All the recent buzz about mobile in the enterprise is justified, according to new figures from Informa. The market research firm predicts the number of enterprise subscribers will grow steadily over the next several years to account for 11.7 percent of total mobile subscribers —… Read More »
Archive for October 2009
Wireframes are a crucial part of the web design process, especially if you’re working with a team. A wireframe makes it possible to discuss the design before having to invest time and money into the creative aspects — time and money that might be wasted if… Read More »
Right now, as you read this, there are five iTunes-flavored profiles over on Twitter, providing their followers with SMS-length dispatches on music, podcasts, TV shows and other content on offer in Apple’s titan digital media platform. They are, it must be said, almost entirely pointless. For some reason… Read More »
Skyline Solar wouldn’t seem to have the best timing. The startup, which makes concentrating photovoltaic systems, launched out of stealth mode in the midst of a solar shakeout. But the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup is finding the silver lining of the economic downturn:… Read More »
With the official launch day for Windows 7 upon us, we’ve got coverage from around the GigaOM Network on everything from how to obtain drivers you may need to the potential industry impact of the new operating system to comparisons with Apple’s Snow Leopard. To help… Read More »
That 16GB flash memory card you’ve been eyeing up is so last year. In fact, flash memory we know it today could approach extinction thanks to some intelligent engineers using spintronic techniques. If it sounds dizzying, it is: using electrons that spin in place, these… Read More »
Though Ryan Higa may operate the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, he had his humble roots as a regular user, and still has a film-class low-key aesthetic. And now, Higa’s content is being monetized in the same way as CBS and other premium YouTube partners… Read More »
You may have heard this, but Windows 7 is launching today. Check our mothership, GigaOM, for more comprehensive coverage on what Microsoft’s new OS means, but there is some news for NewTeeVee-ers out there. Windows Media Center in Windows 7 now includes Internet TV, and… Read More »
While Windows 7 has far better driver support from the get-go than Vista did at launch, missing or out-of-date drivers can still cause you hardware headaches while upgrading. As Kevin over at jkOnTheRun reports, RadarSync has opened up its comprehensive Windows 7 driver database.… Read More »
Talk about biting someone else’s style. Not only is Microsoft trying to add some cool factor to its brand using celebrity influence, a game which Apple has long had in the bag, now it’s also opened its first official brick-and-mortar retail store, and it… Read More »
Apple did pretty much everything they could to steal some of Windows 7′s thunder by announcing some pretty major hardware changes earlier in the week, but Thursday is here nonetheless, and that means Microsoft’s latest OS is on store shelves now, ripe for the picking. Question… Read More »
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A Patent Nightmares are Made Of: OS X With Ads
Halloween has come early this year, and I’m not talking about today’s release of Windows 7. Engadget reports (and I find it difficult to share this with you, dear readers, because I know it will cause you discomfort), in April last year, Apple filed… Read More »