June, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for June 2009

You’d think that my full-time transition to Gmail in 2007 would have me using every trick in the book to manage my mail. Nope. Getting caught up in the grind with gadgets coming and going, I haven’t found the time to exploit all of Gmail’s… Read More »

With Father’s Day just around the corner (Sunday, to be exact), we here at TheAppleBlog thought what better gift to get that special father in your life than a thoughtful yet handy iPhone or iPod touch application. Feeling the cash crunch around this particular time? Not to… Read More »

 
 

There was as much grumbling about the Twitter-style format of the 140 Character Conference in New York this week as there often is about 140-character limit in Twitter itself. Anything new or different can drive some people up the wall. Others, however, embrace the… Read More »

An email thread that started when a lobbyist tried to get ahold of an assistant to a member of the U.S. House has been making the rounds in political circles and those amused by extreme uptightness. The gist: One Elizabeth Becton, scheduling secretary… Read More »

What to read on the GigaOM network

The Viliv X70 UMPC is nice in its own right, but it gets even nicer when special deals give buyers a bunch of free stuff. The folks at Dynamism have let us know that they are getting 777 X70 devices soon and they are going to… Read More »

When it comes to defending its green cred, Dell is not exactly a wallflower. The Texas-based computer manufacturer, which has been making one of the most substantial efforts in the industry to produce more environmentally sound products and shrink its carbon footprint, has taken to task… Read More »

I don’t know about you, but the last thing I want to do when I’m traveling is track down a post office so I can send family and friends postcards. I often buy postcards that I intend to mail, but I’m always trying to squeeze… Read More »

Cloud computing is creating opportunity for Enterprise IT to radically change it’s operational behavior. You should be attending Structure 09 on June 25th. Here’s why: 1. Cloud computing is here to stay so you need to amend your future plans. Find out… Read More »

Apple claims the iPhone 3G S is much faster than the iPhone 3G, but is it? Keep reading for our impromptu, unscientific speed tests. Upgrading The iPhone 3G S may be a faster device, but the upgrade process is slow. Be prepared when you hook up the new… Read More »

Vid-Biz: WonderWheel, Mobile Vids, MovieIQ

YouTube Adds WonderWheel! Search tool graphically shows other video recommendations; site also introduced improved search, and downloadable MP4 files of your work. (YouTube Blog) U.S. Mobile Video Revenue to Hit $350 Million This Year; up from $300 million in 2008, with growth spurred by increase in… Read More »

Sony CEO Howard Stringer reaffirmed the consumer electronics giant’s decision to focus on networked gadgets while discussing its restructuring at a shareholders’ meeting held today, according to Reuters. Stringer said the company would lay off 16,000 workers and close eight of its 57 manufacturing sites… Read More »

More Must Reads

For two days, it seemed like our iPhone 3G Ss (is that really the correct plural form?) were frozen in Alaska. They started in Shenzhen, China, on the 17th, took a short island vacation in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, and landed in Anchorage… Read More »

The solar arm of Spanish renewable energy and engineering giant Abengoa is already one of the few companies in the world with a working solar power tower — a technology that uses dozens of concentrating heliostats (made of glass or mirrors) that focus sunlight onto… Read More »

We freelance web workers multitask like it was going out of style. Question is, is it actually going out of style? Some people think so, and they look to singletasking as the next trend in how we work. Singletasking is just what it sounds like: Approaching and… Read More »

Up here in Toronto, things weren’t nearly as crazy as they were in New York City. I thought they would be, so I showed up at my local Fido at 6:30 a.m. expecting to be maybe tenth or so in line. I was second. And the… Read More »

This morning, in many parts of the country, the iPhone 3G S is already being doled out to anxious customers. Despite the bumpy upgrade plan that has been laid ahead of many current iPhone… Read More »

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