I’m not really comfortable making broad technology predictions, but I’ve run across two things recently that perfectly illustrate for me the next generation of the web, which will consist of services that tell us what we want to know precisely when we want to know it. Read More »
While Qualcomm for many is synonymous with wireless, the company acquired Atlanta-based mobile banking startup Firethorn two years ago with an eye to also becoming a major player in the mobile payment space — and in the process, fix the so-called “Costanza wallet.” Read More »
People are nostalgic for newspapers for a reason. The growing multitude of options for getting your daily news is more stressful than informative. We have on the one hand Google Reader, with its ever-growing mass of unread items, and on the other sites like NYTimes.com, which… Read More »
Here in the U.S., we’re getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, which for many folks means a long weekend — my favorite time to tinker, especially with software. So I’ve gathered together seven free app tinkering ideas that you may get a kick out of. Read More »
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- Will Three Strikes Laws Take the Field in U.S. Copyright Ballgame?
- Events in Europe are adding impetus to the growing interest among U.S. regulators and even broadband service providers in subjecting Internet users to much closer scrutiny.
