaysOn support, notification hubs and autoscale improvements.