An onscreen keyboard from Swype found its way onto the Android-based myTouch 3G from T-Mobile this week, and Google launched a Buzz client for both the iPhone and Android-based phones. But Droid owners will have to wait still longer for their Android 2.1 update. Read More »
Archive for February 2010
AnchorFree’s ad-supported VPN, Hotspot Shield, has been on a tear in the last year. The tool, which people use to protect their browsing privacy and also to access web content that has been blocked, tripled its userbase in 12 months to 7 million. Read More »
California company HipLogic has produced an interface for Android that makes it easy for OEMs and carriers to produce custom interfaces for the platform. This sounds good on the surface, but runs the risk of fragmenting the Android user experience for consumers. Read More »
Liz Gannes had an interesting post yesterday, in the wake of the Veoh bankruptcy announcement, with a great chart outlining the huge volume of funding that has flowed to video sites over the years and how that has panned out. As a document, the… Read More »
Sprint has been dropping subscribers at an alarming clip, so have instituted a new loyalty program to stem the tide. It takes as little as three months loyalty to qualify, which is sad. Members in the Sprint Premier program can get a new phone each year. Read More »
Coming out against Valentine’s Day isn’t a very controversial position — the pressure that comes with the day is enough to make even the most content single person or couple skittish at the very least. Which is why today, the Friday before Valentine’s Day, is… Read More »
As more and more devices –- phones, netbooks and tablets –- come to market, the demand for Wi-Fi-based connectivity is only going to rise. But how much are you willing to pay for it? Would you watch an ad in order to get Wi-Fi? Read More »
I know how hard it can be to explain what you want in a logo. I always end up saying words to the effect of: “Something … writey… Like with letters and stuff… yeah.” Not very helpful. Read More »
Google and Apple have become giants in industry, and are beginning to encroach on each other’s home turf. They may have started out as small companies with a niche focus, but those days are long past. Watch as the two companies square off against each other. Read More »
The Department of Energy faces a dilemma. It aims to fund projects that will help reduce power consumption, boost energy efficiency, put Americans back to work and build up what the Obama administration likes to call the clean energy economy. And it wants to do so… Read More »
The FCC released data today detailing the spread of high speed Internet across the nation through the end of 2008, including a map. So why are we spending $350 million to create such a map in the broadband stimulus bill? Because the FCC map is worthless. Read More »
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