December, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for December 2009

MoTR 193 is 35 minutes long and is a 32 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) Is Google’s Nexus One really that disruptive? What… Read More »

European moviegoers trying to catch a first glimpse of the 3-D version of James Cameron’s Avatar this week got an unpleasant surprise: The movie refused to play in many theaters due to a DRM problem. 20th Century Fox has acknowledged the issue, but declined… Read More »

 
 

Despite early reports that the iPhone wasn’t selling so well in Japan (LINKS), due at least in part to the overabundance of really cool phones available there that do things like allow for live TV watching, it seems that Apple is in fact doing remarkably… Read More »

Although I’ve tried several feed readers, Google Reader is the only one I’ve used for more than a year. Not everyone will agree with my choice, but its simple and straightforward interface was probably the reason why I stayed with it for this long. But,… Read More »

Smartphone traffic on the mobile web continues to ramp up dramatically, according to the mobile ad company. And much of that growth is being generated by iPhone and iPod touch users overseas. Read More »

There’s a hot web tablet coming next year, perhaps you’ve heard rumors about it? It’s not going to come from Apple, though. Google will deliver it–and Chrome OS is a big part of why this will happen. Read More »

Notice anything different when you went to Netflix today? If you logged on and were greeted with titles available through its “Watch Instantly” streaming video service, you weren’t alone — the company just switched up the order of its tabs to point users… Read More »

It’s here folks — the final day of the 2-week-long Copenhagen climate summit, and U.S. President Obama addressed the delegates (full transcript here) on Friday morning. Obama offered no 11th hour concessions or aces up his sleeve, but essentially reiterated the U.S position on the… Read More »

You finally purchased the TV you deserve thanks to this year’s Black Friday deals. I know I did. You may have also purchased a Blu-ray player. Congratulations on joining the high definition world. If your new Blu-ray player doesn’t offer Netflix instant streaming, though, your… Read More »

I am on record as wishing that Google Wave would become part of the Google Mobile App, but until that happens there is an alternative. WaveBoard 2.0 recently went live on… Read More »

Trackle, which enables users to set up alerts for a wide variety of topics such as new job postings, flight prices, home listings, local events and more, is building out community search and discovery service for that kind of information. Read More »

Holiday E-Commerce Up 15%

Large online retailers are seeing a big jump in their sales — over 15 percent to $7.4 billion. The bad news: ASPs were down 8 percent when compared to last year, despite a 25 percent rise the number of transactions. Read More »

More Must Reads

Live tweets and news are now showing up on Google, if our recent search for”Iranian Cyber Army” is any indication. Google appears to alternate between tweets and news in a box in the upper half of its search results. Read More »

It’s the end of the week and that can only mean I get to share the entire happenings at Mobile Tech Manor with you. It’s a special week for several reasons, the holidays are almost here, my anniversary is tomorrow and next week I am… Read More »

Should developed countries be able to meet their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by investing in carbon capture projects in developing nations? That’s one of the many questions negotiators in Copenhagen have considered this week at the ongoing international climate talks, weighing the case for… Read More »

My search for a top-notch ramen joint returned quality recommendations from both Twitter (as to the restaurant) and Foursquare (as to actual menu items), all in near-real time. Which made me wonder if services like Yelp have a future in our increasingly always-connected world. Read More »

Twitter has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army, some sort of a renegade hacker group that claims to be linked to Iran. Most assumed the system was overloaded, never suspecting an hacker attack. The news of the hack was shared with us via email. Read More »

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