It’s the end of another week and so it’s time for me to scour the latest releases in the App Store for the hottest new iPhone apps. As ever, I’ve selected four hot picks released in the last seven days for you to check out. This week… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Lifehacker: “Maximize Firefox 3.5′s Viewing Area for Your Netbook” Dragos Roua: “100 Ways To Improve Your Blog” Business Pundit: “Bad “Gut Feel” About a New Client? 4 Easy Questions Will… Read More »
With governments around the world spending billions of dollars trying to prop up ailing economies, many are taking advantage of this flood of stimulus money to address perceived shortcomings in broadband penetration. On the surface, this makes sense — most agree that high-speed Internet access infrastructure… Read More »
Switching between ink and touch is seamless and useful. I heart this Tablet PC. * Written on a Lenovo x200 TabletPC with multitouch. Read More »
“Cloud computing” has easily replaced “Web 2.0” as the current trendy buzzword. The state of California is even turning to it for government systems. I have to say, however, that I have serious reservations about heavily implementing cloud computing in my own work flow. I believe… Read More »
The Android train keeps slowly picking up steam, and Verizon could be getting onboard soon, if rumors are to be believed. While T-Mobile is the primary Android carrier in the U.S., industry observers have been speculating for some time that Verizon would pick up at… Read More »
While you can hardly say that the AMC hit drama Mad Men isn’t on the public radar, the fact is that it has a lot smaller viewership than, say, CSI: Miami. But all that’s going to change in the next few days, as the 1960s-set… Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this week’s jkOnTheRun sponsors. Best in Cell Phones: The Best Cell Phone Deals are Here! Fuze Meeting: Share everything you see with everyone in high definition, anywhere on any device. Read More »
If history is any guide, then recent actions by Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom indicate that they wouldn’t hesitate killing off their own creation, unless eBay settles and pays them a lot of money. Here is why: Friis and Zennstrom had earlier… Read More »
Updated: When it comes to burgeoning social media sites, DailyBooth, a Y Combinator startup, has captured the attention of users and VCs alike. The startup’s web site prompts people to take photos of themselves and post them on a message board with a note.… Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this week’s GigaOM sponsors: PEER 1: Fully Scalable Hosting Solutions RackSpace: Experience fanatical support Juniper Networks: Demand more security and performance Mozy: Simple, Automatic, Secure Online Backup SoftLayer: SoftLayer delivers on-demand virtual data center services and solutions. Read More »
Earlier this week, Google announced its intentions to start an exchange for display advertising, an attempt to take on Yahoo and its healthy position in the display ad business. This is a fairly big broadside by Google, whose seriousness is reflected by the company’s recent… Read More »
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