The leaked photos of two Microsoft branded phones has injected life into the “Project Pink” rumors that have floated around for so long. The Pink phones were rumored to be similar to the Sidekick phones produced by Danger, a company acquired by Microsoft a few… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
If, like our little company, you run your business using Google Apps, you’re playing with fire. For time and again, the company has proven that despite all its talk, its offerings are as unreliable as those of any other service provider. Today, once again, Google’s… Read More »
This weekend I was on an “SEO Smackdown” panel at our local WordCamp Portland. Two of us were from the content side, while the other two panelists were SEO experts. My take on SEO is that writing compelling, interesting blog content that people will… Read More »
MLB’s At Bat app downloaded more than 400,000 times (NewTeeVee) Need staff? There’s an Apple Store for that (TheAppleBlog) Confirmed: Nvidia working on Chrome OS Tegra devices (jkOnTheRun) Mozilla releases latest Thunderbird 3 Beta, with new search tools, tabbed email (OStatic) Myers’ mainstream electric vehicle… Read More »
Across the pond, some of our readers have been getting antsy for a GSM version of the Palm Pre. Considering we’re big fans of the device — both James and I bought one — I can’t say that I blame you. But the… Read More »
MLB.com’s mobile strategy is adding to — not cannibalizing — the league’s traditional web business, according to President and CEO Bob Bowman. Speaking at the Apps for Brands conference in New York yesterday, Bowman shared some stats about MLB’s At Bat app and announced… Read More »
NewsGator released todayNetNewsWire 3.2 for OS X. At the end of July, NewsGator announced the ending of its news feed subscription service and released a beta version of NetNewsWire 3.2 with Google Reader synchronization. The way NewsGator handled the ending of its service and migration to… Read More »
Google Analytics is a great tool for tracking who’s visiting your site and when, but how do you track things like the number of people discussing your content? PostRank (a company that we’ve covered previously) aims to provide that capability with its new Read More »
Windows Mobile handsets find new features today in Google Mobile. The free app adds three new functions to Microsoft-powered handhelds. First up is My Location, which shows your position as a little blue dot on the map. This should work even if… Read More »
As expected, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke released the smart grid standards road map — which the National Institute of Standards has been working on for many months — during his speech at the GridWeek conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning. The roadmap (Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission has opened a separate request for comments on the use and allocation of spectrum to go more in-depth on issues raised as part of its National Broadband Plan. The agency will seek comments through Oct. 23, “on the sufficiency of… Read More »