Ordinarily a new Twitter app wouldn’t float my boat, but when I heard that the new Seesmic Look app was optimized for touch operation I couldn’t resist. I installed it on an evaluation ThinkPad x200 Tablet PC running Windows 7, and gave it a whirl.… Read More »
Archive for January 2010
I write a lot of articles about writing, but that’s only one side of the coin for many online journalism and blogging jobs. Many places now want you to be able to be a decent photographer, too. My means of acquiring this particular skill set originally… Read More »
Save the planet. Transport bits. Not atoms. It can help. Five experts will be exploring the ideas behind using the Internet for dematerialization – the notion of replacing atoms with digital bits – and its impact on carbon emissions on our panel “Switching Atoms for Bits:… Read More »
DOE Finalizes Tesla Loan: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy has completed negotiations with Tesla Motors and closed its $465 million loan for the startup’s long planned Model S sedan factory and power-train plant. — DOE Press Release Can We… Read More »
Google did well in the fourth quarter, giving the company runway to talk about its next wave of initiatives. Executives said mobile should lead growth in the next year, with significant revenue to accompany widespread uptake of mobile devices that can handle data. Read More »
YouTube might not be profitable yet, but the company is making strides in monetization, execs on Google’s fourth quarter earnings call said today. While not providing much detail for how much revenue the online video site is making or when it will break even, the execs… Read More »
On our last podcast I said that now is the “perfect storm” for the ARM processor platform. The architecture is more capable than ever while remaining power efficient, and is good enough for random bites of Internet and mobile application functionality. ABI Research… Read More »
Once a tool employed mainly by hardcore users, GeekTool seemed to begin exploding across OS X desktops in 2009. But despite its widening usage, many still are unfamiliar with this fantastic utility (you’ve probably seen it, and not even realized) or just don’t know how… Read More »
Facebook said today that it would build its first data center, a 147,000-square-foot server farm to be located in Prineville, Ore. The social networking company did not disclose the cost of the data project, but public records value the data center at $188 million. Read More »
Microsoft will finally introduce its “Pink” phone in the next month or two, according to a report from Jefferies & Co. And we may see it be released alongside dual versions of Windows Mobile that separately target business users and consumers. Read More »
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another Palm Press, our weekly look at the world of Palm. The new Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are already getting the review treatment, and the most interesting one is this one I found of the new… Read More »
More Must Reads
Apple’s 27-inch iMac Now 3 Weeks Delayed
Is it a lemon? It’s not a question I like to have to ask about an Apple product, but it’s starting to look like Apple’s problem-plagued 27-inch iMac fits that description. And that’s not just a clever joke I’m making about the yellow screen complaint that… Read More »