If you want to analyze when and where people are watching video that’s distributed across the web, you have a few options. You could use a panel like the big measurement companies, which estimate overall trends and don’t drill down to individual streams. You could use… Read More »
Archive for May 2009
An editorial (written in the Miami Herald, no less) posits that “Twitter poses risks for papers.” A New York Times piece, meanwhile, quotes Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone saying they’re “not ready to unveil a business model.” Perhaps it’s time for Twitter… Read More »
Sitting here scanning my email, I shake my head at the worthless information I see in many “From” and “Subject” lines. Not only do the poor choices I see make it harder to figure out what’s in the emails without opening them, but also the senders… Read More »
Apple yesterday came a step closer to building a $1 billion data center in North Carolina. The state’s legislature on Tuesday approved a $46 million incentive package tailored to attract a data center project from an unknown company that several news outlets have identified… Read More »
You can’t buy publicity like this. According to a report by Christian Zibreg on geek.com, the cover of the latest edition of venerable The New Yorker magazine was made on an iPhone. Artist Jorge Colombo created the cover artwork using Brushes, a $4.99 premium… Read More »
Hoping to take mobile web browsing to new places, Skyfire finally goes gold with the release of version 1.0. The browser has been in beta form for some time, but has impressed us nonetheless. Today, anyone with a Windows Mobile (touchscreen or not) or… Read More »
Greenpeace has been a fly in the ointment of the consumer electronics industry with its Greener Electronics Guide, which has delivered some harsh scores to gadget-makers over the years. Now, the group is tackling the IT industry: Greenpeace says the IT industry has shown… Read More »
Apple must be trying to throw us off with its erratic update schedule. First, it released iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5 only one week after beta 4, and it hasn’t released one since, and now it surreptitiously updates the entry-level white plastic MacBook model… Read More »
HP just refreshed its Mini line of netbooks (PDF). Two are geared for consumers, while the third focuses on small and medium businesses. All three are incremental refreshes of the prior Mini line, and pricing for the range sits at a reasonable $279.99 to… Read More »
Intel believes the cannibalization of notebooks by netbooks to be at around 20 percent, Reuters reported today. Christian Morales, the European sales chief for Intel, estimated that netbooks currently comprise about 16 percent of worldwide notebook sales, though he put that figure slightly higher for… Read More »
News came out last night that Microsoft will release a new Zune HD this fall that will feature a touchscreen, HD radio, HD video output, and integration with the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. It’s the latest salvo the Redmond giant is firing directly at Apple, but… Read More »
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