New statistics out from comScore show that for three of the top four cellular carriers in the U.S., their flagship smartphone is the top revenue generator among all phones on those carriers. This may seem logical but the statistics also indicate that those three flagship… Read More »
Archive for March 2009
Nokia, the Finnish cell phone maker and wanna-be web power, will shut down Mosh, its wildly popular service that makes it easy for people to post and share content with others. Why? Too much illegal stuff like music and pornography was being shared on… Read More »
The Mozilla foundation’s alternative media manager program, Songbird, recently got a nice new addition that brings its functionality even closer to that of iTunes, the Apple monopoly-holder it seeks to unseat. That addition is the ability to buy music from directly within the program,… Read More »
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3563474&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 If you haven’t been following the development of Mozilla’s Fennec mobile browser, now’s a great time to start. The team delivered Fennec version 1.0 in beta yesterday and it appears stable enough for everyday use on your Maemo-running Nokia (Internet Tablet. The browser offers… Read More »
This year’s South By Southwest interactive festival saw the arrival of over 30 British startups as part of a “Digital Mission” to bring the country’s most promising web startups to a global showcase. This mission was backed by Sun’s Startup Essentials program,
Microsoft’s Silverlight will be back as the U.S. video-streaming technology for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the company announced at the Mix 09 conference today. NBC will once again use the technology to stream the games, and will offer 720p HD streaming (yay!) and pausing and… Read More »
Page views, video views — they’re simple measures that make the web go ’round, but they don’t really paint a full picture of what users are actually doing online. YouTube today tried to address this issue by adding comments, ratings, and favorites — aka “community engagement”… Read More »
OK, SmartQ: how long have you been hiding this Mobile Internet Device from Engadget? The SmartQ 5 is all touch-screen with 4.3-inches of 800×480 resolution to tap. Although I’m more enamored by higher resolutions than this, it’s not bad for a handheld… Read More »
Those aren’t my words (thank heavens), but rather Dell’s own. Check out this video. It’s OK to admit it — I almost threw up, too. All this talk about the “love of industrial design” and “exceptional materials” coming from Dell is rather odd. And could they… Read More »
The first generation of Chevy Volt extended-range electric cars, at the center of General Motors’ financial viability plan, has yet to hit showrooms. But that (along with its financial troubles) hasn’t kept GM from working on generations two and three, the company said in a call… Read More »
After cars, here come the electric trucks. (Earth2Tech) Open source comes to car entertainment. Now That’s cool. (OStatic) Your iPhone and SpinVox Memo: Best Friends. (WebWorkerDaily) Mozilla reveals plans for Internet tablets. (jkOnTheRun) What do developers think of iPhone 3.0 OS? (theAppleBlog) ABC, MTV making… Read More »
All you startup founders down in Austin for spring break SXSW, you should stay there. Texas, according to CEOs surveyed by Chief Executive magazine, is the most business-friendly state in the nation. In comparison, California is the worst. Unless of course, you’re in… Read More »
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