Open Beats Closed in the App Economy Two major growth areas in technology in 2009 are Facebook and iPhone — not just as consumer phenomena, but as developer ecosystems. Some have called this the “app economy.” When Facebook launched two years ago, the applications were mostly trivial. But… Read More »
Archive for November 2009
The App Store is known for a few things, including the sheer volume of apps available, the tremendous success it’s brought some independent developers, and, most notoriously, for the constant stream of rejections that it issues with remarkable frequency. Now one scorned developer has taken it… Read More »
The cyber shopping rush has already begun, with Akamai reporting that at around 11:30 a.m. ET some 6,591,354 global visitors per minute were hitting retail sites, which is about 48 percent above normal. Read More »
We all have stories of that great project we worked on once, or that fabulous client with whom we established the world’s best working relationship. These experiences make inspiring stories that spur us onwards and upwards, to new projects, and new adventures. But this week, I… Read More »
Nearly half of the money spent in America in the last year on desktop computers went to Macs. According to NPD, and reported this week by BetaNews, Apple’s October desktop PC market share was 47.71 percent, a huge increase on the previous year’s figure of… Read More »
YouTube will live stream Alicia Keys’ upcoming performance that benefits the Keep a Child Alive charity, which helps raise funds for children with HIV/AIDS. The show starts at 8 p.m. ET on December 1, and according to an intro taped by Keys (embedded below),… Read More »
It’s finally Black Friday, and shoppers are out looking for bargains. Apple’s in-store prices aren’t so low, but there are some bargains, and good Apple product prices from other retailers. Read More »
Yesterday, while many WebWorkerDaily readers were taking a well-deserved day off and chowing down on Thanksgiving turkey, the team at Mozilla was busy pushing out beta 4 of Firefox 3.6. This new update includes over 140 bug fixes, but perhaps most importantly (to me,… Read More »
This week was short due to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States, and as today is Black Friday this week’s column will be shorter than usual. No doubt some readers will be standing in some line trying to get a great deal on a… Read More »
Israel’s SpeedBit last month saw its SpeedBit Video Accelerator pass the 20 million installs-mark. The company, which makes a handful of products, claims that it now delivers about 8 million files daily and has about 18.5 million active monthly users. Read More »
Samsung, after unveiling its open mobile platform for touch screen-based mobile phones, bada, earlier this month, and launching a web site, has confirmed the date of its December launch event to deliver the bada SDK: Dec. 8th. Read More »
UPDATED: Roku has let us know that it’s offering a special Black Friday deal on its top-of-the-line streaming set-top box, cutting the price in half for the first 500 customers who purchase the device. The high-end HD-XR, which supports 80211.n wireless networking and includes a USB port… Read More »
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