Facebook’s live status update stream alongside CNN’s live video stream of Obama’s inauguration was a seminal event in combining the web and TV. Sure, we don’t want to make too much of a simple topical stream of comments, but it’s a start. Since then, Facebook… Read More »
Archive for June 2009
Celio is making their REDFLY device a little more price competitive, possibly the result of the low-cost netbook market. The REDFLY looks similar to today’s netbooks, but leverages your existing Windows Mobile smartphone for processing, applications and connectivity. We’ve used the various REDFLY… Read More »
Farm Groups Win Battle for Offset Oversight: In a major victory for agriculture groups and defeat for environmental organizations that hoped the EPA would win authority to set rules for agriculture-based carbon offsets, lawmakers agreed last night to give the lead oversight role to the… Read More »
The demand for ubiquitous web access and a scarcity of bandwidth on wireless networks are driving the technology world to try to figure out how to build the equivalent of a bandwidth cloud composed of a variety of available networks, from cellular to… Read More »
Mozilla Labs today released a preview version of the next major version of its Ubiquity extension for Firefox: Ubiquity 0.5, downloadable here. I’ve been steadily using the beta releases of it, and Mozilla has ambitious plans to make Ubiquity a standard part of… Read More »
Yes, I’m in a video “frame” of mind this week. ;) Here’s another quickie to show off a fun and useful utility called Freeze. Phoenix Technologies created Freeze and it normally sells for $14.99. The Phoenix folks tell me there’s an intro price of $9.99… Read More »
[appreview] title=Presenter Pro image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/presenterpro_appicon.png price=$4.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=317239996&mt=8 rating=silver [/appreview] Presenter Pro is a learning resource for professionals and interns alike, coaching you in the ways of effective presenting. There are three heroes of presenting for me: Merlin Mann, with his deliciously witty and yet precise style; Lawrence Lessig, who takes a high-speed, word-by-word… Read More »
UPDATE: We spoke with Matt Strauss, Comcast senior vice president of new media, who gave us some answers to the questions we posed earlier. Learn about authentication limits, HD availability and what info you’ll need to provide after the jump. As you might have read, we… Read More »
Google is expanding its AdSense web advertising service to mobile today with the beta launch of AdSense for Mobile Applications, which allows iPhone and Android developers to display text and image ads on their mobile applications and earn revenue. Google has been testing out… Read More »
UPDATE: Fictionwise has indicated in the comments to the original post that the version currently in the App Store is still the old version. The new version is still waiting approval and release by Apple. We will provide an update when the new version has been… Read More »
One of the things I’ve always found frustrating about Google is its inability to perform a search and then filter based on date/time written. Last night I was trying to find out what happened to Axxo (a famous BitTorrent figure), who’s currently missing, and was having… Read More »
The New York Times has a feature article on Apple corporate culture and secrecy that is both fascinating and a little disturbing. It also may raise questions about how Apple handled the disclosure of Steve Jobs’ illness. Regarding corporate culture, the New York Times illustrates just… Read More »
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