September, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for September 2009

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 »

Why You Can't Trust Google

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 »

Apparently, as far as the folks at Apple are concerned, all roads lead to Cupertino. Toying with your latest Apple purchase, it’s not unusual to marvel at the visual joys of the Cupertino company’s product design — gorgeous electronic objects one and all, whether it be the… Read More »

What to read on the GigaOM network

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 »

More Must Reads

Every platform has an app store these days, and so it was almost inevitable that there would be a Twitter app store. Perhaps the only surprise is that the store comes from an outside company and not Twitter itself. oneforty, which launched yesterday, is the creation… Read More »

Time Warner Cable today finally launched its super high-speed wideband consumer and business Internet service in New York. It’s been a long time coming, for as we’ve noted before, Time Warner Cable is a laggard when compared to other cable providers. The company has already… Read More »

Those Viliv folks in Korea are producing UMPCs and notebooks at a mad pace. I’ve tried the S5, x70 and the S7 UMPCs they sell, and they all perform as advertised. The first two in the list are slate UMPCs, while the S7 is a… Read More »

The most aptly named live-streaming company in the business, Livestream, is taking the wraps off its new Livepack — an all-in-one, backpack-sized device that enables live, mobile, HD-quality broadcasts. The ruggedized device requires no laptop and comes with a touchscreen and six integrated 3G/EVDO modems from… Read More »

Intel surprised no one with the expected announcement of the Mobile Core i7 processor line. The Core i7 is the next generation of processor that should be available soon to OEMs wishing to up their game with PCs so equipped. The Core i7 brings quad… Read More »

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