Though its web site has been blocked by Chinese censors since last June, Twitter is working on utilizing the distributed nature of its service to become available to Chinese users, said CEO Evan Williams at Davos according to a report by the Financial Times. Read More »
Archive for January 2010
Alongside the army of consumers and tech pundits waiting for a peek of the aptly named iPad, the over 25,000 strong development community have been patiently standing on the sidelines too. Taking several leaps forward in terms of its processing power and onboard hardware, the device includes… Read More »
We all pretty much knew it was happening, and Steve Jobs didn’t let us down: Apple introduced a tablet device called the iPad at today’s event in San Francisco. You can read a play-by-play of the unveiling on TheAppleBlog’s Twitter feed and Read More »
Looking dapper in jeans and a black mock turtle-neck, Steve Jobs took the stage today and officially introduced his iPad to the world. As we’ve been seeing and hearing from so many rumors as of late, it appears as if the iPhone got the super-size treatment,… Read More »
Although my Google Nexus One no longer has issues finding a 3G signal, there’s still a bunch of device owners that are living on the EDGE. Literally. The phones are simply unable to see or maintain a speedy 3G connection, regardless of the hack… Read More »
Om is drooling over the iPad at the moment and getting ever more excited about the feel and capabilities of Apple’s new device. His thesis is that the Amazon Kindle is dead and the iPod is going to change media forever. Read More »
What can you do with several million processing hours on a supercomputer? Oh, just change the course of energy storage and vehicle development. That’s the hope, at least, behind a new project awarded 24 million supercomputing hours this week by the Department of Energy. Working with researchers… Read More »
Apple finally took the wraps off the iPad today, at a live event held in San Francisco. In addition to Om live-blogging the event for TheAppleBlog, our network of sites is hard at work reviewing this potentially game-changing device from every imaginable angle. Read More »
JobDeck aims to make the process of looking for work on Twitter even easier. It provides a refined search that allows you to drill down and find job offers and information about prospective employers and employees, and it does it all in the familiar environment of… Read More »
Not all of us can be physically at the big Apple event that will be starting in just a few moments. Let’s face it, that venue doesn’t look all that big. But not to worry, I am on the spot with the greatest technology ever released… Read More »
There’s a secret in the mobile world just dying to get out, and you know what it is. The biggest smartphone show in the world will be happening in just a few weeks in Spain. That’s right, you heard it here first (most likely), the Read More »
Khosla Ventures-backed LS9, which is using a genetically modified version of e.coli bacteria to make diesel, announced Wednesday that it has made a “major breakthrough” in the production of biofuels and chemicals from cellulosic biomass. The company, working with researchers from the University of California… Read More »