One of the biggest talking points coming out of Obama’s State of the Union address tonight has nothing to do with the President’s agenda for the year — instead, the chatter currently threatening to overwhelm any serious discussion of national issues is MSNBC’s Chris Matthews… Read More »
Archive for January 2010
One of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s top, if often overlooked, priorities has been to keep the U.S. from falling behind in the race to train the next-generation of scientists and engineers to build tomorrow’s energy technologies. “Strong support of scientists in the early career years is… Read More »
Om caught up with Fake Steve Jobs (Steve Dan Lyons) and got his opinion on the launch of the Apple iPad today. A tad bit of not so safe for work language is used…you’ve been warned. Read More »
Nice. President Obama used the State of the Union to call for the Senate to pass a comprehensive climate and energy bill. During the early part of his speech he said “This year, I am eager to help advance the bipartisan effort in the Senate,”… Read More »
After today’s iPad announcement Om took the opportunity to interview John Doerr, Josh Quittner and David Carr as well as catch the iPad in action with a hands-on demo. Check out the video below for the full run through of interviews and the iPad out in the… Read More »
New York-based Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG) believes that people don’t just want to see the same ads online that they’ve already seen on TV. DBG is specialized on long-from branded video, and it just published some data to prove that this type of… Read More »
Dell offered me a look at their Mini 10 netbook powered by the new Intel Atom N450 processor. Take a five minute tour of the device with me as I unbox the device and show an overview of this small, portable netbook. Read More »
Today’s announcement of the Apple iPad could be a brutal blow to AT&T. The device can run on other GSM networks, which means AT&T isn’t the only place iPad users can get their mobile broadband. And the data pricing will cut into AT&T’s profits. Read More »
In addition to our own coverage of the recently launched iPad, our fellow GigaOM sites have also been writing up their fair share of great perspective on Apple’s latest product launch. Video on the iPad: HD, But No Flash Will the iPad Kill the… Read More »
So the much-discussed Apple iPad has finally arrived. But how does it stack up for web working? Last week, Darrell compiled a wish list of features that he thought were necessary for Apple’s tablet to be a useful web working device — let’s take a look… Read More »
The hoopla has settled down and we all get a moment to step back and think about the no longer mythical iPad. Apple is adding another store to the iPad world, and they are counting on iPad customers clicking the Buy Now button for big bucks. Read More »
Despite their evolution, laptops and desktop computers as we know them are essentially work tools. They’re designed for content creation. The iPad, on the other hand, is made for consumption — the consumption of digital media. Here are some early impression, including a brief hand-on review. Read More »