Wondering what to ask loved ones for this Christmas? Or struggling to come up with a novel gift for the web worker in your life? Fear not, I’ve put together a list of 10 relatively inexpensive gift ideas that any web worker would be delighted to… Read More »
Archive for November 2009
Does “iPhone 3,1″ mean anything to you? If not, let me give you a hint. In the fall of 2008, handsets with an “iPhone 2,1″ attribute were hitting web sites, presumably to test the future iPhone 3GS. It’s a year later and the identifying string… Read More »
Vivendi Union Urges Sale of NBC Stake; an agreement would provide Vivendi with as much as $6 billion and allow GE to exit the media business by selling control of NBC Universal to Comcast Corp. (Bloomberg) BBC iPlayer Had a Record Month in October;… Read More »
A chain of evidence shows what may be an as-yet-unreleased iPhone being used outside Apple’s industrial design lab, MacRumors is reporting, but in this case unreleased may not mean new. Whoever has this device in his or her possession apparently rides BART, the light-rail system serving… Read More »
It can sometimes be easy to forget that Apple’s primary purpose as a company is to make money, not to continually wow the industry and the public with fresh designs and technical innovation, which is all actually just a means to the end of profitability. Occasionally,… Read More »
Data so far shows that online spending and visits to online retailers are up this holiday season, but has the spending and traffic hit a peak ahead of Cyber Monday? If so, does it render Black Friday and Cyber Monday moot as indicators for holiday spending? Read More »
Black Friday was nice, and I actually picked up a pretty good deal on a new Canon DSLR despite the fact that I live in Canada and we don’t traditionally observe the day. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to Cyber… Read More »
The post I did recently about web tablets and text entry made one thing clear to me — that nothing about it is clear. The point I was trying to make is a valid one, that we no longer passively sit back while web surfing… Read More »
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and Good Kwanza. With Turkey Day stuffed behind us, the holiday season is off to a running start, and the official office parties are soon to follow. For many people, the stress of these corporate celebrations is that they require us… Read More »
Just last week, Hulu announced a plan to improve its search and discovery system by allowing users to add tags to videos. Now it’s allowing users to drill down and more easily find videos that… Read More »
With car companies gearing up to launch a new generation of plug-in hybrid and electric cars over the next five years, the time has come to pick sites for manufacturing the vehicles. Here is a map that highlights various locations of these hybrid car factories. Read More »
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Apple’s New Map Team Job: What It Really Means
Apple has posted details on a new full-time position at its Cupertino headquarters for an iPhone Software Engineer who will join its newly created Maps team. On the job description web page, Apple says it wants to “…take Maps to the next level,” and “…rethink… Read More »