MoTR 182 is 38:20 minutes long and is a 35.2 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Motorola Cliq and Dext jump in the… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
U.S. Open Final Viewed by 14.6 Million; rain-delayed match up 118 percent over last year’s rain-delayed match. (TV by the Numbers) Bewkes Chastises Reluctant TV Everywhere Programmers; with Disney withholding its participation in the authentication trials over money, Time Warner’s CEO and Chairman scoffed, saying that… Read More »
Just two weeks after being released, Snow Leopard is already setting records. According to NPD, sales are more than twice that of plain-old Leopard in its first two weeks, and nearly four times that of Tiger. “Even though some considered Snow Leopard to be less feature-focused… Read More »
Consumer demand will fuel a drastic surge in environmentally sustainable handsets, which could see worldwide shipments swell to 485 million by 2014 from 250,000 units this year, Juniper Research predicted in an oddly vague study released today. A less dramatic shift in the attitudes… Read More »
Jajah is privately launching in beta today a voice-over-IP solution that lets people make calls for free via micromessaging site Twitter and other Twitter-related desktop and mobile applications. This is another effort by Jajah to get its VoIP service onto a popular application; last… Read More »
For the second time this year, a startup is joining the ranks of companies helping to roll out the electric version of Daimler’s Smart Fortwo city car. The German automaker teamed up with Silicon Valley’s Tesla Motors in May for battery pack technology and this… Read More »
When the Office 2010 Technical Preview was announced, Microsoft said that it also would be making web app versions of the Office suite available. My early excitement was tempered somewhat when I realized that the web apps would not be released simultaneously with the… Read More »
Microsoft is readying the Windows Marketplace, which is expected to launch in just a few weeks. The Marketplace, an online shop for finding and buying apps for Windows phones based on the Windows Mobile OS, is Microsoft’s answer to the Apple iTunes App Store. The… Read More »
As TV gets back into gear for the fall season, there’s a fresh opportunity for digital initiatives. We’ve been chatting with our network and video platform contacts about what’s in store for viewers. Today, we’ll highlight Fox’s plans. If you had to use one word to… Read More »
When I first heard that some of the first PSP Minis out the gate would be ported iPhone apps, I admittedly got a little bit excited imagining the competitive power of iPhone games on a platform with actual physical hardware controls. Turns out I should’ve reserved… Read More »
Creative block affects us all — not just novelists or artists. Most web working roles involve some sort of creativity. Perhaps we don’t know where to start when we’re commencing a new project (I call this “blank page syndrome”). Or maybe you’re faced with a… Read More »
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iTunes 9: Keeping In Sync
iTunes 9 brings about a much more flexible setup for syncing. It’s definitely an improvement, in some senses, but still far from perfect. In fact, many might be quick to term some of the options as “feature creep.” Check out some of our thoughts on… Read More »