October, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for October 2009

Since we often hear about our U.S. focus, here’s one for the international crowd — HTC just outed a Windows Mobile 6.5 update for the Touch Diamond 2. The update is good in Germany, Denmark, UK, Sweden, Norway and Portugal. And it’s… Read More »

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today unveiled its latest effort to haul Internet censorship abusers into the spotlight and in front of the crowds that they presumably dread. The Takedown Hall of Shame “focuses on the most egregious examples of takedown abuse, including an example of… Read More »

 
 

Sometimes, like today for instance, I think Apple’s PR department is given only one mandate: to confuse and titillate. Why today especially? They just contacted Gizmodo to notify them that while Gizmodo has Phil Schiller saying there won’t be any new Apple products this… Read More »

The competition is really heating up in the e-reader market. Hot on the heels of Barnes & Noble’s newly-released Nook reader, Amazon last week announced its Kindle branded e-book reader software for the PC. With it, users will be able to read their electronic books… Read More »

The activity in the Android space is unrelenting, with each day bringing word of a new phone or some other happening. Today comes word that the next major version of Android, 2.0, is now officially supported in the SDK for developers. The video below… Read More »

How to Solve Tech-savvy Shortfalls

We’ve talked a lot on WWD recently about the tech-savvy of our clients, our site’s users, the public, and, well, everyone … except ourselves! We might like to think we know it all, and many of us spend innumerable hours reading, researching and learning so… Read More »

Opera again showcased the growth of the mobile web with today’s installment of its monthly report of Opera Mini usage, but in a world where web-friendly smartphones are gaining traction its data may be getting stale. While there’s no doubt that Opera Mini has amassed… Read More »

It’s Tuesday and that can only mean it’s time for our weekly feature, BlackBerry Buzz. The Buzz is where you’ll find out what’s been going on in the BlackBerry brambles. You’ll hear about everything that’s worth knowing in the awesome world of the BlackBerry. RIM is not… Read More »

Although I’ve been supporting Macs since they came out in 1984 (when I was in high school), I haven’t received any “formal” training. It has mostly been learning by doing, reading the occasional book and now of course, TheAppleBlog. Does formal certification really make a… Read More »

EchoStar: Sling Brings TV Everywhere; new ad campaign from the satellite company aimed at cable MSOs claims simplicity for distributing content. (Multichannel News) CIMM Lauches Web Site; the Nielsen rival debuts cimm-us.org and prepping to release RFPs this week. (Broadcasting & Cable) Microsoft Drops Family… Read More »

If you run a small business or startup and you’re in or around Portland, Ore., you might like to check out Finance for Startups 101, a free event being held at Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE PDX) on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. The… Read More »

Earlier this summer, James took a look at reMail for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The $4.99 application puts Apple’s mobile Mail app to shame when it comes to searching for information. With reMail, you get full text searches of emails even while offline. Read More »

More Must Reads

VMware Fusion 3 for Mac is now available. That’s right, new virtualization software for your Mac, conveniently timed for the release of Windows 7. Actually, it’s very likely the release of VMware’s latest iteration of its OS virtualization software, Fusion 3, got its release date… Read More »

VoIP and messaging application provider BroadSoft, in conjunction with its BroadSoft Connections conference, today introduced a new app store, BroadSoft Marketplace, where users can browse and purchase VoIP and communications applications. In addition, through an “Xtended” program, Broadsoft-partnered operators and app developers can offer… Read More »

A media IPO — in this market?? That’s the idea both Vivendi and GE, co-owners of NBC Universal, are floating publicly. In remarks made in London today, Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy reportedly said of an IPO for NBCU “Why not?” and “Maybe that’s what… Read More »

Project Nina — the $47,400 plug-in hybrid vehicle that startup Fisker Automotive aims to launch in 2012 — has a home. The Irvine, Calif.-based startup announced this morning that it will buy an old General Motors assembly plant in Wilmington, Del., for $18 million… Read More »

Social networking is huge, no doubt about that. Palm ratcheted up the ability to network socially with Synergy, by pulling various networks together into a seamless heap of contacts for Pre owners. Motorola recognized this usefulness and carried it a step further with its new MotoBLUR… Read More »

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