Has Google, with its latest project, Google Wave, actually come up with the Next Big Thing in online communication, or is it yet another Googler vanity exercise? Wave is a combination of email, instant messaging and a real-time wiki — plus open… Read More »
Archive for May 2009
Tweetie for Mac, big brother to the game-changing iPhone Twitter client of the same name, is shaking things up again with the desktop app’s latest update. The update incorporates a range of smaller fixes and tweaks, including swipe gestures and improved URL-shortening. However, the big news is… Read More »
Hulu, the popular television content aggregator backed by major Hollywood companies, today launched a desktop application that can only be used on PCs. Of course, we wouldn’t expect the company to do it any other way — after all, if it ran on set-top… Read More »
We already knew that Palm intended for the upcoming Pre smartphone to sync with the iTunes music library but it wasn’t clear until now if a third party was responsible for that goodness. Fortune is shedding light on that and telling us that iTunes support is… Read More »
Don’t think big; think small. Don’t aim your content at a wide audience — target it to a select and special subculture. That seems to be the school of thought for many these days, and could definitely be seen as a motivating factor behind… Read More »
As the first generation of coworking spaces, such as IndyHall, Old Broadcasting House and others, enter maturity while new locations and communities start up, it’s useful to reflect on some measures and metrics of success. Marc Harrison at the Urban Workspaces blog — seeking… Read More »
Updated with clarification from Schurr: If nothing else, many players in the plug-in vehicle ecosystem — entrepreneurs, EV enthusiasts, lawmakers, automakers, utilities and others — can agree that electric cars won’t go anywhere close to mainstream without a reliable way to recharge the batteries. As IBM’s… Read More »
I am still waiting for the big Android update, Cupcake, to arrive on my T-Mobile G1 but word is trickling in that some lucky folks are already enjoying their treat. Reader Alvin has received his and is enjoying that soft keyboard that 1.5 brings to… Read More »
Well, this is a fine how do you do. Today Palm just kicked Sprint in the groin while improving its own outlook greatly. Sprint is now rolling around on the ground thanks to the announcement that Verizon will sell Palm’s Pre in “about six months.” Sprint… Read More »
[appreview] title=Quick Voice Pro image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/appicon_quick_voice_pro2.png price=$0.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285877935&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] By converting your voice messages into text e-mails, Quick Voice Pro could be a time-saving boon for busy iPhone owners. Empowered by our emails, tweets, IM conversations, and blogs, we’ve become modern-day information conduits. We collect knowledge, then discharge it into the ether, spurting out… Read More »
After beating competitors like Joost by choosing to go to the web rather than the desktop, and shutting out third-party apps that enable its videos on desktops or other devices like MyMediaPlayer and Boxee, it does come as a little bit of a… Read More »
Susan Boyle’s second performance on the world stage may not have had the shock value (or even the singing quality) of the first, but the audience anticipation was still there six weeks later, after she performed Memory for the semifinals of Britain’s Got Talent… Read More »
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