Andy Rubin, the software guru who helped create Google’s Android operating system, is going to join me for a fireside chat at Mobilize 09, our mobile Internet conference being held on Sept. 10 in San Francisco. Rubin has helped shape Google’s mobile OS strategy… Read More »
Archive for August 2009
The company responsible for the whole netbook thing is getting ready to produce an e-book reader. This shows just how hot the e-book game is getting. ASUS’ e-book reader could appear as early as the end of this year but should be here by next year… Read More »
Governments and many companies in the U.S. and Europe all but forgot about battery innovation over the last 10-15 years, according to Joerg Huslage, the group leader for electrochemistry at Volkswagen. But with a growing number of automakers now jumping headlong into plug-in vehicle development, and… Read More »
Despite the doubts raised by the backers of Long Term Evolution, such as Ericsson Chief Technology Officer Hakan Eriksson, as to whether or not WiMAX is truly 4G, the technology’s champions believe it has a future. Today their belief can be backed by numbers.… Read More »
Along with Daniel Pink, one of the most intriguing speakers I saw at last month’s TEDGlobal 2009 was notorious graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister. British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown’s opening session was a tough act to follow, but Sagmeister made an impression with… Read More »
As we expected, July was a mega-month for online video. According to comScore’s latest numbers, 158 million U.S. Internet users watched more than 21 billion videos last month, both of which were all-time highs for the online video world. Online video is prone to breaking… Read More »
With venture capitalists still leery about telecommunications investments after the fallout from the dot-com crash, telcos should beef up their R&D if they want to stay competitive, Dave Burstein, a longtime telecommunications reporter, wrote yesterday. Two percent of sales would be… Read More »
Successful entrepreneurs often talk about how exciting it is to start your own business and be your own boss. Many entrepreneurs don’t tell you their reality of a “less than thrilling” personal income, paying their staff more than they pay themselves — and working longer and… Read More »
“For a long time, people have been moving away from TV — we’re trying to reaggregate that audience,” said NBC.com general manager Steve Andrade. He was speaking on a panel Wednesday in North Hollywood as a nominee for the interactive media Emmy awards. NBC dominated the… Read More »
While many of us had suspected it to be the case, Walt Mossberg of All Things Digital in his review of Snow Leopard has confirmed it: The 10.6 upgrade will work with 10.4 Tiger. Which means that if you’re not keen on iLife or… Read More »
With all of the fancy technologies we use today, it’s easy for web workers to overlook the importance of the telephone. I communicate with my two colleagues at our home offices by email and IM, and through our project management system, but we still spend… Read More »
While MG Siegler — whom I greatly respect — is rightly gushing about an iPhone app that offers push notifications for Twitter and other services, I’m more excited about the new features for my Palm Pre Twitter client, Tweed. After all, Tweed can already… Read More »
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